Ceremonies have been held across the UK and Ireland to mark the winter solstice. December 21 is the shortest day and longest night of the year, with London experiencing seven hours and 49 minutes ...

The winter solstice came on Monday at 5:02 a.m. ET. The shortest day of the year heralds the arrival of winter; after this, days finally start getting longer in the northern hemisphere ...

We asked a few of our Native friends to share traditions they’ve heard about the winter solstice. Their answers highlight winter as a time for storytelling. Dennis Zotigh "The Snow Snake Game ...

(The opposite holds true for the Southern Hemisphere, where June brings the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year.) Read on for some more intriguing facts about the summer solstice.

It is never easy to get up from a warm bed into a cold and dark winter morning ... A poem for this very day, the solstice, the shortest day, what John Donne called the ‘year’s midnight ...

Iranian people celebrate Yaldā night, the night of the winter solstice by getting all the family together, at the house of the oldest person, and eat nuts, pomegranates and watermelons ...

around June 21 (commonly known as "Summer Solstice" for being the first day of summer and the longest day of the year) and December 21 (commonly known as "Winter Solstice" for being the first day ...