Dec. 21, 2006 Winter Solstice
Happy Winter Solstice ... from Columbus Best Blog....it's about time and space
I am not sure what Santa is doing.... scratching his belly? Doing the twist?
Today is the first day of winter. It arrives at 7:22 PM today in Columbus. When I found the Santa clock. I was looking for a round clock to go on a my Winter Solstice entry on Active Rain. I thought the clock in my Time and Termperature category would be great. Then... I wanted to use a funky clock with stars and planets on Clocklink.com but I can't see the big hand and the small hand... (It's not a digital clock...) I can't see how to tell time with it. Remember back in the good old days when you had to learn to tell time? It was not a matter of reading numbers, the big hand and the little hand...
Now I see it, the big dot... moon(?) is the big hand, the little dot (planetoid?) is the little hand.
Winter Solstice, Saturnalia, Yule, The Long Night, Santa Claus can't be far behind...
"Observances of the solstice from pagan and Roman times (Saturnalia) blended into medieval European celebrations of Christmas. Various religions and cultures observe winter festivals incorporating the concept of the (re)birth of light. " Religious Tolerance
The science of the Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice - There were winter celebrations by the Greeks, ancient Egyptians, Incas, Iranians, American Indians, Druids, Christians, Judism, modern neo paganists, atheists and more.
c. Columbus Best Blog 2006
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