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Astronomical winter starts on the 21 December, known as the winter solstice and is the shortest day of the year.

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The court was told the trio targeted Stonehenge the day before last year's summer solstice where around 15,000 people were due to gather and celebrate.

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For a provocateur like Aster, who has made a name for himself decapitating teenagers and giving audiences a front row seat to ritual solstice suicides, peak COVID-era chaos almost seems like low-hanging fruit.

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This is the southern winter solstice, the shortest day in their location, more than 1,000 miles south of the southern tip of South America.

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“Student killed on solstice may have been sacrificed,” read the Daily News.

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