[IanB]

4:17:49 PM (at Seattle's latitude) Winter solstice coming soon!

[AR]

arrhhh...about time. The dark creeps on all.

[whitebark]

Woohoo! By the solstice, the sunset will be later by 3 minutes. The later sunset time starts getting noticeable around New Years, when it has gained 10 minutes.

[Jumble Jowls]

I'd like to see the sun stay down there at the bottom of the Southern Hemisphere for another few months. It can start to return in May, then beat it back down on June 22 as usual.

[Jumble Jowls]

I love this time of year, with its long nights and brief days. It was late in December, the sky turned to snow All round the day was going down slow Nights like a river beginning to flow --Al Stewart, Time Passages

[BigBrunyon]

Sometimes it gets pretty dark on them hikes