I delight in designing and hanging these beautiful pieces, as they bring a sense of festivity and togetherness to my winter solstice garden, making it a magical and enchanting place to celebrate!

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 winter solstice came on Monday at 5:02 a.m. ET. The shortest day of the year heralds the arrival of winter; after this, days finally start getting longer in the northern hemisphere ...

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, falls on Friday, June 20, 2025, while the winter solstice, the shortest day, occurs on Sunday, December 21, 2025. Ready for winter to be over?

Teh winter solstice is Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. Chris Sims is a digital content producer for Midwest Connect Gannett. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims.

around June 21 (commonly known as "Summer Solstice" for being the first day of summer and the longest day of the year) and December 21 (commonly known as "Winter Solstice" for being the first day ...

Summary: The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year and the winter solstice the longest night. This assembly is particularly suitable on, or near, the summer solstice - usually 21 June.

(The opposite holds true for the Southern Hemisphere, where June brings the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year.) Read on for some more intriguing facts about the summer solstice.

The longest day of the year is the summer solstice. What is the shortest day of the year? The shortest day of the year is the winter solstice. A solstice is the moment the Earth's tilt toward or ...