Winter Solstice.

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

Dwellars in the Northern Hemisphere can rejoice in the fact that today is the shortest day.

The sun will make a little more effort from now on to rise more than just a few degrees above the horizon and I might, just might, feel that it is worth the effort of getting up in the morning.

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rAmen.

8 hours, 25 minutes of daylight today. and a few minutes more tomorrow. My favorite day of the year, the return of the sun!