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Winter Solstice - significant or not?
- Thread starter Srivijaya
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Araceli Cianna
Active Member
Yes! At a purely basic level, it marks when the days become longer again and the sun shines more. I'm studying herbalism so it's kind of exciting to observe the cycle of death and waiting for new life again. Symbolically it reminds me that even when your life feels the darkest, there is always light just around the corner. 
Altfish
Veteran Member
Yes it is significant, as we now know the days will start to get longer. It is more significant to me that Xmas Day, although I do celebrate with family on Xmas Day whereas I'll just have a couple of beers with friends to celebrate the passing of the Winter Solstice. Then stick the Unthanks album on, "Tar Barrel in Dale".
Other than marking the day with the largest amount of darkness, no significance really.
It's a good way of marking the passage of time. It is when the sun appears to be the farthest south in the sky. After it, the days get longer in duration (in the northern hemisphere, at east).
Religiously significant? No.
Religiously significant? No.
^ what he said
Augustus
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For me, it's not winter just rainy season. It's actually the "Summer" solstice I suppose, although the weather is much better during the "Winter" one 
Also it means the days are getting shorter But seeing as the shortest day here has about 40 minutes less daylight than the longest one it's not too depressing a thought for us equatorial folks
Also it means the days are getting shorter
But seeing as the shortest day here has about 40 minutes less daylight than the longest one it's not too depressing a thought for us equatorial folks 
Yes
Yup i had the same problem, fixed now though.
Srivijaya
Active Member
So it seems.
That short day must have messed up the server.
Yup, it's a religious holiday - a celebration of Winter and Darkness.
I would say more of a folk holiday sometimes celebrated by older religions
We see it as a celebration that spring is on the way, from now on days are getting longer and lighter. People were dependent on sowing food, winter solstice was a marker to tell when the ground would start warming in the lengthening days, not long before planting time.