Winter Solstice Celebrations

Redondo_Dave
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:46:23 +0000

The Solstice is upon us. It will occur here in California at 4:22pm today. I am always excited to see that the Northern Hemisphere has reached the farthest point from the sun and will now start our way back toward Summer. I like to reflect on how the many generations before me have had this same exact thought. It gives us time to reflect on how our ancestors had to make it through the harsh winters and had to plan on how they would keep warm and noursish themselves during the dark times. In olden days the people could tell by December 25th that the sun was moving back towards the North and many civilzations from the Chumash Indians to the Norse celebrated this start of the sun’s return. Our family and friends will have our Solstice party tonight. I was wondering if others out there take the time during this busy holiday time to reflect back to our human roots.