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winter-solstice

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  • The date itself traces more credibly to winter-solstice traditions than to the birth of Christ.

    Consider no-gifts request a chance to strengthen family ties Post 2010

  • Why, even a great majority of Christians believe that Jesus Christ was born on the 25th of December, unaware that the feast of his birth is actually an adaptation of winter-solstice celebrations.

    Robert E. Murphy: Christmas Closes Another Dark Year for the Catholic Church 2009

  • M. Emanuel, who had hitherto stood looking on, dark as the winter-solstice, brightened up somewhat; he thought I should now show myself at least no fool.

    Villette 2003

  • It is interesting to know that the antiquaries of a century or more ago rendered this simple sentence as: "This is a draught exhibiting the time of day, while the sun is passing to and from the winter-solstice."

    The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923

  • He, accordingly, passed into Sicily about the winter-solstice, and to remove from his officers’ minds all hopes of delay there, encamped by the sea-shore, and as soon as ever he had a fair wind, put to sea with three thousand foot and a few horse.

    Cæsar Plutarch 1909

  • M. Emanuel, who had hitherto stood looking on, dark as the winter-solstice, brightened up somewhat; he thought I should now show myself at least no fool.

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • It was then about the winter-solstice, that is, in December.

    The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701

  • The Colorado Coalition of Reason will erect a sign urging people to illuminate their minds with reason during the winter-solstice season.

    unknown title 2009

  • The Colorado Coalition of Reason will erect a sign urging people to illuminate their minds with reason during the winter-solstice season.

    TheDenverChannel.com - Local News 2009

  • For example, New Year coincided with the moment that the winter-solstice sun hit the central sanctuary of the Karnak temple in present-day Luxor, says archaeological astronomer Juan Belmonte of the Canaries Astrophysical Institute in Tenerife, Spain.

    ROR Sitemap for http://www.raidersnewsnetwork.com 2009

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