The winter solstice, when the Sun lies at its lowest point in the sky, occurs on December 22 this year. It is the shortest day and longest night of the year. This is the beginning of the pagan feast of Yule or Yuletide or Sol Invictus ‘The Undefeated Sun’ when there would traditional been a period celebrations.
This is when winter officially begins in the northern hemisphere and summer begins in the southern hemisphere.
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