Travel Well in New Zealand with part two of our rv Road Trip series!! We kick things off at Coronet Peak in Queenstown then head out to the Fiordland National Park, ... Summer solstice 2025 is here!

Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and the official first day of winter, is on Thursday, Dec. 21, this year (well, for the vast bulk of the Americas anyway).

The winter solstice is called the shortest day of the year because it is has the fewest hours of daylight, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. It always occurs on either Dec. 21 or Dec. 22.