Because of its significance, there are simply too many Winter Solstice celebrations and festivals to list. The first that springs to the minds of many is the Christian celebration of Christmas.
Alongside the miracle of light from Hanukkah, I grew up celebrating Shab-e Yalda, the ancient Persian winter solstice tradition ... a reclamation of two traditions, thousands of years old.
In 1994, Congress decreed February as National Bird Feeding Month. Bird feeding is the activity of feeding wild birds other than from natural sources. “To feed or not or not to feed” supplemental bird ...
Winter might be seen as a cold period marked by dark days. But there's still a lot of interesting things going on between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Leader Publishing Company of Salem ...
The temperature was cold but there was plenty of opportunities to warm up at last weekend’s Winter Solstice celebration.(PHOTO BY JOHN HOFMANN) “We were surprised to see so many people come ...
On a tall bluff that overlooks the south Puget Sound in one direction and sparkling headlights on Interstate 5 in another, members of the Nisqually Indian Tribe are gathering for a Winter Moon ...
People grab cookies before watching skits during the West Woods Winter Solstice Celebration. (Frank Mecham- The News-Herald.) With the Pilgrim Brass Choir playing holiday hits in the background ...