December 21, 2025

The Winter Solstice.

How will you observe the profound occasion?

48 comments:

rehajm said...

We have fog this morning but it should be gone by solstice time. Hopefully I observe from the 7th hole in red numbers…

Derve said...

Profound?

Derve said...

Natural, not profound.
No need for word inflation today.
Just keep it honest, as we should everyday...

Lincolntf said...

I will be enjoying our second to last day here in St. Croix. Watching football at a beach bar, maybe some snorkeling, definitely some rum punch. Yesterday will be hard to top, so we're taking it easy today. (Yesterday we rode horses in the Atlantic, an otherworldly experience)

Old and slow said...

Scattered clouds and warm (39F) this morning, so it should be a good sunrise while I'm out running. It still feels odd to be running so late for the sunrise, but that's on the the turn now.

Humperdink said...

I will celebrate tomorrow as the days (read: daylight hours) will get longer.

R C Belaire said...

It's another December Sunday. That's it.

gadfly said...

On the 23rd day of December
Seinfield's friend George invented for all the world
A Festivus for the Rest of Us

donald said...

What I do every day I’m home. Fishing.

traditionalguy said...

Time for the celebration of the return of the Sun and with it the growing of all green plants for all of the food chain. It’s a cycle forever and ever, amen.

Food beats starvation every time.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Obsessively watching THIS.

Kirk Parker said...

Go to bed early

Beasts of England said...

One of my favorite days. No special celebration, but it’s on my calendar. Here comes the sun(shine)…

Rob said...

I will note that the days are getting longer! I'll smile!
Then it's back to the day in, day out routine.
Happy solstice everyone!

Randomizer said...

My dog will get his quarterly tick medicine.

mezzrow said...

Morning gig, brunch, football, evening gig, more football. It's Christmas season and people want to hear some live music.

Everybody out there have a good day! Ho Ho Ho!

Heartless Aztec said...

Surfing a sweet little swell here in Florida. Water is 70° F and the air will top out at 73°F. Waves are waist to shoulder high, well formed and glassy. This 72 year old is going wait a bit for the sun to fully claim a warm azimuth and then I'm going catch a good buzz, ride some bitchen' (1950's surf lingo) waves and enjoy this month that has an R in it. Cowabunga (1960's surf lingo) dudes and dudettes.

Amexpat said...

Sacrificing a horse to Odin. But I don't own a horse and I don't believe in Odin.

Guimo said...

Did you know that beginning Wednesday, December 10, the sun will begin setting later each day. According to the sunrise-sunset chart prepared by the U.S. Naval Observatory for our latitude (Salisbury, MD) on December, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, the sun sets at 4:41 p.m. On December 10, it sets at 4:42; on December 15, at 4:43; on December 18, at 4:44; and so forth. That doesn’t mean the days are getting shorter. The sun is rising later each day until January 8 when it begins to rise earlier. Thought you all wanted to know. Surf’s up!

Marcus Bressler said...

I am going to take a walk on the beach this afternoon. It will be in the high 70s, with a gentle breeze. I'll be counting my blessings.

Kakistocracy said...

Group ski on the Birkie Trail -- OO to Telemark and back. Bit windy on the hills but mostly nice. Skiing in a winter wonderland..,

imTay said...

By cursing the darkness.

Steve Witherspoon said...

It was written, "The Winter Solstice. How will you observe the profound occasion?"

It isn't profound in any way, it's simply annual observance of an astronomical "event", if that's what you choose to call it, everything else associated with it is nonsense.

Peachy said...

celebration that the days are now getting longer.
yay.

Ampersand said...

Walking the dogs, as it turns out.

J Severs said...

I will be writing last minute Xmas cards for mailing first thing on Monday.

Martha said...

I will remember my parents who were married on December 21, 1942 during World War II. My father was a lieutenant in the infantry.

imTay said...

April and September both have rs in them, but as I recall living there, both were mostly 90 degrees and 90% humidity, but enjoy the bragging days, but the nicest Florida weather that I ever experienced doesn’t match a northern midsummer, six weeks of heaven on earth.

Narr said...

I'll try to send a Solsticial Salutations email to my three or four remaining old friends, and catch them up to my doings--the stuff you people have already read here.

Isn't that ironic?

Meade said...

Like this

Meade said...

https://youtube.com/shorts/8OYfnAF0-jY?si=4Qvcka8PzKZxX0gs
But you already know.

Meade said...

I was planning to build a fire but, after it came up, the sun felt so warm I decided to skip burning any logs.

Original Mike said...

Makin' jerky.

Christopher B said...

As Guimo notes, the sun is still coming up later in the morning til January so bah humbug to the Solstice. I'll celebrate in January. At least it isn't self-inflicted like DST.

Original Mike said...

Stonedome! Happy Solstice!

Original Mike said...

While I like the darkness, I don't appreciate the sun's low angle of incidence. This time of year it shines directly onto my "reading Althouse" position in the house. Our roof has deep eaves; most of the year the sun doesn't hit my reading spot. I will appreciate its ascension.

Meade said...

Stonedome indeed, Mike!

Rusty said...

Meade said...
"I was planning to build a fire but, after it came up, the sun felt so warm I decided to skip burning any logs."

I burned a leftist. Then collected the ashes. I use the ashes to kill weeds.
On average the days will get longer by two and a half minutes a day until they don't. I read that somewhere.

Howard said...

Every moment on this mortal coil is profound, but we forget. The solstice is a good reminder.

Mason G said...

The solstice doesn't matter to me, I'm waiting for when the sun stops rising later (which would be Jan. 8).

Anthony said...

going to run a trail in shorts and a t-shirt here in AZ where it's almost 80 today, and fix a toilet and baseboard. Go me.

MOfarmer said...

Celebrating! Son's girlfriend received Phd on Friday. She and her family are coming. Starting to smoke a brisket in about an hour. MIZ!

Art in LA said...

I'm hoping it clears up a bit this afternoon. I want to get a picture of the sunset as the sun "touches" the Pacific -- if you listen closely, you can hear the sizzling sound. I'm amazed how much the sun moves between solstices. I'm also looking forward to more daylight hours!

Joe Bar said...

We are roasting the infidels in their hovels.

Josephbleau said...

If I were a real man I would get together with my man dudes and sit in the woods playing drum music on a hollow log.

Aggie said...

A day on the Caribbean beach, perfect weather, some nice body surfing, joy with the toddler grandchildren shrieking in the sand and waves, and a nice, fresh Bake and Shark - a local sandwich made up fresh on the spot with fried bread, shark, about a dozen different condiments to pile on top, including a blistering hot sauce. Yummy if you know how.

mccullough said...

Next year we should all go to Argentina to celebrate.

Mr. T. said...

Sleep?

After all it's the longest night of the year.

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