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	Winter Solstice - Crystalinks
		In astronomy, the winter solstice is the moment when the earth is at a point in its orbit where one hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun.
		Since the winter solstice, summer solstice, vernal equinox, and autumnal equinox were probably observed for the first time by people in the northern hemisphere, these naming conventions originally corresponded to the northern hemisphere's seasons.
		The passage and chamber of Newgrange are illuminated by the winter solstice sunrise.
	www.crystalinks.com /wintersolstice.html (2218 words)

	Traditional Chinese Festivals - china.org.cn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Winter Solstice became a festival during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) and thrived in the Tang and Song dynasties (618-1279).
		The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) even had the record that "Winter Solstice is as formal as the Spring Festival," showing the great importance attached to this day.
		The Winter Solstice rice dumplings could be used as sacrifices to ancestors, or gifts for friends and relatives.
	www.china.org.cn /english/features/Festivals/78308.htm (418 words)

	Ancient Origins: Solstice
		When it's winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun is directly overhead at noon only along the Tropic of Capricorn, on which lie such places as Sao Paulo, Brazil, southern Madagascar, and areas north of Brisbane, Australia.
		Winter solstice was overlaid with Christmas, and the observance of Christmas spread throughout the globe.
		Winter solstice for 2005 will occur at 10:35 am PST on December 21.
	www.candlegrove.com /solstice.html (2044 words)

	Yule Rituals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For those in the northern hemisphere, this means that on the winter solstice the sun rises the latest and sets the earliest of the entire year.
		The winter solstice was also the traditional date to honor the birth of the pagan Divine Child, and Norsemen celebrated the birthday of their lord, Frey, at the winter solstice.
		Solstice was known as Sacaea to the Mesopotamians, as the Festival of Kronos to the ancient Greeks, and as Saturnalia to the Romans.
	www.tryskelion.com /yule7.htm (1949 words)

	Winter Solstice
		These eight festivals are the two Solstices or "sun stillness" at the longest and shortest days of the year; the two Equinoxes or "equal nights" when the days and nights are equal; and the four points half-way between the Solstices and Equinoxes: Imbolc (Ground Hogs Day), May Day, Lugnasad (on August 1st), and Samhain (Halloween).
		Her festival, the Koreion, was held on the Winter Solstice's shortest day, which by their calendar calculations was January 6th..
		At this festival, the priests announced to the public that the Holy Virgin had brought forth the Savior, the Aeon, whose image was decorated with gold stars and the sign of the cross, and was carried seven times around the temple.
	netdeva.com /lisalindberg/seasonal-celebrations/winter-solstice.htm (3983 words)

	Winter solstice celebrations of Christianity, Judaism, Neopaganism, etc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The concept of birth and or death/rebirth became associated with the winter solstice.
		One of the stones marked the position of the sun at the time of the winter solstice and were probably used in religious rituals.
		The solstice is the time of the death of the old sun and the birth of the dark-half of the year.
	www.religioustolerance.org /winter_solstice.htm (3384 words)

	Metal Blade Records - Online
		Winter Solstice, a 5 piece hardcore influenced thrash metal outfit located in Lynchburg, VA, began their journey as a band in the fall of 2000.
		Winter Solstice made their largest debut in the summer of 2004 at the Sonshine festival in Wilmar, MN in front of a vast crowd and received an astonishing response.
		Winter Solstice wants listeners to walk away with the feeling that they just heard a band that is not only unrelenting and punishing but also has a strong message to bring to their fans.
	www.metalblade.com /bands/winter_solstice/index2005.html (527 words)

	The Winter Solstice Festival
		Solstice means “the Sun standing still.” It signaled the return of the Sun and gave hope to early man. This was a cause for celebration and much of our winter holiday comes from solstice festivities--many aspects of which are related to fire and light and the rebirth of hope.
		Some 4,000 years ago, the Egyptians and Syrians celebrated the Winter Solstice as the “birth of the Sun.” The Egyptians even depicted the new-born Sun as an infant whose mother was the great goddess called the Heavenly Virgin.
		The Hanukkah “festival of lights” is clearly a metaphor for the Solstice’s lengthening of the light--the return of the Sun.
	www.ruyasonic.com /winter_solstice_festival.htm (3095 words)

	Winter Solstice: The True Story of the Shortest Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice occurs in December, when that hemisphere is tilted the farthest away from the sun.
		The Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice occurs when that hemisphere is tilted the farthest away from the sun.
		Ancient Rome had a major festival in honor of Saturn, their god of farming, on the winter solstice.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /kids/2003/12/wintersolstice.html (490 words)

	Winter Solstice 2006
		The mid December solstice marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
		In the Northen Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs on December 21, 2006 at 7:22 PM.
		In ancient Rome, the winter solstice was celebrated at the feast of Saturnalia, while in pre-christian Britain the end of December centered around the pagan Yule log in a firey festival to help take the edge off a cold and dreary winter.
	www.chiff.com /home_life/holiday/winter-solstice.htm (383 words)

