Been a bit busy lately to do anything other than look in from
time-to-time. However, I'd like to specifically note, albeit late, the
passing on the 21st (12.41 UT?) of the Winter Solstice. *That's* the day,
every year, when I start to feel better about life.

Welcome back, sun - and the prospect of warmer days, lighter nights,
outdoor life .......................

- Tom.

Funny Tom I was thinking about that, and how it's passed us all by with out
a mention. Do Pagans (I hate this next word) celebrate this event ?






"Tom Bennett" wrote in message
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Been a bit busy lately to do anything other than look in from
time-to-time. However, I'd like to specifically note, albeit late, the
passing on the 21st (12.41 UT?) of the Winter Solstice. *That's* the day,
every year, when I start to feel better about life.

Welcome back, sun - and the prospect of warmer days, lighter nights,
outdoor life .......................

- Tom.

(I hate this next word) celebrate this event ?

IIRC, is not Stonehenge's avenue arranged in line with the Winter solstice,
and not the New Age summer solstice, it was the start of the new beginning,
pf life reborn.

Sounds familiar, well the christians did adapt Pagan dates?

Merry Xmas or Winterfest :-)

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:23:53 -0000, "Lawrence Jenkins"
wrote:

Funny Tom I was thinking about that, and how it's passed us all by with out
a mention. Do Pagans (I hate this next word) celebrate this event ?



I did hear that there were traffic problems in the vicinity of Stonehenge on
21st as the Druids were cavorting naked around the stones, or whatever it is
they do.

I am an atheist and I am quite happy to celebrate the Yuletide festival and
welcome the lengthening days. It was, after all, originally a Pagan and/or
secular festival before it was hijacked by the Judeo-Christian religions.

Martin






"Tom Bennett" wrote in message
...
Been a bit busy lately to do anything other than look in from
time-to-time. However, I'd like to specifically note, albeit late, the
passing on the 21st (12.41 UT?) of the Winter Solstice. *That's* the day,
every year, when I start to feel better about life.

Welcome back, sun - and the prospect of warmer days, lighter nights,
outdoor life .......................

- Tom.

Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
Funny Tom I was thinking about that, and how it's passed us all by with out
a mention. Do Pagans (I hate this next word) celebrate this event ?






"Tom Bennett" wrote in message
...

Been a bit busy lately to do anything other than look in from
time-to-time. However, I'd like to specifically note, albeit late, the
passing on the 21st (12.41 UT?) of the Winter Solstice. *That's* the day,
every year, when I start to feel better about life.

Welcome back, sun - and the prospect of warmer days, lighter nights,
outdoor life .......................

- Tom.


But is winter solstice the day the sun is lowest in the sky at midday?

Because we have some strange sunrise and sunset times at this time of year

Joe
Wolverhampton

JPG wrote:
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:23:53 -0000, "Lawrence Jenkins"
wrote:


Funny Tom I was thinking about that, and how it's passed us all by with out
a mention. Do Pagans (I hate this next word) celebrate this event ?




I did hear that there were traffic problems in the vicinity of Stonehenge on
21st as the Druids were cavorting naked around the stones, or whatever it is
they do.

Does that include young naked women dancing! ;-)

Joe
Wolverhampton

"Joe Egginton" wrote in message


But is winter solstice the day the sun is lowest in the sky at midday?

Because we have some strange sunrise and sunset times at this time of year

There is axle running north and south through the earth about which the
earth rotates called the poles. The ends of it are the nrth and south
poles.

It is tilted to the disk we think of as earth's orbit around the sun.
And what that means is that the sun rises higher in the sky in summer
and lower in the winter. It has a set maximum and minimum angle called
the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. So the total diference in height
fromn summer to winter is about 47 degrees.

But the earth moves faster around the sun in winter than in summer
giving another reason for the differences in day lengths.



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Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
Funny Tom I was thinking about that, and how it's passed us all by with out
a mention. Do Pagans (I hate this next word) celebrate this event ?


Yes.

--
Gianna
www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

So Gianna, were you celebrating this event the other day when you had your
party?




"Gianna Stefani" wrote in message
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Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
Funny Tom I was thinking about that, and how it's passed us all by with
out a mention. Do Pagans (I hate this next word) celebrate this event ?


Yes.

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Gianna
www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
So Gianna, were you celebrating this event the other day when you had your
party?


Yes indeed, and a great time was had by all (:
It might be best not to read things into that.

I have (or have had) friends and acquaintances of assorted religions and
lack thereof, for example:

Atheist
Buddhist
Christian (assorted)
Hindu
Jewish
Muslim (Sunni and Shia)
Pagan
Sikh
Wiccan

Many of the above celebrate *something* at around this time of the year.
The solstice is an astronomical fact, and requires no belief (or
disbelief) in anything in particular (other than perhaps the ablility to
calculate its date correctly) and is equally not against anyone's
beliefs. (Its use on my 'card' is ideal in that respect.)

So celebrating the event (why did you not like using that word?) is
marking that we are that point in the year. The space between sunrise
and sunset here was (still is) about six and one half hours and soon the
days will be just a little longer ... ideal reason to party then ...
here comes the sun ...

Soon be Hogmanay too !!!

I do enjoy a good festa (:

--
Gianna
www.buchan-meteo.org.uk