𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 (𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚!) 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫! 🌞🌙
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Every so often, this day changes from the 21st of December to the 22nd for some cool reason to do with the tilt of 🌍 and the position of the ☀️. Did you know that?
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This year, the solstice itself occurs at 3.27am GMT 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘, and we get just under 8 hours of Friday festive sunlight. That's 8 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the longest day of the year ! 😮
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Today (the 21st) is still commonly regarded as "the shortest day" but this year it isn't so. (I'm sorry, I'm a data analyst, I can't help but shoot out some stats 🫣🤓) . The next time it falls on the 22nd is 2027. 📆
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𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?
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It means that after tomorrow, sunset will happen incrementally later each day and by the end of January you'll notice sunrise happening a little earlier too! 🥳🥳
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Just think about the before/after work riding on the horizon! 😁
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By the time we get to February, we'll have sunrise before 7am and sunset at 5.30pm! 🌅
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We've made it this far - 𝘄𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 💪
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