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Winter Solstice: Nights
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The Winter Solstice brings the shortest day of the year, which at Children Of The Moon means the longest night of the year! YAY! To celebrate, visit FamilyEducation.com to print and create your own night sky mobile.
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Derived from a pre-zoroastrian festival, Shabe Chelle is celebrated on the eve of the first day of winter in the Persian calendar, which always falls on the solstice. Yalda is the most important non-new-year Iranian festival in modern-day Iran & it has been long celebratd in Iran by all ethnic/religious groups. According to Persian mythology, Mithra was born at the end of this night after the long expected defeat of darkness against Light. "Shabe Chelle" is now an important social occasion, when family and friends get together for fun and merriment. Usually families gather at their elders homes. Different kinds of dried fruits, nuts, seeds and fresh winter fruits are consumed.
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You should enjoy yourself as much as possible on the Winter Solstice because this will bring back light (and lightness) into the world. Different traditions mention feasting, gambling, playing pranks, giving gifts, visiting, drinking, dressing up, fornicating, putting on plays and staying up all night. During the dark of winter, invoke all the forces of pleasure and love which make life worth living.
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Select a year from 2000 to 2010 and learn how long the day and short night will be during the winter solstice. Follow links at the top to view animation of the Earth ecliptic orbit and countdown to upcoming solstices.
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