solstice
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The winter season starts on the winter solstice, around 21 December, and ends on the spring equinox, around 20 March.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
After the winter solstice this past weekend, every day brings a little more sunlight.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
The closing event, which finishes on Sunday, has been a sell-out and will have taken place on the longest two nights of the year, also known as the winter solstice.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
Consider the original Yule Logs, massive oak trunks that Vikings burned for the duration of the Midwinter solstice to rebuke the long darkness.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
On the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, as the hours crept toward midday, the shadows of temple columns grew shorter.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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