Happy Winter Solstice!

[Thing]

Wave to the Sun.

[iago]

Sun? Is that that thing I see through the window during work? 

[j0k3r]

I would, but my parents would try to put me in an insane asylum.

That is, if the sun ever came out in the first place.

While trying to figure it out, I found this:

winter solstice
n.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the solstice that occurs on or about December 22

Occured on the 21st this year?

[iago]

It varies year to year -- it's the day when the sun reaches the Tropic of Capricorn, or something like that.  Notice the definition says "about Dec. 22" -- it occurs anywhere from Dec. 20 - Dec. 22, as far as I know.

[SNiFFeR]

Isn't it the shortest day of the year  ?

[iago]

Same thing -- when the sun is at the southern-most point, the days in the northern hemisphere will be shortest.

[tA-Kane]

the days themselves are almost always equal in length (with the exception of certain days which happen to have a leap second)... it's just the amount of daylight you get is the lest during winter solstice

of course, im sure you already knew all this

[Adron]

the days themselves are almost always equal in length (with the exception of certain days which happen to have a leap second)... it's just the amount of daylight you get is the lest during winter solstice

of course, im sure you already knew all this

I'd say the days switching time zones from dst to non-dst are the shortest...

But other than that, they probably meant

day;
1 a : the time of light between one night and the next