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You are likely to think that it starts getting lighter earlier on December 21st (shortest day of the year - in the Northern hemisphere) ... only it doesn't ... the sun starts setting a little later from the 13th or 14th and by the 21st it's already setting three or four minutes later. If you live in a city or big town it's not that noticeable but if you live in the country and are out around sunset you can already tell the difference by the solstice. You'd have to live under a bridge or in a basement to not start noticing the difference until the clocks go forward in March (as some folks claim) ... as the sun is setting 90 minutes later by then. (The same is true for the Southern Hemisphere ... except of course the winter solstice is in June, and the evenings start getting shorter a few days before that)

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