The Winter Solstice is the oldest holy day humanity has ever marked. Long before calendars, clocks, or religions, people watched the sun. They noticed the days growing shorter, the nights stretching longer, and then—on one sacred pause—the darkness stopped deepening. The sun stood still. Solstice literally means "sun stands still." For ancient cultures, this was not a celebration of light yet, but a reverence for survival, rest, and trust. The earth appeared quiet, dormant, even barren, but b...
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