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Happy Winter Solstice…Umm What Is Winter Solstice?
Winter solstice officially occurs at 2:23 pm today and this will be the shortest day of the year or the day with the shortest amount of daylight of the year. Good news the daylight hours will start to increase tomorrow...here's what winter solstice really is...
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