GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Winter Solstice is the shortest day and the longest night of the year, and it officially marks the start of winter. “The winter solstice is not so much a full day as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cold temperatures and wintry weather hit Western North Carolina hard earlier in December, but as we start the first day of winter, ...

AMESBURY, ENGLAND. A aerial view of Stonehenge under a blanket of snow. The site is popular gathering spot during the winter solstice. (Photo by Chris Gorman/Getty Images) I am writing this on ...

Christmas is just days away - but it’s not the only winter celebration in the calendar. Different cultures have celebrated the winter solstice since the dawn of human history. The solstice - which ...

At 10:03 a.m. Sunday morning, the sun was directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5° south latitude, marking the December solstice, and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Other ...

Nearly 8,500 people gathered at Stonehenge on Sunday to celebrate the winter solstice as the sun rose over the ancient monument in southwest England. The crowds, including many dressed as druids and ...

Today is one of several with the least amount of daylight, but don’t despair, because the days will begin to get longer again on Monday. The moment of the winter solstice is 9:03 a.m. CST Sunday. That ...

The days will finally start to get longer now that winter is officially here. With fall finally over, astronomically speaking and the first day of winter now past us, we can start looking forward to ...

WHICH IS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE. THE WINTER SOLSTICE BEGINS TODAY AT 1003. THIS MORNING WE HAVE NINE HOURS, 18 MINUTES AND THREE SECONDS OF DAYLIGHT. TODAY THAT MEANS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ...

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people cheered and danced around Stonehenge as the sun rose over the prehistoric stone circle on Sunday, the winter solstice. The crowds, many dressed as druids and pagans, ...

“Winter is a time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire.” — Edith Sitwell In Minnesota, the winter solstice arrives with a kind of ...