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elleng

(136,833 posts) Sun Dec 20, 2020, 12:08 AM Dec 2020

Winter solstice: There's beauty in the darkest day of the year.

It’s time to celebrate the return of the light.

There’s something enchanting about the winter solstice, which arrives this weekend and marks our longest night of the year here in the Northern Hemisphere.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/12/20/winter-solstice-theres-beauty-darkest-day-year/?

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Winter solstice: There's beauty in the darkest day of the year. (Original Post) elleng Dec 2020 OP

I've been counting down the days all month! nt intrepidity Dec 2020 #1

Me tooo.... I always think I arrive here by the skin of my teeth. fierywoman Dec 2020 #2

Think how happy the ancients must have been Frasier Balzov Dec 2020 #3

I enjoy the shorter days. Always a little sad to see the days get longer. C Moon Dec 2020 #4

Solstice sunset at Stinson Beach tonight NBachers Dec 2020 #5

The most beautful part of the wnylib Dec 2020 #6

intrepidity

(7,926 posts)

1. I've been counting down the days all month! nt

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 12:55 AM

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fierywoman

(8,131 posts)

2. Me tooo.... I always think I arrive here by the skin of my teeth.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:40 AM

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Frasier Balzov

(3,571 posts)

3. Think how happy the ancients must have been

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 01:50 AM

Dec 2020

when they realized that daylight was not going to disappear forever!

C Moon

(12,604 posts)

4. I enjoy the shorter days. Always a little sad to see the days get longer.

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:36 AM

Dec 2020

But then, I don't live in a cold part of the hemisphere.

NBachers

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5. Solstice sunset at Stinson Beach tonight

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:39 AM

Dec 2020

wnylib

(24,766 posts)

6. The most beautful part of the

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Sun Dec 20, 2020, 03:15 AM

Dec 2020

Winter Solstice to me is that it means the longer day count can begin. I don't like the shorter days and look forward to each longer one. I check the clock when it gets dark to note each incremental move to longer daylight hours as it occurs.

By the time of the summer solstice and daylight savings time, I am ecstatic.

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