Sybil Bruncheon’s Solstice Silliness!...
/Well, here it is Facebook Friends!! The Winter Solstice! Which, after all the scientific explanations, means that the days will begin getting longer, and the nights will get shorter. I KNOW it's CALLED "The First Day of Winter, but more accurately it should be called "MID-Winter".... so! Even though we've got months of shivering ahead of us up here in the Northern hemisphere, it is SOME consolation to know that in a wide variety of cultures and civilizations, this was the day that reassured the ancients that Spring would be coming soon!.... well, ....soon-ISH!
...And as for our friends in the Southern hemisphere, isn't it strange to imagine that they think of December, January, and February as "get-to-the-beach-days", "bikini weather", and "sunburn season"??? Good Heavens, I just realized, what "season" are they actually experiencing?? Do they call it "Summer" down there...or does the word "Winter" mean piña coladas, cabaña & bañana boys, grass skirts, and coconut brassieres to them?!?.....I must find an old issue of National Geographic and find out!!
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