Winter Solstice Is When the Sun Stands Still

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By Kimberly Rubie

On Saturday, Dec. 21, the winter solstice will mark another season when the Sun stands still. Due to our planet’s tilt on its axis, it makes the Sun look like it rises and sits over the course of a year, yet the Sun never moves. The Earth is the one rotating in relation to our personal star. The winter solstice this year will happen at 5:11 p.m. On that day the United States will receive just nine hours and 32 minutes of daylight. It is no accident that many holidays have arisen from being so close to these four times of the year. Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and numerous other days of celebration come straight from the solstices and the equinoxes. [link]