The shortest day and the longest night when the sun stands still. Winter Solstice is today, Thursday, December 21st 2017. The night will last 14 hours and 27 minutes. And then days will start to grow longer,one minute per day until June 21st. Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in the North Hemisphere … The post Winter Solstice 2017: The longest Night and the most awful Day of the Year appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.