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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.
The holiday is thought to celebrate the sun's return and the land's rebirth as days begin to get longer after the longest night of the year. The solstice is celebrated by many as a time of rebirth ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The longest night happens on the solstice because the hemisphere is in its furthest position from the sun. That occurs each year on Dec. 21 or 22. This year, it falls on Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m ET ...
Longest Night, The Longest Night or The Longest Nite may refer to: Winter solstice , the day in December (Northern Hemisphere) and June (Southern Hemisphere) with the longest night of the year Longest Night Service or Blue Christmas, a Western Christian tradition marking the December winter solstice