WINTER SOLSTICE

The Winter Solstice is the time of the longest night and the shortest day. The dark triumphs but only briefly because the Solstice is also a turning point.  From now on, and until the Summer Solstice, the nights grow shorter and the days grow longer.

Many traditions associated with the Winter Solstice  are St Lucy’s Day, Saturnalia, Hanukkah, New Years and Twelfth Night. The most popular winter tradition is Christmas, of course, he time when a savior (the Sun-Child) is born to a virgin mother.