Using a little bit of etymology (history of words) we can break down the word a little. Sol - stice.
The word Sol is in relation to the sun.
The summer and winter SOLstices are the longest and shortest days of the year respectively.
Many religions regard(ed) the sun as an important source of life and symbolism.
The Summer solstice
The summer solstice.
the winter solstice
They are too extremes, either the longest or shortest days. They are both turning points as the length of a day starts to change in the opposite manner, either lengthening or shortening after that point. Which solstice they are, is a matter of geography, in that a winter solstice in the northern hemisphere is a summer solstice in the southern hemisphere and vice versa. So we have two solstices each year; what you call them depends on where you live.
summer solstice and winter solstice
two The June solstice is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. The December solstice is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere.
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summer solstice and winter solstice... cheating on your homework ehh?
That depends on whether you are in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Northern, then your winter solstice is the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Southern, then your winter solstice is the summer solstice for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere.
The winter solstice is on December 21st.
Summer solstice and Winter solstice.
June 21 or 22 for the summer solstice and December 21 or 22 for the winter solstice.