Shortest day of the year today.

[jetro 5,349]

Shortest day of the year today. Who else's loves the short days and long nights. Not a fan of long summer evenings myself.

Atb j 

[byron 1,093]

Merry meet to all who visit and gather here for Solstice and Yule. May your days and nights be blessesd. Ring those bells. Feed the fires. The light commeth.

[jetro 5,349]

2 minutes ago, byron said:

Merry meet to all who visit and gather here for Solstice and Yule. May your days and nights be blessesd. Ring those bells. Feed the fires. The light commeth.

Very nicely put.

And the same to you and yours. 

Atb j 

[byron 1,093]

copied mate..haha...and to you.raise a glass to the turning...

[ollieollie 766]

I was under the understanding it’s tomorrow??

[byron 1,093]

14 minutes ago, ollieollie said:

I was under the understanding it’s tomorrow??

it is mate..but i like to start early..lol...

[Neal 1,787]

I was brought up to believe that the Winter Solstice was 21st December and the summer solstice was 21st June but I've noticed, for the last few years, that my calendars always record it as the 22nd so I'm a tad confused by this too.

Is it because it's the longest night rather than the shortest day maybe and therefore falls between the two...but that would therefore mean the opposite for the summer one.

I remember being taught at school that the winter solstice was previously on the 25th (before they added the extra days re Gregorian calendar and all that jazz) and that's how Christianity was encouraged among us pagans.

[ollieollie 766]

2 minutes ago, Neal said:

I was brought up to believe that the Winter Solstice was 21st December and the summer solstice was 21st June but I've noticed, for the last few years, that my calendars always record it as the 22nd so I'm a tad confused by this too.

Is it because it's the longest night rather than the shortest day maybe and therefore falls between the two...but that would therefore mean the opposite for the summer one.

I remember being taught at school that the winter solstice was previously on the 25th (before they added the extra days re Gregorian calendar and all that jazz) and that's how Christianity was encouraged among us pagans.

The plot thickens 

[WILF 44,300]

I read the other day that it actually can fall between the 21st and the 23rd technically.

However, I look forward to it because I absolutely loathe the winter......and I mean loathe it.

It affects me quiet badly.

[king 11,664]

3 minutes ago, WILF said:

I read the other day that it actually can fall between the 21st and the 23rd technically.

However, I look forward to it because I absolutely loathe the winter......and I mean loathe it.

It affects me quiet badly.

In what way mate.

You might want to take vitamin d supplements.

I remember Walshie saying about his sister lacking vitamin d 

[walshie 2,804]

41 minutes ago, Neal said:

I was brought up to believe that the Winter Solstice was 21st December and the summer solstice was 21st June but I've noticed, for the last few years, that my calendars always record it as the 22nd so I'm a tad confused by this too.

Is it because it's the longest night rather than the shortest day maybe and therefore falls between the two...but that would therefore mean the opposite for the summer one.

I remember being taught at school that the winter solstice was previously on the 25th (before they added the extra days re Gregorian calendar and all that jazz) and that's how Christianity was encouraged among us pagans.

It is 22nd this year. Next year it's 21st.

[WILF 44,300]

Just now, king said:

In what way mate.

I find it depressing as f**k, long summer days I feel like superman.....cold grey winter days is like living death to me.

[king 11,664]

2 minutes ago, WILF said:

I find it depressing as f**k, long summer days I feel like superman.....cold grey winter days is like living death to me.

You might suffer from seasonal affective disorder wilf.

Have a read..

https://life.spectator.co.uk/articles/on-vitamin-d-sun-starved-brits-should-look-to-norway/

[fireman 10,774]

My profile pic is of me at Stonehenge during a Winter Solstice   ,....

The goat followed us down the road when we left site and i sort of ended up looking after it as some hippy dogs with no livestock manners were hassling it and hence why it's up on the  stones and not there for sacrifice as some folk that day asked me..

Edited December 21, 2019 by fireman

[ollieollie 766]

I also struggle a little this time of year, the shortest day is a turning point in my mind and it’s onwards and upwards from here, a little hope arrives.....

I do take the vitamin d as well but it still gets me down!