Happy Winter Solstice!
Yay for today, the days will be getting longer and that means that eventually things will be getting warmer and I won't be as affected by SAD. Yay!
Willamena
21-12-2005, 17:51
And the sun will no longer shine directly in the window all day long. Hurray!
Middleton
21-12-2005, 17:53
YEA!!!... Happy Yule to you and yours.
Legless Pirates
21-12-2005, 17:53
Funny that the earth is at it's closest to the sun around now
Neo Kervoskia
21-12-2005, 17:53
Holy shit, another holiday?
Happy Winter Solstice!
Happy Winter Solstice everyone! I don't know what's up with all these crazy people celebrating something in four days' time.
(By the way, the Winter Solstice is at 6:55pm GMT, if anyone wants to celebrate the exact momemt.)
I look at winter solstice as a day everyone can celebrate, regardless of religious beliefs or lack therof. All you really have to do to be happy about this is live in the northern hemisphere (or southern if you hate the summer, I guess)
Yay for today, the days will be getting longer and that means that eventually things will be getting warmer
Where are you from then? Here in Britain the coldest weather is between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. I count the Solstices and Equinoxes as the first day of their respective seasons. (I've noticed that a lot of people call the Summer Solstice 'midsummer's day' but call the Spring Equinox 'the first day of Spring' - strange.)
Where are you from then? Here in Britain the coldest weather is between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. I count the Solstices and Equinoxes as the first day of their respective seasons. (I've noticed that a lot of people call the Summer Solstice 'midsummer's day' but call the Spring Equinox 'the first day of Spring' - strange.)
It's the same here weatherwise, but I also have issues where I get somewhat depressed due to the lack of sunlight, so the earlier the sun starts coming up more the better.
And yeah, I thought that that's how it was supposed to work (solstices and equinoxes being first days of seasons) although here the only real seasons appear to be summer and winter. Fall and spring last maybe a month each.
Qwystyria
21-12-2005, 18:03
I dunno that I celebrate it exactly, but I sure enjoy the days getting longer again.
Willamena
21-12-2005, 18:05
Where are you from then? Here in Britain the coldest weather is between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. I count the Solstices and Equinoxes as the first day of their respective seasons. (I've noticed that a lot of people call the Summer Solstice 'midsummer's day' but call the Spring Equinox 'the first day of Spring' - strange.)
It's like that here on the west coast of North America, too, where the coldest weather is yet to come. But that's weather patterns, not globe declination. ;P
Muravyets
21-12-2005, 18:12
Happy Solstice, everyone!
Everyone should mark the solstices and equinoxes regardless of their religion or lack thereof, and right along with all their other holidays, because they are natural, real world events. They remind us of the world around us, keep us plugged into reality, which is actually a nice place to be most of the time. I also enjoy moon viewing parties and like to stop for coffee under a spectacular sunset.
Yay, Winter Solstice! I just put up the "snowy trees" picture on my computer desktop at work. Brrr! Where my ice skates at? :D
It's like that here on the west coast of North America, too, where the coldest weather is yet to come. But that's weather patterns, not globe declination. ;P
I'd guess it because the oceans, which have a major regulating effect on the temperature, take time to warm up and cool down, and so seasons follow the Solstices and Equinoxes rather than being centred on them.
Marrakech II
21-12-2005, 18:41
Holy shit, another holiday?
Happy Winter Solstice!
Winter solstice is the original holiday. Now get out there and drag a yule log to burn in the yard. Don't forget to throw that everygreen in the corner. Might add that you want to stock up on the drinks and have a great time. At least that's the original tradition.
Hoos Bandoland
21-12-2005, 18:47
Funny that the earth is at it's closest to the sun around now
Makes sense if you're in the southern hemisphere. :)
Willamena
21-12-2005, 19:05
Makes sense if you're in the southern hemisphere. :)
I think he means perihelion, which happens about two weeks after the winter solstice.
Eruantalon
21-12-2005, 22:07
Hooray! Light will rise again!
Hoorah! Soon it will be midsummer!! (well, sort of soon...)
Think of us people in the north, it's even worse for us at this time of year. And doesn't even look like we will get a truly white Christmas this year. Stupid winter!
Turquoise Days
21-12-2005, 22:42
Whee! Midwinter! Anyone volunteering to be a sacrifice?
Lord-General Drache
21-12-2005, 23:13
Merry Solstice! *drinks meade*
First Solstice (any of 'em) thread I've ever seen. I could hug you, Dakini.
Muravyets
21-12-2005, 23:15
Whee! Midwinter! Anyone volunteering to be a sacrifice?
If it'll get me out of this damned office, sure!
Lunatic Goofballs
21-12-2005, 23:16
Happy Winter Solstice!
May all your days get longer and your nights shorter. :)
Turquoise Days
21-12-2005, 23:16
If it'll get me out of this damned office, sure!
I garuantee you'll never have to work in that office again...
*sharpens knife*
Muravyets
21-12-2005, 23:24
I garuantee you'll never have to work in that office again...
*sharpens knife*
"And the chosen one is sacrificed -- jolly -- with a knife. All are happy to go!" :D
New Rafnaland
21-12-2005, 23:29
Et tu, O Dakini!
Turquoise Days
21-12-2005, 23:32
"And the chosen one is sacrificed -- jolly -- with a knife. All are happy to go!" :D
:D
Does anyone remember the martian solstice? That was cool.
Muravyets
21-12-2005, 23:48
:D
Does anyone remember the martian solstice? That was cool.
I don't remember it. Tell, tell.
Turquoise Days
21-12-2005, 23:55
I don't remember it. Tell, tell.
Well, if I remember rightly Mars had it's perhilion at the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere a few (earth) years back. We were also near to Mars in our orbit at that point, so got very close. Much coolness was seen through telescopes.
Muravyets
22-12-2005, 23:23
Well, if I remember rightly Mars had it's perhilion at the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere a few (earth) years back. We were also near to Mars in our orbit at that point, so got very close. Much coolness was seen through telescopes.
Shit, I missed that.
Terrorist Cakes
22-12-2005, 23:28
Happy [belated] Soltice, everyone! I had a nice fondue for dinner to mark the occasion.