A happy winter solstice (or summer solstice in the southern hemisphere) to all!
A previous winter in a previous place…
Read about the winter solstice in Wikipedia.
This year there is a rare full moon, and total lunar eclipse at the winter solstice on late Dec. 20th /early Dec. 21st. For a great time chart and graphics go here, or to NASA.
Winter solstice at Newgrange in Ireland:
http://www.newgrange.com/winter-solstice-10.htm
http://www.knowth.com/winter-solstice.htm
Winter solstice at Stonehenge, Great Britain:
http://blog.stonehenge-stone-circle.co.uk/2010/09/22/stonehenge-winter-solstice-22nd-december-2010/