Well it will be below the Equator tomorrow:
The precise moment of the 2004 solstice will be December 21, 2004 at 7:42 A.M. EST (12:42 UT).
Why not have a very polictical correct celebration of something older than our human race. Something that we can all share in beyond our religious beliefs and convictions. Something more universal to everybody.
So what will be appropriate tunes to play, any thoughts?
MarkB
• Solstice, Solstice, Solstice!
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Solstice
• Solstice Bells
• We Wish You a Merry Solstice
• Deck the Halls
Festivus . . . for the rest of us!
It’s officially winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, and following in my mother’s tradition, I lit a single candle that will burn all through the day and night until dawn tomorrow, placed in the window. And the same goes for Christmas Eve, just a single candle burning in the window with no other lights on.
I usually gather with friends out in the county for a huge bonfire and revelry, if the Solstice falls on a weekend, it is always a good time, with fresh hard cider, ice wine and bake goods, music and song. Some of us even try to stay up till dawn, keeping the fire blazing through the night.
MarkB
Well I’m glad I’m not the only one around here to realise it’s summer. Actually, by my reckoning, it’s been summer for about three weeks now. Some of us simply count December, January and February as summer months. Others go by the solstice.
Since Wollongong has it’s own micro-climate which is an odd cross between Mediterranean and sub-tropical, it doesn’t much matter how you reckon summer since the main difference between official summer and autumn is just slightly cooler nights in autumn. Aussie chiffers futher north mainly have even warmer weather.
One advantage of this climate is that a lot of the flowers in my garden are in bloom between 8 and 10 months of the year.