Summer Solstice

Celebrity Cruises is celebrating the winter solstice today by revealing the name of the fourth ship in its Solstice class--the Celebrity Silhouette. In 2011, this new ship will join her three sisters, the Celebrity Solstice, Celebrity Equinox, and Celebrity Eclipse. The 2850-passenger Celebrity Solstice was launched in November 2008, followed by the Celebrity Equinox last summer. The Celebrity Eclipse will enter service in April 2010.Cruise...  

Thanks goodness – December 21st is upon us – what does that mean? Well it means that finally we are on the up boys – that’s right the days will start getting longer as Spring is now approaching – you see 21st December is the Winter Solstice when we trout anglers can start looking forward [...]  

Many of our most cherished Christmas traditions have really nothing to do with Christianity—and everything to do with the underlying pagan traditions that celebrated the winter solstice and the return of the so called ‘unconquerable son’—as in burning bright thing that warms our planet, not necessarily the "son of God".  

Dr. Rakesh Kumar, a renowned Vedic Astrologer writes about his predictions for the changes from this winter solstice, about the year 2012 and beyond that. There are some great insights about America, and the rest of the world. He also quotes from his ...  

The winter solstice, or Yule, is traditionally celebrated on or around December 22, this year Dec. 21, marking the shortest day of the year. The word solstice is derived from an ancient Latin word meaning, stop, or stand still. read more  

Top Story: Hey, it happens to the best of us sometimes. Apparently around 300 Pagan revelers showed up to Stonehenge for the Winter Solstice a day early, under the mistaken assumption that the date is fixed on the calendar. “A crowd of around 300 people, wearing traditional costume, met at the mystical stone [...]  

What exactly is the winter solstice? Did it give rise to the celebration of Christmas? These questions and more are answered in "Winter Solstice: The Science and Religion of the Year's Shortest Day."Contributor: Earl MaxwellPublished: Dec 22, 2009  

“Winter Solstice Greetings! For as long as civilisation has existed, humanity has celebrated the passing of the winter solstice - the shortest, darkest day of the year. Long before Christianity, ancient civilisations set the birth of their gods to coincide with this annual astronomical event. The gods Horus (Egypt), Mithra (Persia), Dionysus (Greece) and many others were claimed to have been born on the winter solstice. In the 4th century...  

Winter Solstice Mercury News interview: Dirk Meyer, CEO of AMD Gartner says worldwide semiconductor revenue declined $29 billion in 2009 Verizon: $350 ETFs are a good thing, and they help the poor PC World reports Verizon ETF policies validate why we need the FCC Expreview reports Hynix...  

Here in the Northern Hemisphere (of Earth), today marks the Winter Solstice. Most people have some understanding that this means today is the day of minimum sunlight, or the longest night of the year. Fewer people, I think, have a good astronomical sense of why that is the case. So, in honor of the solstice, let's do some old school astronomy. Really old school. Let's consider the two-sphere cosmos: Read the rest of this post... | Read...  

As we embrace this shortest day of the year, I found this very interesting piece about the Winter Solstice in Newgrange, Ireland. Our ancestors designed this incredible place there to honor this day, this countdown to the year to come: As we celebrate the Solstice, we remember that growth takes place in the darkness, to [...]  

At our latitude, the winter solstice is a significant event. Although it is the official beginning of winter, for us it means we will start that long, wonderful climb toward longer days and shorter nights. In acknowledgement of Winter, we have an assortment of templates featuring winter themes, as well as a large selection of holiday winter images for enhancing your creations. Here’s to the coming days of more light. Happy Solstice. --Nancy...  

Solstice is both an astronomical and spiritual annual event. From the Christian Science Monitor… At 5:47 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (that’s 12:47 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) Monday, the Northern Hemisphere marked the mid-point of another year, as measured by the sun’s highest position each day above the horizon. It marked the day with the fewest hours [...]  

WFTThe Red Ash of the Solstice. Salmon Fishing --Robinson Jeffers The days shorten, the south blows wide for showers now, The south wind shouts to the rivers, The rivers open their mouths and the salt salmon. Race up into the freshet. ... FemmeFatale - http://newfemmefatale.blogspot.com/  

Let's all celebrate- today is the shortest day of the year! Daylight gets longer from now until June. Since ancient times, solstice celebrations and rituals have been important as a sort of social   glue. Rumour has it that Jesus was actually born in the spring, but the early Church decided to schedule the nativity on December 25 to compete with pagan feasts. Judging by the cooking shows on food Network, we succeeded- with the feast part...