Last year, Winter combed through the archives and picked out his favorite moments from four decades of solstice celebrations. You can listen to them here. Susan Cooper's children's book The Shortest ...

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and ...

The winter solstice is more than just an astronomical event. It symbolizes the cyclical nature of time, marking the end of one phase and the gradual return of light. While Dec. 21 may bring the ...

Susan Cooper's children's book The Shortest Day, released in 2019, is a celebration of light returning after the winter solstice. The text of the book is actually a poem she wrote in the 1970s for ...