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Winter Solstice
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Hahahahaha....Stu_of_Kunming said:
Chinese desserts in general...
Rest of the food - amazing
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Thanks, Jessie, I've been practising hard on my speelingJessie said:
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Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!5
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Why is it the most important day of the festive period?Stig said:Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!0 -
It’s not, but going against the grain always gets attention and sparks debate.1
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1. Because it's the only celebration that has any real-world meaning. It is beyond culture.stop_shouting said:
Why is it the most important day of the festive period?Stig said:Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!
2. Because it is the one that sets the time of year for other celebrations.
3. Because it is the only one that has universal significance.
4. I'm pretty sure (though happy to be proved wrong) that it will be the date that Charlton get their biggest festive win.3 -
Prefer summer solstice. Means autumn is creeping nearer, then winter.0
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Not sure I know anyone that celebrates it and definitely didn’t receive any cards!Stig said:
1. Because it's the only celebration that has any real-world meaning. It is beyond culture.stop_shouting said:
Why is it the most important day of the festive period?Stig said:Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!
2. Because it is the one that sets the time of year for other celebrations.
3. Because it is the only one that has universal significance.
4. I'm pretty sure (though happy to be proved wrong) that it will be the date that Charlton get their biggest festive win.0 -
It's not about cards and it really doesn't matter whether anyone celebrates it or not. It's still the most important day simply for what it is.stop_shouting said:
Not sure I know anyone that celebrates it and definitely didn’t receive any cards!Stig said:
1. Because it's the only celebration that has any real-world meaning. It is beyond culture.stop_shouting said:
Why is it the most important day of the festive period?Stig said:Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!
2. Because it is the one that sets the time of year for other celebrations.
3. Because it is the only one that has universal significance.
4. I'm pretty sure (though happy to be proved wrong) that it will be the date that Charlton get their biggest festive win.5 -
If you get the chance you should visit New Grange in Ireland, it’s a massive tomb arranged around the winter solstice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange
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I think you mean “in my opinion it’s the most important day….”Stig said:
It's not about cards and it really doesn't matter whether anyone celebrates it or not. It's still the most important day simply for what it is.stop_shouting said:
Not sure I know anyone that celebrates it and definitely didn’t receive any cards!Stig said:
1. Because it's the only celebration that has any real-world meaning. It is beyond culture.stop_shouting said:
Why is it the most important day of the festive period?Stig said:Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!
2. Because it is the one that sets the time of year for other celebrations.
3. Because it is the only one that has universal significance.
4. I'm pretty sure (though happy to be proved wrong) that it will be the date that Charlton get their biggest festive win.0 -
Like our (football) season things can only get brighter. No coincidence our thumping win was just as the darker days are getting lighter.
Only upwards from here.2 -
The winter solstice was at 9:21 am this morning, at which time the sun was furthest south in the northern hemisphere.Stig said:Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!
From today until the summer solstice, it's more daylight each day.
Happy new celestial year 🎉8 -
Lovely. I can feel my seasonal affective disorder receding already (helped by a 5-0 away win and palace having their arses handed to them.)4
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I watched the live stream from Stonehenge this morning. Not as spectacular as the summer solstice can be but still beautiful to see.5
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Do you use a light box to help? I do and find it very helpful.IdleHans said:Lovely. I can feel my seasonal affective disorder receding already (helped by a 5-0 away win and palace having their arses handed to them.)0 -
Thank you. No, it's not really too bad though I've considered it in the past. I've learned to take comfort from the positive seasonal things such as rich stews, dark flavoursome sipping beers, red wine, real fires and long walks with the dog, especially on cold crisp days. I used to be much less content when I was working, going to and returning from work in the dark was miserable. Nowadays I can at least make the most of the daylight.Arsenetatters said:
Do you use a light box to help? I do and find it very helpful.IdleHans said:Lovely. I can feel my seasonal affective disorder receding already (helped by a 5-0 away win and palace having their arses handed to them.)4 - Sponsored links:
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I agree, I try to enjoy the best of the season (we have no choice tbh!) Outdoors early morning when it’s misty. Soups, stews, red wine, sloe gin and real fires - especially using the branches that have come down during storm A-ZIdleHans said:
Thank you. No, it's not really too bad though I've considered it in the past. I've learned to take comfort from the positive seasonal things such as rich stews, dark flavoursome sipping beers, red wine, real fires and long walks with the dog, especially on cold crisp days. I used to be much less content when I was working, going to and returning from work in the dark was miserable. Nowadays I can at least make the most of the daylight.Arsenetatters said:
Do you use a light box to help? I do and find it very helpful.IdleHans said:Lovely. I can feel my seasonal affective disorder receding already (helped by a 5-0 away win and palace having their arses handed to them.)4 -
Nowt like a solstice. Prefer winter cause it means the nights are drawing out now. Couple of.momths a spring will be here, my favourite season.
