Christmas is just days away - but it’s not the only winter celebration in the calendar. Different cultures have celebrated the winter solstice since the dawn of human history. The solstice - which ...

The winter solstice can fall on any day between Dec. 20 and 23, depending on the year, but the 21st and 22nd are the most common. In 2024, the solstice fell on the same date but on a different day, ...

Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.

The holiday season means different things to different people, and yet we are united by the turning of the year and the phases of the sun. As the darkest day approaches, local pagans, Wiccans and ...

“I'm one of the senior Druids, which means that I'm a head of the Druid order. I'm here to celebrate the solstice. So I'm here four times a year to celebrate solstices in equinoxes, spring, summer, ...

Since the summer solstice back in June, the days have grown steadily shorter and the nights have grown steadily longer in the Northern Hemisphere. But that’s about to reverse itself. Winter solstice, ...

The Sun rises over Stonehenge on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year About 8,500 people have gathered at the historic site as one family tells the BBC they drove for three hours to be ...