	Celebrating Winter Solstice - School of the Seasons
		The Winter Solstice is unique among days of the year — the time of the longest night and the shortest day.
		Dionysus was born in winter, crowned with serpents, became a lion in the spring and was sacrificed as a bull (stag or goat) in the summer because these were calendar emblems of the old tripartite year.
		Matthews in The Winter Solstice provides the lyrics of a 15th century carol which refers to an ancient battle between the two, with the Ivy representing the cold gloominess of winter and the Holly King, the jolly spirit of the season.
	www.schooloftheseasons.com /celsolstice.html (2753 words)

	Archives: LaJuntaTribuneDemocrat.com - Local News
		The sun sets on the eve of the winter solstice, which occurred at 5:42 a.m.
		Hence the origin of the word solstice, which comes from Latin solstitium, from sol, "sun" and stitium, "a stoppage." Following the winter solstice, the days begin to grow longer and the nights shorter.
		A Scandinavian winter solstice festival called Jiuleis was the origination of the burning of the Yule log.
	www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.com /articles/2004/12/21/local_news/news02.txt (309 words)

	Winter Solstice and the Goddess Freya (Frigga) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The longest night of the year (December 21 in the Northern hemisphere), is reborn as the start of the solar year and accompanied by festivals of light to mark the rebirth of the Sun.
		Mithras, the Unconquered Sun of Persia, was born during the solstice, as was Ameratsu, the Japanese Goddess of the Sun.
		The Hopi Kachinas return to the Earth during the solstice, and the Deer Mothers dance for the fertility of the earth.
	www.goddessgift.com /pandora's_box/winter-solstice.htm (691 words)

	Winter Solstice 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the old Roman calendar, December 25 was considered to be the date of the winter solstice.
		The Winter Solstice is the turning point in the natural cycle of the year.
		Because this point in time signifies the completion of the wheel of the year, the period around the winter solstice is considered to be a good time for spiritual work.
	www.spiritdove.com /wintersolstice2003.htm (1308 words)

	DailyOM - Winter Solstice
		Burning indoor hearths and candles were an aspect of numerous winter solstice festivals and continue to be a part of the season today.
		In Iran, the winter solstice is observed through the Yalda festival, when a huge bonfire is kindled to symbolically stimulate the sun to grow stronger.
		Common to many winter solstice festivals is the gathering of friends and family to feast and spend time together.
	www.dailyom.com /articles/2004/318.html (539 words)

	Stonehenge Winter Solstice - Festival Forums
		Technically, the solstice is the specific time at which the Northern Hemisphere is tilted to its maximum away from the Sun.
		It means that after the Winter Solstice, the days slowly start to get longer, and marks the start of the movement towards the summer.
		The Winter solstice is a pagan celebration held on the shortest day of the year.
	www.efestivals.co.uk /forums/index.php?showtopic=34060 (1473 words)

	Winter Solstice Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Winter Solstice Festival (Chinese: 冬至; Pinyin: dōng zhì; "The Extreme of Winter") is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese and other East Asians during the dongzhi solar term on or around December 21 when sunshine is weakest and daylight shortest; i.e.
		The origins of this festival can be traced back to the Yin and Yang philosophy of balance and harmony in the cosmos.
		On one cold winter day, he saw the poor suffering from chilblains on their ears.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Solstice_Festival (375 words)

	Winter Solstice Traditions
		At the Winter Solstice, we celebrate Children's Day to honour our children and to bring warmth, light and cheerfulness into the dark time of the year.
		In pagan Scandinavia the winter festival was the yule (or juul).
		Around 350, December 25 was adopted in Rome and gradually almost the entire Christian Church agreed to that date, which coincided with Winter Solstice, the Yule and the Saturnalia.
	www.shambhala.org /arts/fest/unconquered.html (821 words)

	The Winter Solstice
		This yearly event of the death and re-birth of the Light of the World gave rise to the annual celebration of the Festival of the Winter Solstice.
		He did this to coincide with the existing Winter Solstice celebrations prevalent at that time, thereby incorporating the ancient Solstice rituals and motifs into the Christian experience.
		The entire Winter Solstice tradition, this festival of lights, is an annual celebration of the rebirth of the "light within" that is the very essence of our being.
	www.indigosun.com /Dec2000/winter_solstice.htm (1221 words)

	DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals - Winter Solstice
		Dong Zhi is the second most important festival of the Chinese calendar.
		The coming of winter is celebrated by families and is traditionally the time when farmers and fishermen gather food in preparation for the coming cold season.
		It is believed that the yin qualities of darkness and cold are at their most powerful at this time, but it is also the turning point, giving way to the light and warmth of yang.
	www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/he_fest_wint.jhtml (184 words)

	The Christmas Hoax: Jesus is NOT the "Reason for the Season"
		Nor is the winter solstice celebration a purely "Pagan" concept, as the Jews also observed it in reference to the birth of their god, Yahweh.
		The rabbinical account is that this eight-day festival which begins on the twenty-fifth day of the month Kislev, was instituted by Judas Maccabeus and that it celebrates a miracle: at the Maccabean consecration of the Temple a small cruse of sacred oil was found, hidden by a former High Priest, which lasted for eight days.
		Indians for millennia have celebrated the winter solstice, as a cardinal point, the new year and, presumably, the birth of the sun god.
	www.truthbeknown.com /christmas.htm (1098 words)

