Now, the winter solstice, Saturday, Dec. 21st, is upon us. It will be both the shortest day and longest night of 2024. The solstice also marks the start of the Pagan holiday, Yule, according to ...

While, meteorologically speaking, spring and autumn officially begin on 1 March and 1 September, in astronomical terms, the spring and autumn equinoxes are recognised as the moments in which winter ...

VIRGINIA — Winter weather isn’t bound by the calendar, but by what’s going on outside. Meteorologists consider Dec. 1 the ...

For this reason, pagan and druid communities actually celebrate the first sunrise after the winter solstice. Traditionally, the winter solstice was a time when cattle were slaughtered, to save ...