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Blue Christmas (also called the Longest Night) in the Western Christian tradition is a day in the Advent season marking the longest night of the year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On this day, some churches in Western Christian denominations hold a church service that honours people that have lost loved ones and are experiencing grief.
Iranian people celebrate the night of the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice as, "Yalda night", which is known to be the "longest and darkest night of the year". Yalda night celebration, or as some call it "Shabe Chelleh" ("the 40th night"), is one of the oldest Iranian traditions that has been present in Persian culture from ancient times ...
Winter Solstice (the longest night and shortest day of the year) or Yule (Winter solstice, around 21–22 December in the Northern Hemisphere and 21–22 June in the Southern Hemisphere) – The solstice celebrations are traditionally marked with anything that symbolizes or encourages life. Decorating evergreens with bright objects and lights ...
Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and the official first day of winter, is on Saturday, December 21, this year (well, for the vast bulk of the world’s population anyway).
By the time we reach the summer solstice on June 20, 2025, it will be the longest day of the year. So even though Dec. 21 feels dark, it's actually the turning point toward brighter days ...
Night owls might look at the evening of Dec. 21 as the longest night of the year. No matter how one perceives the shortest day, or longest night, here's what you should know about this year's ...
In Zoroastrian tradition the longest and darkest night of the year was a particularly inauspicious day, and the practices of what is now known as "Shab-e Chelleh/Yalda" were originally customs intended to protect people from evil (see dews) during that long night, [rs 7] at which time the evil forces of Ahriman were imagined to be at their peak ...
This year, it falls on Saturday 21 December at 9:21am, while the sun is expected to set at 3:51pm. This means there will be 7 hours 49 minutes and 42 seconds of daylight.