So, Today's the Winter Solstice. What Does That Mean, Exactly?

While a light snow fell outside, employees held the first Winter Solstice Festival of Light, one day before the actual solstice, in the recreation center. The building's Social Hall was lined with tables that hosted crafts and projects that revolved

Although the solstices represent the pinnacles of summer and winter with respect to the intensity of the sun's rays, they do not usually represent the year's warmest or coldest days. This is because temperature depends not only on the amount of heat

Although the solstices represent the pinnacles of summer and winter with respect to the intensity of the sun's rays, they do not usually represent the year's warmest or coldest days. This is because temperature depends not only on the amount of heat

It's the shortest day of the year, and at 6:03 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Turtle Island, Mother Earth will arrive at that point in its orbit that puts the sun as far south on the horizon as it gets, portending winter here but summer in the Southern

BOSTON (CBS) – Sunday the 21st marks the first official day of winter. Although winter it seems started in November this year. The winter solstice is the darkest and shortest day of the year when the sun reaches its most