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 ...

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Steam and the sun dogs can be seen on White Bear Lake on Wednesday, Dec. 3. A group of geese huddle together.

While blisteringly cold weather arrived early for many people in the US, it's now officially winter. The winter solstice is Sunday, and Earth's shortest, darkest day is here. The winter solstice has a ...

What is the winter solstice? The winter solstice occurs the moment the sun reaches the Tropic of Capricorn, which is the maximum tilt away from the sun. In terms of sunlight, everyone living in the ...

The Irish Cultural Center, 1106 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, will present the annual winter solstice celebration Dec. 21. This year’s winter solstice celebrations at the Irish Cultural Center in Phoenix ...

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 ...