The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year ... it was also celebrated by Anglo-Saxon pagans. According to Pliny the Elder, in Britain, druid priests would mark the important date by ...

Some pagans call the day Litha, (LEE-tha), which originates from an old Anglo-Saxon word for the month ... and between the ruler from the winter to summer solstice – the Oak King – and the ...

around June 21 (commonly known as "Summer Solstice" for being the first day of summer and the longest day of the year) and December 21 (commonly known as "Winter Solstice" for being the first day ...