"In the deep of the darkest night, there's a beacon of yellow
light..."
Today the winter solstice is a simple scientific fact. Our
hemisphere reaches it's furthest tilt away from the sun, causing
the longest night of the year and the shortest day. From now until
the summer solstice in June, each day will be longer than the one
before, and each night shorter.
Well before the astronomical explanation was known, humans in
many different cultures nevertheless made note of this annual
occurrence and celebrated it with many different ways of
symbolizing the victory of light over darkness
(more info
here).
Many celebrations involve gathering together around fires which
burn all night long on the longest night of the year. To find this
event, just allow yourself to be drawn to the yellow light which
burns all night long every night of the year. We will be waiting
for you there.
It was fun everyone! Here is the log.
