Ceremonies have been held across the UK and Ireland to mark the winter solstice. December 21 is the shortest day and longest night of the year, with London experiencing seven hours and 49 minutes ...

A poem for this very day, the solstice, the shortest day ... Rain is a more familiar winter weather than snow these days and Don Paterson’s love letter to cinematic downpours washes the winter ...

Here's how this year's event passed in pictures: Our weekly round-up showing ... Stonehenge on Saturday morning to mark the annual winter solstice. Students and academics from Bournemouth, Oxford ...

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.

"The Snow Snake Game," by Ernest P. Smith (Seneca, 1907–1975). Tonawanda Reservation, New York. Indian Arts and Crafts Board Headquarters Collection, Department of the Interior, at the National ...

Saturday also marks the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year ... In addition to ice-and-snow landscapes, the park has added fantasy shows, virtual reality projects and an immersive ...

The first day of winter is fast approaching. For people who live in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice marks the beginning of astronomical winter and the shortest day of the year. The first ...

The winter solstice marks the official start of winter and the day of the year with the longest recorded hours of darkness. But don't be fooled, this day brings forth light and wisdom from within ...