Every year in December, the winter solstice occurs - the shortest day of the year for residents of the Northern Hemisphere, that is, including Ukrainians, and the longest day in the Southern ...

With kids, we try to make the crafts and meals meaningful and thematic for holidays, so for winter solstice, we like to make dried orange slice ornaments for our Christmas tree, to look like suns ...

Thousands gathered at Stonehenge on Saturday as they greeted the sun with cheers and applause to mark the winter solstice. Those who observed the spectacle at the neolithic monument in Wiltshire ...

Heidi White, an astronomer with the University of Montreal, in Quebec, said kids can continue to do this experiment a few months after the winter solstice at the same location and time of day. That’s ...

Ohio got a chance to see some snowfall as December hit, and with the official start of winter and the winter solstice just a couple ... out a couple of snow fun facts? Check out these five need ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Yule is celebrated on the first day of winter, known as Winter Solstice, which is the ... who is super trickery. Kids would leave their boots out to serve Odin.

As the end of the year nears, so does the winter solstice. Days are getting shorter and shorter by seconds each day, and the shortest day of the year makes its head this Saturday. The winter ...

The Winter Solstice is a phenomenon where one of Earth’s poles tilts farthest away from the Sun. This tilt, approximately 23.5 degrees from the plane of Earth’s orbit, results in the shortest day and ...