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Isn't it taken as read that every post on this forum is in the poster's opinion?stop_shouting said:
I think you mean “in my opinion it’s the most important day….”Stig said:
It's not about cards and it really doesn't matter whether anyone celebrates it or not. It's still the most important day simply for what it is.stop_shouting said:
Not sure I know anyone that celebrates it and definitely didn’t receive any cards!Stig said:
1. Because it's the only celebration that has any real-world meaning. It is beyond culture.stop_shouting said:
Why is it the most important day of the festive period?Stig said:Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!
2. Because it is the one that sets the time of year for other celebrations.
3. Because it is the only one that has universal significance.
4. I'm pretty sure (though happy to be proved wrong) that it will be the date that Charlton get their biggest festive win.
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I've recommended this site before for checking on sunrise and sunset times - great for general interest and holidays etc.
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/london4 -
Stig said:
1. Because it's the only celebration that has any real-world meaning. It is beyond culture.stop_shouting said:
Why is it the most important day of the festive period?Stig said:Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!
2. Because it is the one that sets the time of year for other celebrations.
3. Because it is the only one that has universal significance.
4. I'm pretty sure (though happy to be proved wrong) that it will be the date that Charlton get their biggest festive win.Agree with all of this apart from 2 - the date for Easter is determined by the moon and the spring equinox (so still the movement of the sun I suppose so linked to the soltices!). The winter solstice celebration predates Christianity (hijacked by them and moved 4 days!) by thousands of years.When we lived in Kent we used to host a Yule dinner party for friends in the village.0 -
Yeah, I wasn't meaning to include Easter - that would be a bit of an over-stretch. In my head, I was referring to 'over the festive period' so roughly speaking everything from St Nicholas Day on 6th December to Epiphany/Twelfth Night a month later.bobmunro said:Stig said:
1. Because it's the only celebration that has any real-world meaning. It is beyond culture.stop_shouting said:
Why is it the most important day of the festive period?Stig said:Happy Solstice everyone. The most important day of the festive period. Can't wait for summer to start tomorrow!
2. Because it is the one that sets the time of year for other celebrations.
3. Because it is the only one that has universal significance.
4. I'm pretty sure (though happy to be proved wrong) that it will be the date that Charlton get their biggest festive win.Agree with all of this apart from 2 - the date for Easter is determined by the moon and the spring equinox (so still the movement of the sun I suppose so linked to the soltices!). The winter solstice celebration predates Christianity (hijacked by them and moved 4 days!) by thousands of years.When we lived in Kent we used to host a Yule dinner party for friends in the village.1 -
Don’t really get why the longest/shortest days are very important to be honest.That said, how did the ancients manage to work out the exact date?0
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MrOneLung said:Don’t really get why the longest/shortest days are very important to be honest.That said, how did the ancients manage to work out the exact date?Just as clever or stupid as us. But worked with less technology. Time taken to work out would have been longer, but the capacity to think, reason and resolve is the same.They also had to work with the seasons. Solstice important so they can start planning food for the coming growing season.I expect the community was more in touch with the cycles of nature than we are today.I also think they were far more connected to other communities than historians think, no evidence of this apart from my experience with people. We are naturally social and inquisitive. Talking, learning and therefore trading are important parts of our social fabric.
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MrOneLung said:Don’t really get why the longest/shortest days are very important to be honest.That said, how did the ancients manage to work out the exact date?On your first point - they are not really as important now, but thousands of years ago the seasons and the changing weather, daylight and so on were essential for what was an agrarian civilisation.How did they work it out? By plotting the position of the sunrise throughout the year. They would have worked out that there were 365 days in a year - a simple tally rather than the Gregorian calendar of course, and hey presto.Edit: @fenlandaddick said pretty much the same - before me!3
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The was a webcam on Stonehenge so everyone could work it out 👍🏼MrOneLung said:Don’t really get why the longest/shortest days are very important to be honest.That said, how did the ancients manage to work out the exact date?3
