Happy Winter ❄️ Solstice.

[Celerity]

[MiHale]

1. Shortest response...Thanks.

[2naSalit]

2. And the same to you!

From the looks of it, we're in for quite a winter over here in the Rockies. A hard winter will usually run off a lot of the newcomers so I/m kind of looking forward to it. Maybe I'll break out my skis and go for a few runs out on the trails.

[niyad]

3. Forecasting -18 tonight, -2 for a high tomorrow. brrrrr. and 50 Christmas Day!

Our weather drives newcomers crazy.

[2naSalit]

6. Same here...

-14F, windy and snowing right now, might get up into positive territory for a little while during the day but back to deep freeze tonight. As long as my power doesn't go out again, like yesterday, I'll be fine. We'll have snow off and on but no real accumulation below 6000ft. until Friday-ish. Supposed to be pretty warm after that.

[niyad]

7. Supposed to get to 38 before the freeze arrives. 28 right now. So, off to

celebrate Solstice with friends.

I am in the Springs. Know you are close, but have forgotten exactly where.

[2naSalit]

12. Have a great time!

I'm a little north of the national park but still in the mountains, on the edge of the A-B Wilderness.

[niyad]

16. brrrrr. Be safe.

[panader0]

15. 25 right now in SE Az, ten miles from the border. Brrr. Going through the firewood. Got down to 19

the other AM. But the days will start to get longer now, almost imperceptible at first. There's a long North - South
mountain range (Mule Mountains) and in the summer the sun rises way to the northern end, and gradually rises
further and further south. Now it begin it's slow trip back to the north.

[niyad]

17. stay safe and warm.

[rubbersole]

23. Does warm mean above zero?😶‍🌫️

[2naSalit]

28. Yup.

NWS shows we are actually going to be close to+50F!! within days.

[MontanaMama]

25. I'm with you sister.

We got our first serious snow 11/7 and it just keeps coming….it’ll be on the ground until April for sure. I would not mind if a whole passel of newcomers decided to vacate.

Solstice party with a bonfire on our street tonight. It’ll be COLD. Looking forward to longer days.

[2naSalit]

29. Tht is one of the...

benefits of a good,hard winter!

[MontanaMama]

32. That and fewer ticks

next summer.

[2naSalit]

35. If we...

Think about it, there are a whole bunch of good things about a serious winter. If the subzero stuff sticks around long enough, it would take care of a lot of bark beetles too.

[niyad]

4. And Happy Solstice to you. Great image. Stay safe and warm.

[Delmette2.0]

5. For a large part of northern states,

This is very appropriate.

[llmart]

8. Beautiful!

I love the celebrations of winter solstice so much more than how we celebrate Xmas in the states. Too much materialism for my liking.

[underpants]

9. I'm off starting today until the 3rd. I'm taking a long winters nap.

Doggy I nestled right beside me.

[DinahMoeHum]

10. Ring Out Solstice Bells - Jethro Tull

&t=50s

[rubbersole]

21. Nice. Thanks.

[bronxiteforever]

11. Kick & recommend. Just a wonder picture too!

[paleotn]

13. The true reason to the season

[William Seger]

14. Happy New Year!

... or it would if the calendar I designed when I was 12 had been adopted! It bugged me that the year started on an apparently random day 10 days after the solstice, which seemed like such a natural starting point. Also, my calendar had a more "rational" distribution of 7 30-day months and 5 31-day months, although I was kind enough to keep the same names so people wouldn't be confused.

[Jade Fox]

18. 👍👍👍👍

[StarryNite]

19. Gorgeous picture

[Fla Dem]

20. Thanks and the daylight will begin to get longer!

The December solstice
Meanwhile, all locations north of the equator have day lengths shorter than 12 hours. For us on the northern part of Earth, the shortest day comes at the solstice. After the December solstice, the days will get longer, and the nights shorter.

[electric_blue68]

22. Happy 🌞 Solstice! Let There be (More) Light!

While the days have shortened in the morning the sunset here IN NYC is earliest at 4:28PM 12/8 for few days then slowly gets later.

It's now at 4:31PM. 👍

By Jan 21, will be 5:00PM A half difference. Yay!

[orthoclad]

24. Feast of Sunreturn

Thank you, Ursula Leguin.

[MontanaMama]

26. Bring on the sun!

Here’s to longer days and seeing something green outside. We will be buried under a blanket of snow for a long time yet but we’re moving in the right direction.

Happy Solstice! 🌞

[Wicked Blue]

27. Blessed Yule!

[Deep State Witch]

30. Hail Sol Invictus!

Blessed Yule!

[SergeStorms]

31. At 4:47pm (eastern time) the sun will...

begin it's journey back to the northern hemisphere.

For the 90% of the world's population that inhabits the northern hemisphere, it's truly a blessed day. 😊

[BobTheSubgenius]

33. It's long been one of my favourite days of the year.

Thank you - and the same to you and yours.

[kpete]

34. Peace

[Ocelot II]

36. No sun at all today on account of the snowstorm

but I know it's out there, and soon there will be more of it. Happy Solstice!

[greatauntoftriplets]

37. The solstice at Newgrange.

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