Winter Solstice News

"On the winter solstice in 2012, the sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in about 26,000 years.

Posted November 10, 2009 at 9 p.m. A scene from Columbia Pictures' "2012." The action film will be released Friday.

Remember the Y2K scare? It came and went without much of a whimper because of adequate planning and analysis of the situation.

LEWISTON a ' Winter is a time of limited daylight, with the Winter Solstice being the shortest day of the year.

Depending on who's doing the prophesying, the winter solstice in the year 2012 could usher in a day of celebration - or a day of chaos.

Herbalist and teacher Susun Weed is getting ready for the seasonal plunge into darkness.

Ancient traditions combine with modern fun as Southeast New Brunswick celebrates Halloween.

Most places in the world can lay claim to having four seasons, but Piedmont gardeners know that we are blessed to have six.

The end of summer and the beginning of winter. The wheel of life and the cycle of the seasons turn, turn, turn.

Have you ever noticed how a gray, rainy day makes you feel gloomy and tired, but a sunny day can leave you feeling cheerful and energized? Well, there's a scientific reason for this.

Spain has a rich tradition of celebrating Christmas in churches and in homes that is much different from the yuletide traditions that have been started in America.

Abramson, Sam. "What's a yule log?." 21 November 2007. HowStuffWorks.com. 01 October 2009.

There is a lot of anger and downright meanness flashing across the landscape of America these days.

Posted September 21, 2009, 9:28 p.m. Fall Officially Begins at 2:19 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on Tuesday, September 22 -- a good excuse to throw, a few hours later, an impromptu "equinox party" to celebrate the occasion.

Bid adieu to Summer 2009. Autumn begins at 5:18 p.m. today. That's when the sun crosses the celestial equator from north to south and the days will grow increasingly shorter until the Winter Solstice on Dec.

There is a lot of anger and downright "meanness" flashing across the landscape of America these days.

IF YOU'RE reading this then it's safe to say the world has not ended despite predictions that the ninth day of the ninth month of the ninth year yesterday would bring the destruction of the planet.

The above image "Prelude to Winter" -- showing a multiple exposure of the sun tracking across the sky over Epcot's Spaceship Earth -- was shot by Orlando Sentinel Senior Photographer Joe Burbank on the day of the Winter Solstice, December 21, 1991.

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The above image "Prelude to Winter" -- showing a multiple exposure of the sun tracking across the sky over Epcot's Spaceship Earth -- was shot by Orlando Sentinel Senior Photographer Joe Burbank on the day of the Winter Solstice, December 21, 1991.