| Winter Solstice | |
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| Appearances | CF, NL |
| Celebration | They celebrate the shortest day and the longest night of the year. |
| Date | December 21 |
El Winter Solstice (Midwinter Day in English) is an event introduced in Animal Crossing: City Folk / Let's Go To The City that takes place on December 21.
Animal Crossing: City Folk/Let's Go To The City
Tortimer handing you the Snow Globe
Tortimer will meet as usual outside the town hall. If you talk to him, he will tell you that he is glad that it is the shortest day of the year because that way he will spend less time out there in the cold. To make you forget about the cold, he will give you the Snow Globe. If you talk to him again, he will ask you why you don't think that today is the shortest day and he will say that young people do not respect anything. He may also tell you that he has given you the gift because he is cold or he will reflect on why there must also be a longer day of the year.
Notice board announcing the winter solstice
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
In New Leaf this event will bring the peculiarity that it will be at night throughout the day, this day being the only time it can happen. Canela will be in the town square, and if you talk to him he will give you the blue Glowing Wand to illuminate you on this dark day.
The winter solstice in real life
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Each filtering bag solstices are the times of the year when the Sun reaches its highest or lowest apparent height in the sky, and the duration of the day or night is the maximum of the year, respectively. Astronomically, the solstices are the moments in which the Sun reaches its maximum declination north (+ 23º 27 ') or south (−23º 27') with respect to the Earth's equator. On the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere the Sun reaches its zenith at noon over the Tropic of Cancer and on the winter solstice it reaches its zenith at noon over the Tropic of Capricorn. It occurs twice a year: June 20 or 21 and December 21 or 22 of each year. On the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere the Sun reaches its zenith at noon over the Tropic of Capricorn and on the winter solstice it reaches its zenith at noon over the Tropic of Cancer. It happens twice a year: on December 20 or 21 and June 21 or 22 of each year. Throughout the year the position of the Sun as seen from Earth moves north and south. The existence of the solstices is caused by the inclination of the Earth's axis on the plane of its orbit. On solstice days, the longitude of the day and the latitude of the Sun at noon are maximum (at the summer solstice) and minimum (at the winter solstice) compared to any other day of the year. Solstice commemorative festivals were held in most ancient cultures. The dates of the solstices are identical to the astronomical passage from spring to summer and from autumn to winter in temperate zones. The dates of the Winter Solstice and Summer Solstice they are switched for both hemispheres. The solstice is an astronomical term related to the position of the Sun on the celestial equator. The name comes from the Latin solstitium (sol sistere or Sol still).
