Happy Winter Solstice!!

[James_Potter]

One day late...but still.
Happy Winter Solstice!
Days are gonna start getting longer now, and I'm SO HAPPY for it (: !
Winter is dead, long live spring and summer!

[UniBrier]

Yesterday was a darker day.

Today, at the 47th parallel, will be 8h 23m, tomorrow 8 seconds longer.

Bring on the light.

[ivan]

Yay for light!

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

Shine spring shine!!

[kapoute]

do you guys have snow? We usually have like at least 50 cm of snow at that time of the year... But we have nothing like absolutely nothing... It will be my first Christmas without snow


Edit: nvm I just saw the other thread.... sorry

[Spudman]

Hooray for sunlight! I'm sick of cold weather! We're going to a winter solstice party at my Grandma's house tomorrow, should be fun.

[forrestunifreak]

Haha, I didn't know people celebrated winter solstice...

[dudewithasock]

It was at least 65 degrees yesterday.

Woo for winter.

[Wheel Rider]

do you guys have snow? We usually have like at least 50 cm of snow at that time of the year... But we have nothing like absolutely nothing... It will be my first Christmas without snow

I think all the snow is in Denver.

I am very much looking forward to longer days.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

Haha, I didn't know people celebrated winter solstice...
Actually, quite a few people do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Solstice_Celebration

[BillyTheMountain]

James,

The Winter Solstice has been one of 4 major holidays in Pagan or Nature Religions. It's the LONGEST NIGHT of DARKNESS, when all plants have died.

Like the Pagans, why not light a candle each night for 8 nights leading up to this darkest night, and celebrate with a festival of lights!!

Or take the one magical plant that stays green all winter long, an evergreen tree (wow! magical!). Bring that tree into your hut and put candles or other LIGHTS on it, to make sure the sun and green earth return fully!

For the vernal equinox, when the sun kisses the earth and you want to assure that mating results in a huge crop, do some fertility rituals involving the most fertile animal around--a bunny--and add some eggs! Even dye them fun colors, to appease the gods, and make sure all the seeds and eggs are FERTILE.

[saskatchewanian]

time to buy some sunglasses :cool:

[maestro8]

time to buy some sunglasses :cool:

...or an umbrella.

[GizmoDuck]

And Happy Summer Solstice from those of us at UNICON XV (http://www.uniconxv.co.nz)

:)

[Mikefule]

When someone mentioned it was the winter solstice I knew it would be a long night.

[BillyTheMountain]

One day late...but still.
Happy Winter Solstice!
Days are gonna start getting longer now, and I'm SO HAPPY for it (: !
Winter is dead, long live spring and summer!

so you are NOT an atheist after all!

[wobbling bear]

Winter is dead, long live spring and summer!
funny how season perception diverge: I *hate* spring and am not fond of summer.
Preferred seasons are autumn and winter. no gothic/pessimistic reason here: I find those seasons exhilarating!
May be this is an inherited trait from ancestors who went mammoth hunting ?
my Muni riding is twice better in the snow or through bad weather.
somebody else with the same feelings?

[Zzagg]

May be this is an inherited trait from ancestors who went mammoth hunting ?
Possible, while your ancestors where hunting Mammoth (BTW, are you sure they were not hunting marmottes), mine were sun bathing, drinking piña coladas around the swimming pool.:D
my Muni riding is twice better in the snow or through bad weather.It's because of the lack of witnesses (due to horrible weather conditions). I also ride like God when nobody's here to watch me;).
Hope we'll meet again soon, bye MOU;)

[UniBrier]

Yesterday was a darker day.

Today, at the 47th parallel, will be 8h 23m, tomorrow 8 seconds longer.

Bring on the light.Amazing, today's stats are exactly the same as those posted three years ago!

[wobbling bear]

Possible, while your ancestors where hunting Mammoth (BTW, are you sure they were not hunting marmottes), mine were sun bathing, drinking piña coladas around the swimming pool.:D

in the family cave there are only pictures of mammoths and woolly rhinos :D
the only acceptable states for water are ice or boiling hot (for tea!)

[saskatchewanian]

I also love fall in winter. I find the spring and summer comments sort of odd though since this is the official START of winter though, right?

Funny to think that people were already driving trucks on the lakes and winter had not officially started yet :eek:

To me winter is that time from late October/early November when snow starts sticking around until some time in May when most of the snow is melted.

It is a good thing I like winter or else I would have moved quite a while ago.