The Shortest Day of the Year

Full-length side view of a Hispanic family eating an evening meal viewed from outdoors

Is it dark when your family eats dinner? December 21st is the first day of winter. It has the least amount of sunlight. Not for long. The next day there is more sunlight during the day. The days are getting “longer!”

What Do You Think? What do you notice about sunlight where you live?

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