The sun will set earlier each day into December, culminating in the shortest day of the year, or the winter solstice. The winter solstice marks the first day of winter, ushering in the colder ...

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 ...

Take cues from ancient wisdom and shift your mindset to transform your winter experience from daunting to delightful.

The exact moment of the winter solstice varies from year to year due to a slight misalignment between the Gregorian calendar and the actual rate of the Earth’s rotation around the sun.

Did you know that winter begins on two different dates? It depends who you ask. The winter solstice is often classified as the season's first official day. But that isn't true, according to some ...

In ancient Rome, Saturnalia was a week-long festival of light running up to the winter solstice, where the social order was turned on its head - masters served their slaves, gambling was permitted ...

our days have less and less sunlight until we reach the winter solstice. What is it? It's the day of the year that has the least amount of daylight. It happens when the part of the world you are ...

By comparison, in the astronomical calendar, winter always starts at the winter solstice - or shortest day. This year, astronomical winter in the northern hemisphere begins on 21 December and ends ...

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Here's when winter officially starts, when and what the winter solstice is, when we fall back and what to know about the ...