Yule begins today, coinciding with the Winter Solstice. This marks the shortest day and longest night of the year and celebrates the symbolic rebirth of the sun as the days begin to lengthen. It has its origins with Germanic and Norse peoples.
Many modern Christmas traditions, such as the Yule log, decorating with evergreen trees, holly, ivy, and mistletoe, and even the concept of the 12 Days of Christmas, have their roots in ancient Yule customs.
Ein magischer Ort. Ab sofort werden die Tage wieder länger.
#WinterSolstice #WinterSonnenWende #Ermingen #Winteranfang #Solstice
Yule fire!
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❄️The sun has set on our shortest day in Edmonton. Here are a few photos from the #WinterSolstice ✨
Dawn (8:49 am), solar noon (height of our sun), sun setting, sunset (4:16 pm)
Yule fire!
#Yule #WinterSolstice #LongestNight
❄️The sun has set on our shortest day in Edmonton. Here are a few photos from the #WinterSolstice ✨
Dawn (8:49 am), solar noon (height of our sun), sun setting, sunset (4:16 pm)
To be free of belief and unbelief is my religion.
Omar Khayyam
To be free of belief and unbelief is my religion.
Omar Khayyam
Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 7:03 am PST
Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 7:03 am PST
Reading for this winter solstice night: the remarkable diary of Frederick A. Cook, one of the first people to spend winter on Antarctica, including a night which lasted more than two months: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/through-the-first-antarctic-night-1900 #Solstice #WinterSolstice #winter #LongestNight #shortestday
Reading for this winter solstice night: the remarkable diary of Frederick A. Cook, one of the first people to spend winter on Antarctica, including a night which lasted more than two months: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/through-the-first-antarctic-night-1900 #Solstice #WinterSolstice #winter #LongestNight #shortestday
Yule begins today, coinciding with the Winter Solstice. This marks the shortest day and longest night of the year and celebrates the symbolic rebirth of the sun as the days begin to lengthen. It has its origins with Germanic and Norse peoples.
Many modern Christmas traditions, such as the Yule log, decorating with evergreen trees, holly, ivy, and mistletoe, and even the concept of the 12 Days of Christmas, have their roots in ancient Yule customs.
”How did you spend the Winter solstice back in the 2020s, Great-Aunt? Before the Great Heat, back when people still lived above ground?”
’Well, child, we sat on the balcony on the shortest day of the year, not wearing a coat, admiring the pretty flowers that had bloomed on the rosemary and oxalis, taking photos of the tomatoes that had started to grow again in Denmark in December.”
Die längste Nacht des Jahres kündigt sich heute mit grauer, nasskalter Dauerdämmerung schon am Mittag an. Ein paar Farbkleckse gibt es dennoch. Und ab morgen werden die Tage dann wieder länger - das ist schön und gut. Außerdem freue ich mich über mein vorgezogenes Weihnachtsgeschenk, ein gebrauchtes, neuwertiges AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5N. Diese 90er AF-Zooms werden weithin unterschätzt, denke sich.
#wintersonnenwende #wintersolstice #midwinter #dezember #december #grauingrau