The ancient Stonehenge monument ... For this reason, pagan and druid communities actually celebrate the first sunrise after the winter solstice. Traditionally, the winter solstice was a time ...

There’s nothing to look up and see at the moment of the solstice, but if you look up, you may see some shooting stars as the Geminid meteor shower winds down and the Ursid meteo ...

In 1790, the local parson tried to stop the custom due to its pagan associations ... The idea that the witches of winter should be banished at Easter is a common European folk motif, appearing ...

The winter solstice, the oldest-known winter celebration ... Pope Julius I as the date of Christ’s birth to replace the ancient pagan Roman midwinter festival called “Saturnalia” with ...