Life Style / Holiday / Winter Solstice: Since 1952, the Monday before May 24 has been celebrated as Victoria Day in Canada, even though Queen Victoria, whose birthday is being honoured, has been dead for many years. Throughout the British Empire in the 19th century it was customary to celebrate the monarch's birthday. Canadian's got so use to celebrating the holiday it has become a permanent Canadian holiday, except in Quebec, where the holiday is called Fete de Dollard des Ormeaux.
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Science / Weather / Winter: Astronomically, this is the period between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. It is characterized as having the coldest temperatures of the year, when the sun is primarily over the opposite h MORE
Science / Astrology / Solstice: Either of two points on the ecliptic at which the Sun reaches it farthest point north (0?° Cancer) or south (0?° Capricorn) of the equator. The longest day of the occurs at summer solstice (first da MORE
Lifestyle / Holiday / Summer Solstice: This joyful Jewish harvest festival lasts nine days in September or October. It begins five days after Yom Kippur, on the day of the full moon. It involves three celebrations: The Festival of Ingather MORE