Up here in the Northern hemisphere, today is the shortest day of the year.

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE everyone!

Stonehenge marks winter solstice
Hundreds of people gathered at Stonehenge early this morning to celebrate the winter solstice – a pagan tradition. More than 20,000 people usually attend the annual summer solstice celebrations at the site.

Solstice celebration ancient Plains ritual
Long before the first Europeans walked on Kansas soil, American Indians celebrated the prairie and its December night skies. In some cases, these native people of more than a thousand years ago dug intaglios, or animal figures, into trenches along hillsides across the state and built council circles for dancing and sacred ceremonies. The winter solstice, Dec. 21, held tremendous significance to these prehistoric Kansans.