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The season of frosted window panes, warm fires and hot chocolate arrived at 11:56 a.m. on December 21. At this time, winter settles on the northern hemisphere as the sun appears to pause in its southern drift, having reached the extreme point in its journey—the winter solstice.
On this day, the Earth’s north pole is tipped as far away from the sun as possible. The midday sun shines at its lowest point above the horizon followed by the longest night of the year. Then the sun begins to move northward again.
The word solstice, meaning “sun standing still,” has been used to describe those times
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