The pre-Christian festival, the Feast of Juul, was observed in Scandinavia at the time of the December solstice. Fires would be lit to symbolise the heat and light of the returning sun and a Yule log was gathered and burnt in the hearth as a tribute the Norse god Thor.
Present day Christmas customs and traditions such as the Yule log, Yule boar, Yule singing, and others stem from pagan Juul. Today the event is celebrated in some forms of Modern Paganism. In Ancient Rome, the festival of Saturnalia began on 17 December and lasted for seven days. As the name suggests, the festival was celebrated in honour of Saturn, the father of the gods, the same deity after which the sixth planet in our solar system is named.
People would make sacrifices at the Temple of Saturn before banqueting and giving gifts. The usual law and order would be suspended, schools and businesses would close, and quarrels would be forgotten. It celebrates the return of longer daylight hours and ultimately an increase of positive energy. During this time for getting together, families in southern China often make and eat tangyuan: balls of glutinous rice, occasionally brightly coloured, cooked in a sweet or savoury broth.
Friends and family get together to eat, drink and read poetry until the early hours. Pomegranates and watermelons are particularly significant. The closer one moves towards the poles, the more extreme the variation. During summer in either hemisphere, that pole is tilted towards the Sun and the polar region receives 24 hours of daylight for months. Likewise, during winter, the region is in total darkness for months. At latitudes of At It is at latitudes higher than For centuries, this day has had a special place in several communities due to its astronomical significance, and is celebrated in many ways across the world.
Ancient Egyptians celebrated the birth of Horus, the son of Isis divine mother goddess for 12 days during mid-winter. In China, the day is celebrated by families coming together for a special meal. Christmas, when we rejoice over the birth of the Savior and look forward to his second coming, is very well-suited to winter. I escaped NY after living there for 28 years.
Been in Texas and a Florida for 35 years. I love winters here. The fall stars a new beginning for me over spring. The winter means hiking and birdwatching. Nesting season for raptors then seabirds. The gators are quieter. I feel free. I loved the NY winters when I was young and took advantage of hitting the slopes to ski and toboggan.
I miss that too. I live in the Phoenix Arizona Metropolitan Area. The High Temperature in December and January is from the 60s to the 70s.
This means that I am able to enjoy cool weather during the Winter Months. I do not turn on any heat because I enjoy the nice cool temperatures in my Condo Unit. I have Seasonal Affective Disorder so I have to live where it is sunny and warm year around.
Those wintry pictures up above remind me of a photo I took, of a wintry sunset with trees and an old silo One little glimpse of the past, it was, and then the sun would be setting behind an auto parts store I'm retired now, live in snow country upstate NY - we have a guy to snowplow the driveway, and I don't have to go slip-sliding around to work or anywhere else, I can stock up, stay inside, and pity those who do.
Hey, I put in my time! I do love the beauty of winter, and these pictures certainly show it. I love a cold snowy landscape with a bright blue sky and sun shining, and birds at the feeder against the brilliant sparkly white background. Winter is the time for me to slow down.
After the ciaos of the busy year, then all the Holiday hustle and bustle, it's my time to rewind. Read books. Enjoy myself for a change. I love Winter. Each season has it's own purpose.
That's why I love Maine so much If I were a tree in the winter, I would not want to shed my leaves!!! For, they just might help to keep the chill off of me!!!!
It would very much appeal to my sense of symmetry if the first day of the New Year was the day after the winter solstice. That is the point at which everything starts over. I love winter. It is such a beautiful season. The peace, the dark, the quiet, is wonderful. It is a season of renewal and gestation. Since I am pagan, I feel a close connection to the earth, the seasons, the life cycles, and the purpose for the changes. It is a time to go within, for self exploration and retrospection.
A time to review your life history and what is to come. I am not crazy about summer. This effect is greatest in locations that are farther away from the equator. In tropical areas, the shortest day is just a little shorter than 12 hours; in the temperate zone, it is significantly shorter; and places within the Arctic Circle experience polar night , when the Sun does not rise at all. Conversely, the day of the December solstice is the longest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
Here, too, the effect is greater the farther a location is away from the equator. Sun times at the South Pole in December. During the course of a year, the subsolar point—the spot on the Earth's surface directly beneath the Sun—slowly moves along a north-south axis. Having reached its northernmost point at the June solstice , it starts moving southward until it crosses the equator on the day of the September equinox.
At the December solstice, which marks the southernmost point of its journey, it stops again to start its journey back toward the north. In the months leading up to the December solstice, the position of sunrise and sunset creeps southward.
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