| 1 | The rowdy Roman harvest festival at winter solstice became Christmas. | |
| 2 | So in the north, the solstice day has the shortest length of time between sunrise and sunset and fewest hours of daylight. | |
| 3 | Moreover, the winter-solstice sun won' t even pass closest to it on the sky for another 200 years. | |
| 4 | At that time of year the winter solstice was coming, and the Sun was moving into a lower declination in the sky. | |
| 5 | It is well known that winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere because the North Pole of the Earth is pointing away from the sun. |
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