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Winter Solstice 2018: Celebrating the Saturnalia Self

Originally published at wanderlust.com on December 20, 2018.

Since before recorded history, civilizations in the Northern Hemisphere have marked the arrival of winter and the longest night of the year. While in ancient times it wasn’t possible to determine the exact degree when winter officially began. This year, the winter solstice occurs exactly on Friday, December 21 at…