Yesterday I saw it was “National Short Girl Appreciation Day”, as it was the shortest day (least amount of daylight) of the year.

 

Today I noticed that it was the “First Day of Winter” according to the Farmer’s Almanac.

 

So I did a little research, and found that it is the Winter Solstice, it occurs at the same instant everywhere on Earth.  In the U.S. it officially occurs at 11:48 p.m. EST,  9:48 p.m. Central, on Monday December 21, 2015.  Making yesterday the shortest day of the yea...