It will be both the shortest day and longest night of 2024. The solstice also marks the start of the Pagan holiday, Yule, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. The holiday is thought to ...

Get ready to embrace the darkness during the longest night of the year ‒ the winter solstice. The solstice occurs at the same time everywhere on Earth, this year it happens Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m. EST.

Yule is celebrated on the first day of winter, known as Winter Solstice, which is the longest night of the year ... "It’s pre-Christian but it does not invalidate one religion or another." ...

It will be both the shortest day and longest night of 2024. The solstice also marks the start ... astronomical observatory, religious or worship site, some sort of gesture or symbol, or a place of ...