Sunday, December 21, 2014

Today, the winter solstice – the first day of the astronomical winter – Onet.pl

 
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  The winter solstice is the beginning of astronomical winter
 
 
 

The Day the winter solstice occurs the shortest day of the year. After the winter solstice day starts doing a longer and the night shorter. Winter Solstice because of the length of the solar year and the occurrence of leap year falls on days 21-22 of December and it is not permanently appointed day.

In many ancient cultures, the winter solstice was considered to be a reason to celebrate “the rebirth of the Sun”. It was believed that it was the happiest day of the year.

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