As of today, the Northern hemisphere sun will begin to set later each day. However the sun will also continue to rise later each day for the next 25 days before sunrise becomes earlier.
Welcome to the season that the Vikings called Jul. Happy Yuletide, folks!
It is a good idea to celebrate Yule, not only because it is a festival far older than any existing religions or their holidays, that any original supernatural elements are largely forgotten, nor that it celebrates something real, the motions of the earth, nor that it fills the real need for cheer in the season of S. A. D. when many people need comfort and community because of the low light levels, but mainly because it really p###es the Christians off.
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Please, please do.
God Jul & Et Godt Nyttar to you Petter!
Tousand takk.
It is not the winter solstice until the 21st
Solstices are the longest and shortest days of the year.
The sunset getting later or earlier isn't the same as the sunrise getting earlier or later.
For example, this claims to be for Detroit.
@RichCC I agree but it is confusing.
The solstice merely marks the deepest point of Yuletide.
My telomeres must be broken.