This Saturday marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest day in the southern, the summer and winter solstice. Humans have been celebrating these events for millennia ...

To honor the many cultural winter solstice traditions, Vancouver’s Secret Lantern Society created the city’s annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival. Participants can attend workshops to create their ...

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Northern Hemisphere. The celestial event signifies the first day of winter, astronomically. What is the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Winter solstice is a moment of sacred stillness. The winter solstice is upon us, and with it, the longest night of the year.

As the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, it’s almost as if the outdoors is hinting that the Winter Solstice is just around the corner. Oh, wait. That’s because it is. This year’s shortest ...