Winter Solstice FTB: The shortest day should go fast

Today at 5:02 am marks the winter solstice in Toronto. That makes today the shortest day of the year, and it also means the days get longer.

The winter solstice in Germanic culture gave rise to the traditions of Yule or Juul in Sweden, and those pagan feasts and other interesting traditions have been moved a few days later in the calendar to become Christmas traditions hiding their pagan past.

Some try less harder than others to hide that past:

A lot of Yule traditions involve light, fire and eating, so I’m sure you can figure out what to do to celebrate this day.