Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Milaspage/ iStock via Getty Images Whether you think of the winter solstice as a sacred time or simply want to note the shortest ...

Winter officially begins Saturday, December 21 at 3:20 AM CT, when the sun is positioned directly over the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. It is the shortest daylight of the year and ...

One of the things I like best about December is that, at this darkest time of the year, The Holidays give us something to celebrate. When we light the Christmas tree or the Hanukkah candles, we ...

Saturday is the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It's not only the shortest day of the year, but the official arrival of astronomical winter. "At 4:20 a.m. EST, the solstice marks the ...

Wednesday is the first official day of winter. The winter solstice happens to be the Northern Hemisphere's shortest day and longest night of the calendar year, according to the National Weather ...

At 10:03 a.m. Sunday morning, the sun was directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5° south latitude, marking the December solstice, and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Other ...

Happy Winter Solstice! We've made it to the shortest day of the year with exactly 9 hours of daylight today. It'll be a chilly Winter Solstice with temps only warming into the upper teens to low 20s ...

Dec. 21 (UPI) --Those experiencing the winter doldrums can count on seeing more sunlight after the winter solstice arrived at 2:21 a.m. EST Saturday. The winter solstice marks the first official day ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Winter officially arrived to southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi as of 9:03 a.m. on Sunday, but of course you’d never know it with above-average temperatures we’ve been ...