Difference between Winter Solstice and Autumnal

WINTER SOLSTICE vs AUTUMNAL: NOUN

The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun.
In the Southern Hemisphere, the solstice that occurs on or about June 21.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the solstice that occurs on or about December 21.
December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point

Of or relating to autumn.
The signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, through which the sun passes between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice.
The point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra.
The time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the autumnal point.
Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; ; produced or gathered in autumn; ; flowering in autumn.
Characteristic of late maturity verging on decline
Of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn

Belonging to a period correspoding to autumn in the year; hence, past the middle stage of life: as, “an autumnal matron,” Hawthorne.
Figuratively
Belonging to autumn; produced or gathered in autumn: as, autumnal fruits.

Lupercalia, Lunar calendar, Yule, Gregorian calendar, Christmastide, Beltane, Lunisolar calendar, Candlemas, Samhain, Equinox, Vernal equinox, Spring equinox, Autumnal equinox, Summer solstice, Solstice

Gelid, Dappled, Shivery, Misty, Melancholy, Bronzy, Unseasonal, Vernal, Summerlike, Drear, Summery, Wintery, Wintry, Equinox, Mature

Lupercalia, Lunar calendar, Yule, Gregorian calendar, Christmastide, Beltane, Lunisolar calendar, Candlemas, Samhain, Equinox, Vernal equinox, Spring equinox, Autumnal equinox, Summer solstice, Solstice

Gelid, Dappled, Shivery, Misty, Melancholy, Bronzy, Unseasonal, Vernal, Summerlike, Drear, Summery, Wintery, Wintry, Equinox, Mature

When it is summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
Apparently the feast was not connected to the winter solstice, but prepared the hunting of the winter season.
Come one and all to the Winter festival, the celebration of the winter solstice.
On the winter solstice, or at any time during the winter, choose to make an early night of it.
Whether you celebrate the winter Solstice, Sacaea, Saturnalia, Yule, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, or another winter holiday or.
The first was launched on the Winter Solstice, 2011, the second on the Summer Solstice, 2012.
In the Southern Hemisphere, this time is the Summer Solstice and the Winter Solstice happens in late June.
Included: Lessons about winter folklore, snowmen, the winter solstice, and more!
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It receives no direct sunlight on the winter solstice, the summer solstice or the autumnal equinox.