Difference between Winter Solstice and Walpurgis Night

WINTER SOLSTICE vs WALPURGIS NIGHT: 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

The night before the first day of May, on which, according to German popular superstition, witches are said to ride on broomsticks, he-goats, etc., to some appointed rendezvous, especially the Brocken in the Harz Mountains, where they hold high festival with their master the devil.
An episode or a situation having the quality of nightmarish wildness.
The eve of Beltane, believed by medieval Christians to be the occasion of a witches' Sabbath.
The eve of May Day, observed in some European countries and in some Scandinavian communities in the United States in celebration of spring and marked by music, singing, and bonfires.
Eve of May Day

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

Festal, Walpurgis, Pascha, Rosh hashanah, Lupercalia, Vernal equinox, Summer solstice, Solstice, Eastertide, Saturnalia, Autumnal equinox, Candlemas, Samhain, Christmastide, Walpurgisnacht

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

Festal, Walpurgis, Pascha, Rosh hashanah, Lupercalia, Vernal equinox, Summer solstice, Solstice, Eastertide, Saturnalia, Autumnal equinox, Candlemas, Samhain, Christmastide, Walpurgisnacht

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.
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It receives no direct sunlight on the winter solstice, the summer solstice or the autumnal equinox.

Walpurgis Night Ballet Blogging This entry was posted in Ballet, Beltane, Dance, YouTube on April 30, 2011 by Hecate.
"Here's a large cat having Walpurgis night all alone.".