winter solstice Archives - The Schuylkill Center

[caption id="attachment_273523" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Winterberry holly, a native holly whose bright red berries feed many birds throughout the winter, and one of the many symbols of the season.[/caption] Winter formally arrives at 10:58 a.m. on Tuesday, December 21, that moment we call the winter solstice, both the shortest day and longest night of the year. Our staff-- like thousands of generations of humans before us-- will gather around a fire to mark that exact moment. Still, for a naturalist like me, one of the pleasures of the holiday season is that we decorate homes and offices with innumerable nods to…

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