“Of course the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice is the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.”

“This festival lasted for seven days and included the winter solstice, which usually occurred around December 25th on the ancient Julian calendar.”

“For centuries, this heady flower has been a traditional decoration for the various holidays that fall in the December winter solstice season.”

“During the year 994 al-Khujandi used the very large instrument to observe a series of meridian transits of the sun near the solstices.”

“It also has links to detailed information explaining sunrise, sunset, the solstices and equinoxes.”

“As a result, the actual occurrence of the equinoxes and solstices slowly moved away from their calendar dates.”