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2. Blue Christmas (holiday) - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Winter solstice: The shortest day and longest night of the year

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   A man walks on a bridge in the faint light of sunset in Tokyo on December 20, 2022. Residents of Japan's capital city will get nine hours and 44 minutes of daylight on winter solstice.

4. 150 Heartfelt 'Pastor Appreciation Day' Wishes To Share With ...

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   Here are 150 unique and heartfelt ways to share your gratitude on Pastor Appreciation Day 2024. Related: 35 Daily Prayers To Encourage and Guide You as You Walk by Faith. When Is Pastor ...

5. Winter solstice - Wikipedia

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   For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, and when the Sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation in the sky. [7] Each polar region experiences continuous darkness or twilight around its winter solstice. The opposite event is the summer solstice.

6. Winter solstice 2024: The shortest day of the year is arriving

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   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 ...

7. Longest Night - Wikipedia

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   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

8. Yaldā Night - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

9. 'Night-Grazing' Is the Persian Tradition That Keeps Food ...

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   Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the year in Iran and in many other Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries. On the winter solstice, in a ...