Winter 2026 starts 10:03 a.m.. EST , Dec. 21, which is right now if our internet service provider’s clock is accurate.
This means that tilt of Earth’s semi-axis is most inclined to the sun in the Southern Hemisphere which is a solstice.
The axis will in a few moments slowly start reversing itself until it is the Northern Hemisphere that is most inclined to the sun.
This would be the start of our summer (and Argentina’s winter).
Today is the shortest day of the year.
This poem commemorating the event is courtesy of Dave Devaney.
Winter’s Solstice
December 21, 2025
Now comes the “Winter’s Solstice”
With Christmas just behind
The New Year will be dawning soon
Where fresh starts, we all find
Ten days are left to celebrate
And change what we might be
The sun has southerly declined
To the twenty third, degree
And too there is a wonderment
As everything does change
And though we live with certainty
We still life rearrange
All joyful that new days draw nigh
And futures do exist
Not worried that in history
We might have something missed
Preparing for tomorrow
As if it matters most
When truly from our very depth
Of love we should now boast
We are our own uncertainty
Confused yet unconfused
So each new breath and heartbeat felt
Should never be abused
For as the solstice comes to us
Now twice again each year
With time we find its solace too
Does end most every fear
Then always and forevermore
Please live with certainty
And know each solstice that returns
Does bring sweet ecstasy
Peace, Love and Happiness
David
12/19/2025
