On the Winter Solstice in 2020 — the longest night of the year — Sheldon and her new organization, the Secret Lantern Society NYC, hosted their first-ever Winter Lantern Festival and Spiral of Light ...

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Vancouver’s Secret Lantern Society created the city’s annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival. Participants can attend workshops to create their lanterns. On the night of the solstice ...

During the winter solstice, lantern festivals take place across ... Burning of the Clocks is a winter solstice festival in Brighton, England. People wear costumes and carry lanterns ...

Yule is another festival that begins on the winter solstice. It has its origins in ... curling up in front of a cozy fire, making a yule lantern to place in a window, or perhaps a tradition ...

The winter solstice evening parade ... and Ahearn came up with the idea of a lantern festival. “We needed for the event to happen after dark, and so we planned it for fall or winter when ...

You can still find winter solstice celebrations around the world toda y, including at Stonehenge and the Winter Solstice Lantern Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The Winter Solstice Lantern Festival will include a parade around the town center with lanterns and includes hot cocoa and cookies. People can make lanterns beginning at 5 p.m., and the parade ...