The winter solstice comes December 21st. It is the shortest day of the year, but it signals the return of light to the northern hemisphere, and since ancient times, humans have celebrated it. The solstice may be the reason Stonehenge (pictured above) was built in England thousands of years ago. The question is, why is sunlight so important to us? Today,we have all sorts of artificial light, yet people miss long hours of sunlight; some even suffer from a kind of depression due to lack of daylight. How about you? Does the darker time of year bother you? Why or why not?
