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Centuries ago, what we consider the first day of winter - the winter solstice in late December - was known as mid-winter's day. This makes sense when considering that up to this day the days are getting shorter, and after this day the days begin to get longer.

Similarly, mid-summer's day was what we now call the first day of summer.

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