#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2011 #3

According to tradition, the omens are good for 2012 after the sun shone on Stonehenge, in England, during a dawn ceremony to mark the winter solstice.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/21/2012 #4

People cheer as the time passes 11:11 a.m., the time the Mayan apocalypse was supposed to occur, at a ceremony following the traditional winter solstice celebrations at Stonehenge.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/22/2012 #3

Stonehenge, England • The winter solstice is celebrated at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge in southern England, as access to the site is given to druids, New Age followers and others.

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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2014 #3

People in Druid costumes congregate at the historic site of Stonehenge, southwest England to celebrate the Winter solstice.

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#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2015 #4

Revelers celebrate the winter solstice at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in southern England December 22nd, 2015. Stonehenge is a celebrated venue of festivities during the winter solstice - the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere - and it attracts thousands of revelers, spiritualists and tourists. Druids, a pagan religious order dating back to Celtic Britain, believe Stonehenge was a center of spiritualism more than 2,000 years ago.

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#6 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2015 #3

Revelers take part in the 26th Annual Kensington Market Winter Solstice Parade as they burn a giant hand structure in Toronto, Canada, December 21st, 2015.

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#7 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/24/2015 #1

Susie Ro Prater leads the Shakti Sings choir as druids, pagans and revelers gather in the center of Stonehenge, hoping to see the sun rise, as they take part in a winter solstice ceremony at the ancient neolithic monument of Stonehenge near Amesbury on Tuesday in Wiltshire, England. Despite a forecast for rain, a large crowd gathered at the famous historic stone circle - a UNESCO listed ancient monument - to celebrate the sunrise closest to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year - the event is claimed to be more important in the pagan calendar than the summer solstice, because it marks the ‘re-birth’ of the Sun for the New Year.

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#8 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/25/2015 #1

Rollo Maughfling, Archdruid of Stonehenge and Britain conducts a ceremony as druids, pagans and revellers gather in the center of Stonehenge as they take part in a winter solstice ceremony, Dec. 22nd, 2015, in Wiltshire, England.

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#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/21/2016 #5

People gather at Stonehenge in Wiltshire on the winter solstice to witness the sunrise on the shortest day of the year.

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#10 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2017 #3

People gather at Stonehenge in Wiltshire on the winter solstice to witness the sunrise after the longest night of the year.

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#11 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/24/2018 #3

People gather wearing costumes for the annual ”Burning The Clocks” lantern parade for the winter solstice in Brighton, England. The festival has taken place in Brighton since 1993.

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#12 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2019 #1

Stonehenge • People gather to mark the winter solstice and to witness the sunrise after the longest night of the year.

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#13 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2019 #2

Hundreds gather at Stonehenge for the sunrise on the Winter Solstice.

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#14 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/22/2021 #3

Druids and dancers gather at Stonehenge to mark winter solstice. Crowds have gathered at Stonehenge to mark the winter solstice and witness the sunrise after the longest night of the year.

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#15 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/22/2022 #2

Boyne Valley, Ireland • People gather at Newgrange, a neolithic monument that dates back to around 3,200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza, to witness the winter solstice.

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#16 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2022 #3

Amesbury, England • A woman bangs a drum as people greet the sunrise closest to the winter solstice at Stonehenge.

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#17 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/24/2023 #1

Swimmers take part in the annual nude winter solstice swim in Hobart, Australia.

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#18 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2023 #2

Revellers celebrate the pagan festival of ‘Winter Solstice’ at Stonehenge in Wiltshire in southern England. Followers of Druidism, celebrate the pagan solstice festival at the site each year. Revellers, Druids and pagans? Seems the caption author has a dim view and doesn’t realize people from many other religions celebrate it simply for its novelty.

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#19 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/23/2024 #3

Hobart, Australia • Swimmers participate in the annual nude winter solstice swim during Hobart’s Dark Mofo festival at Long Beach.

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#20 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/22/2025 #2

Glastonbury, England • People gather at St Michael’s Church tower to mark the winter solstice.

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#21 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/23/2025 #3

Morris dancers perform as people attend winter solstice celebrations at Stonehenge stone circle near Amesbury, Britain.

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#22 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/27/2025 #2

Amesbury, England • People attend the winter solstice celebrations at Stonehenge stone circle near Amesbury. Crowds amassed in the dark around the historical site in Wiltshire to watch the sunrise, with some dressed in traditional pagan clothing.

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