Is it valid to be annoyed when, as your plane pulls up to the gate at your destination, a flight attendant tells you and your fellow passengers, just before deplaning, to “have a blessed day”? Perhaps ...

The 2024 winter solstice will happen on Saturday, December 21. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the solstice is at 4:21 a.m. ET in the Northern Hemisphere.

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and celebrations around the world.

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Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail.

If you need a cure for the winter blahs, we have some. NPR's Barrie Hardymon, avid reader and watcher of things is here. Hi, Barrie. BARRIE HARDYMON, BYLINE: Hi there.

The winter solstice, also known as the December solstice, will arrive on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2022. It is often called the "shortest day of the year" because of the limited daylight hours and minutes.