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December 21,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Today December 21st is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. The Winter solstice (or hibernal solstice), also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere this is the December solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere this is the June solstice.