Today is the shortest day because…
1. The winter solstice happens on 21 of june.
2. The winter solstice happens at a specific brief moment.
3. The winter solstice marks the longest night and shortest day of the year for the northern hemisphere.
4. Ancient cultures viewed The winter solstice as a time of death and reincarnation.
5. The shortest day of the year marks the discovery of new and strange worlds.
6. The word solstice translates roughly to “Sun stands still.”
7. Stonehenge is aligned to the sunset on The winter solstice.
8. Ancient Romans celebrated reversals at the midwinter festival of saturnalia.
9. Some traditions hold that dark walk the earth on The winter solstice.
10. Some thought the world would end on The winter solstice 2012.
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