The winter solstice, otherwise called midwinter, is a galactic wonder denoting the day with the most limited time of sunshine and the longest night of the year. It happens when one of the Earth's posts has its most extreme tilt far from the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in every half of the globe. Date: 22 December 2018 Trending Festivities: Festivals, investing energy with friends and family, devouring, singing, moving, fires Importance: Astronomically denotes the start of shortening evenings and stretching days Seen by: Various societies Additionally called: Midwinter, Yule, the Longest Night, Jól Wikipedia The December solstice is the solstice that happens every December, commonly between the twentieth and the 22nd day of the month as indicated by the Gregorian logbook. In the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice is the winter solstice, while in the Southern Hemisphere it is the late spring solstice. It is otherwise called the southern solstice