# Solstice! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 1999, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solstice/12194 "1999-12-21T15:48:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solstice/12194/1 "1999-12-21T15:48:00Z")
I’ve already done this once on GD but I wanna do it here too. It’s after dark in my corner of the globe, which means it’s officially started, so… Blessed Solstice, everybody! Remember new beginnings and the love and care of the Almighty. (And I’ll be back in a few days to do the Christmas thing.) * * * Where are we going and what am I doing in this handbasket? ---
**Author:** ![Bobinelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@Bobinelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobinelli)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solstice/12194/2 "1999-12-21T15:58:00Z")
If anyone is interested in seeing the Solstice as it occured in Ireland check out : [http://www.rte.ie/newgrange/indexw.html](http://www.rte.ie/newgrange/indexw.html) and if your ever in Ireland visit the place, it’s incredible. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solstice/12194/3 "1999-12-21T16:05:00Z")
Yah fine, except in the Irish calendar, New Years is not solstice, it’s Samhain (Halloween). * * * Where are we going and what am I doing in this handbasket? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solstice/12194/4 "1999-12-22T08:47:00Z")
Blessed Solstice to everyone! I wish it wasn’t so cloudy here. They (weather people) say it’s supposed to be cloudy through Christmas. But, hey, it’s snowing here and that’s usually good! If I can’t see the beautiful solstice moon at least I can enjoy the falling snow! * * * _…what the French call, a certain “I-don’t-know-what”_ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solstice/12194/5 "1999-12-22T13:44:00Z")
Of course, this solstice (coinciding with the full moon and the moon being at its closest point to earth) marks the beginning of the end, the end will come on January 1. The first signs will be the breakdown of computers, which wrll prob73ly 3e folvowed 3y tqe masfiv3 \*re!kdoMnf in comwuQic!ti&nf ~nd tq3 3nd os ci+iliz~t|&n 9f M3 k)&w |t ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solstice/12194/6 "1999-12-22T13:45:00Z")
A beautiful day to all y’all! I’m going offline for awhile, so I’ll say it now… HAPPY HOLIDAZE YA DOPES !!! See you at the millennial turn, until we melt down…