Living in the Northeast means that we get nice long summer days and sad short midwinter days.
I was born very near the equator, in the mountain city of Pereira, Colombia (up in the Andes). I moved to Wisconsin when I was 3 1/2 years old and have lived in the snowy lands of the US for some years (when I wasn’t living in the humid sweaty southern swampy parts of the US that is). There is some part of my inner child which misses those 12 hour days and 12 hour nights.
As a result of all this, I am very sensitive to the shortness of these days so I get really excited when we hit the winter solstice and our days begin to get longer.
In an effort to not be overly depressive during this time, we learn about solstice traditions across the ages and across the globe.
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