At 6:22pm CST this evening (December 22, 0:22 GST) the North Pole will be inclined directly away from the Sun, indicating the beginning of Winter in the northern hemisphere and summer in the southern hemisphere.
For as long as mankind has been aware of the cycle of seasons, we have tried to explain it. Some of our earliest efforts were less than entirely rational or logical, but we can cut our ancestors a little slack. Those of us alive today, when men have LANDED on the freaking MOON, have no excuse to proclaim that some dude who got nailed to a tree twenty centuries ago is the reason for the season.
Happy Solstice, everyone!
