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TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, December 21, 2009
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Today marks the official beginning of my least favorite
season - winter. Although the snow is pretty, I am not a
fan of the bitterly cold temperatures, and the slick
conditions when walking and driving. I have enough trouble
walking steadily on solid ground without adding slippery
ice to the mix. After all, this is the girl who managed to
break her foot by simply stepping off the front porch!
Enjoy!
Melissa
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and
warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk
beside the fire: it is the time for home."
HINT: (1887-1964), British poet and critic.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs on
December 21, 2009 at 12:47 PM EST and 17:47 UT (Universal
Time). In astronomy, winter solstice is when the earth's
orbit tilts away from the sun to bring on the colder days
of winter. The day of the winter solstice results in the
shortest day and the longest night of the year.
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Sol + stice derives from an ancient Latin word meaning "sun"
+ "to stand still."
Predating Christianity by centuries, ancient winter solstice
celebrations included rituals of light and fire which both
helped beat back winter's ominous gloom and actively
recognized that brighter days were just ahead.
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In Eastern customs, the ancient Chinese believed that the
yin qualities of darkness and cold were at their most
powerful point at the winter solstice, but it was also the
turning point that gave way to the light and warmth of yang.
Today, the celebration of Dong Zhi is the second most
important festival of the Chinese calendar after Chinese
New Year or Spring Festival.
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The early beginnings of Christmas have direct roots in the
winter solstice celebration that took place at Saturnalia,
dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture in Roman times.
When Christianity was introduced to the Roman Empire in the
early 4th Century, the church allowed the Saturnalia
tradition to continue, but concluded the week-long festival
with a day dedicated to the birth of Christ, or Christ Mass,
better known today as Christmas.
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Makar Sankranti is a huge festival held in India around the
time of the winter solstice celebrating the sun's ascendency,
marked by gift giving and special prayers. And on the Jewish
calendar, the Hanukkah ?festival of lights? is seen by many
to be a clear metaphor for the hopeful lengthening of days
brought on by the winter solstice.
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In the West, the ancient Germanic Yule festival also still
survives today in winter feasting that occurs around
Christmas, as well as the tradition of the Yule log whose
embers it was believed helped frighten away evil spirits.
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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the
sky, and down toward the ground. It's present tense and
past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you.
What is it?
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Answer will be posted in Friday's Trivia Today. Good Luck!
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Be sure to put "Winner" in the subject line.
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QUOTE: "Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and
warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk
beside the fire: it is the time for home."
ANSWER: Edith Sitwell.
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