A Week ago I was coming home from a wheelie in my chair towards evening and captured the sun as it was going down behind the trees. It was not the solstice, but probably a dress rehearsal.
We have a town, more like a larger village, near us where it is tradition to celebrate the solstice in Summer. The village is called Oensingen and somehow, way back, they had a connection to the Druids, which is probably why they make such a big thing about the solstice. The big celebration is in summer when they have a firework display. They have a web site, but all in German. I found a translation of part of the site into english and am including the Google English translated link, although this is only pertaining to the Summer.
I have never been to the celebrations, but it is quite spectacular I heard. They do not celebrate in Winter.
Otherwise I find such events interesting and they are something actual and not based on a story. The solstice happens, the shortest day in the year. Today is very dark and dismal and there was no glorious sunset.
Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss 
Up there, so far north, the solstice is indeed short and dark. ❤
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I know. Mr. Swiss told me many accounts of Winter in Sweden where there is almost no daylight. He was there once for the St. Lucia festival where the young girls wear a crown of candles and everyone has a big feast afterwards. When you get older, they are the memories you treasure. They celebrate the feast on the Wintersolstice day.
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❤ Bear and I are going to celebrate with a long walk. I think that's what we both got up for today. Take care of yourself, Mrs. Anglo-Swiss.
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That’s my kind of sunset 😀 Always through trees. My doctor is going to stick a lot of needles in me and see if we can lower the pain level a little bit. Oh joy! I don’t even MIND the pain of the shots. I just want them to work. THAT will be MY Christmas present!
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Hope it will be worth it. I stick a needle in my every second day, but always in a different place and it still hurts. I got myself a car for Christmas which I did not plan on, but this time it is all mine
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