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Making Candy Canes

Driving on Snow Sangre De Cristo Mountains heading back into Taos New Mexico

Dry grass sways in the wind.

The winter solstice is when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted farthest away from the sun — bringing the shortest amount of sunlight of the year.

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CLEAN : Indigenous Colombians mark the winter solstice

Some places in the northern U.S. could see wind chills approaching 70 degrees below zero. Even warm-weather states are preparing for the worst.

CLEAN: Bolivian natives celebrate New Year, winter solstice

CLEAN : Colombians hold ritual to mark winter

It might be the one sunniest day of the year, but it’s felt like the middle of summer for weeks.

CLEAN : Ceremonies mark Mayan new era

With the greeting of the first rays of the sun on the morning of the winter solstice, Aymara herders on the Bolivian Altiplano sacrifice two llamas to Mother Earth (Pacha Mama) and to Inti the Sun God (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Thousands of people welcome the Summer Solstice sunrise at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, marking the longest day of the year in the first organised gathering at the World Heritage Site since the Covid pandemic (Footage by AFPTV...

Early Americans with strong Christian beliefs denounced Christmas trees, calling them a pagan symbol.

People gather at Newgrange, Co. Meath, on the morning of the winter solstice, which is marked by pagan celebrations.



Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath, Ireland. It is thought the Neolithics built Newgrange...

The Aymara indigenous people in Pinaya, Bolivia celebrate the winter solstice, also known as the Andean New Year (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

VOICED: Bolivian natives celebrate New Year, winter solstice