	FESTIVALS OF LIGHT
		A Jewish festival celebrated at this time of year, Hanukkah started out as a minor holiday focused on an historic event, the rededicating of a temple after driving out the Greek invaders who had desecrated it.
		This festival commemorates the destruction of the evil king Ravana by the good king Rama, who then returned to his kingdom in Ayodhya, to be welcomed by all the people, who light up their homes with candles.
		In the Scandinavian countries, where the Winter Solstice brings long dark nights with it, light is an essential element in keeping people from winter depression.
	www.souledout.org /festivals/festivalsoflight/festivalslight.html (2365 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first Winter Solstice Fire Festival was held on the 22nd of June 1996 at the Sound Shell Marine Parade.
		Over the years the Solstice Fire Festival has continued to grow, attracting a crowd of approximately 15,000 in 2004 and close to that number in 2005.
		Because the solstice is a multi-cultural festival it aims to both celebrate our differences and embrace what we have in common.
	www.creativenapier.org.nz /Solstice_history.htm (232 words)

	Hindu Festivals
		The Festival of Nine Nights (in honour of the Goddess).
		The 'festival year' is often considered to begin with Ganesh Chaturthi and conclude with Janmashtami.
		For more information on this and other festivals which groups may visit, please contact us at head office or get in touch with your local centre.
	www.iskcon.org.uk /ies/festival.html (283 words)

	Winter Solstice (United States) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Winter Solstice is the day when the distance between the Tropic of Capricorn and the sun is the shortest.
		This makes the Winter Solstice the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere where it marks the beginning of winter.
		In fact, there are more ceremonies and "rituals associated with the winter solstice than any other time of year" ¹.
	www3.kumc.edu /diversity/other/wslstice.html (214 words)

	Moist Mother Earth - Slavic Myth and Religion
		Marzanna is the personification of death and winter.
		This is the Winter Solstice festival, although it can be celebrated at any time between the solstice and the end of the year.
		At the solstice, the house and hearth represent the sky, the yard is the earth, and beyond the yard is the underworld.
	www.winterscapes.com /slavic.htm (5683 words)

	Iransaga - The Festival of Yalda, Winter Solstice
		Near the winter solstice, the length of the day changes very slowly, as does the Sun's height in the sky - one of the reasons why the long winter nights seem to go on forever!
		In Iran, the winter solstice has been celebrated for centuries and it is called Shab-e yalda, which refers to the birthday or rebirth of the sun.
		On into the night of festivities the family keeps the fires burning and the lights glowing to help the sun in its battle against darkness.
	www.artarena.force9.co.uk /yalda.htm (769 words)

	Green Left - Brisbane's Solstice Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The festival is described by its organisers, the Queensland Folk Federation, as demonstrating a “commitment to the reality of Australia as a multicultural or many cultured nation”.
		The festival included a rich variety of performers from the Pacific region, such as Ume Lalo-nama from Papua New Guinea, the Brisbane Polynesian Dancers Vocal Group, Te Ihi O Te Ra Maori Cultural Group and Indian and Fijian performers.
		Festival goers were treated to the final concert of Tangled Web; two of their members are about to depart to the UK.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/1997/279/279p20c.htm (309 words)

	Winter Solstice Lantern Festival Main Page - Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
		The winter solstice marks the gentle shift of our planet's eternal relationship with the sun.
		Beautiful lanterns and solstice calendars (by artist Lynda Nakashima) are available for seasonal gift-giving at the front desk of the Community Centre throughout December.
		In the week leading up to the Winter Solstice, artists from the Secret Lantern Society will be inviting the public to join them in the creation of a giant lantern sculpture - the Tree of Life.
	www.roundhouse.ca /index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=105 (790 words)

	Ethical Culture Roots: Festival of the Winter Solstice
		The festival of the Winter Solstice was originally designed to celebrate the indestructible life in nature.
		The higher thought today is that the moral life of the world which appears so far as we know, in human beings only, is also indestructible - that after every defeat it rises to new victory - that after every obscuration it shines forth with new brightness.
		Festival of the Winter Solstice - Dec 04, 2002
	roots.ethicalmanifold.net /archives/000082.html (250 words)

	Winter Solstice--and Dickens
		They are all connected to the Winter Solstice, but as metaphors they remarkably share a message thousands of years older than their religions.
		The light is waxing!” Two thousand years later, this story was adapted as the birth of Christ, with Jesus replacing the Persian Sun god, Mithras.
		It helped convert pagans to Christianity, since the new god was a version of their old god (Mithris, Saturn, Mordoc, Horus, Sol, Apollo, Osiris, etc.) Of course, this is truer than most Christians realize.
	home.sprynet.com /~palermo/solstice.htm (3018 words)

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