The winter solstice is a significant astronomical event that marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, this occurs annually around December 21 or ...

There’s a busy calendar of folk song and dance performances, and locals mark the winter solstice with pagan celebrations that include the rolling and burning of the Yule log and dressing up in ...

On my recent December birthday, a card I received wished me: "Many happy returns." "I'm down with that," I thought to myself.

British researchers who have spent years studying Stonehenge are proposing a novel purpose for the monument's existence.

A few days ago, we made it through the inky tunnel of the year’s longest night. Now, for some of us anyway, here comes the ...

I’m sure you’ve noticed that the days are getting longer. Well, maybe not; the change is only by seconds so far. So probably you’re still grumpy about how it gets dark before you’ve even finished work ...

Thousands of people celebrated the winter solstice at Stonehenge, a place of worship in southern England. Some wore costumes, ...

Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people simply yearning for the promise of spring marked the dawn of the shortest ...

Thousands of people gather at the ancient English monument of Stonehenge to greet sunrise on winter solstice, the northern hemisphere's shortest day of the year.

Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people yearning for the promise of spring have marked the dawn of the shortest day of the year at the ancient Stonehenge monument. Some ...

The origins of Stonehenge are shrouded in mystery, but it was built to align with the sun on solstice days. People gather at ...