Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> Why is it always said winter _begins_ on the solstice.
> Shouldn't the solstice be exactly dead center in the
> middle of winter? Shouldn't the first day of winter
> be exactly halfway between the fall equinox and the
> winter solstice?


Funny, I've always thought the same thing. Whoever made the rules
hundreds of years ago didn't consult me. What's funnier, I grew up in
Miami and went to college in New Orleans. I didn't feel the changing of
the seasons in the same way those farther from the equator do. I had no
reason to be aware of the solstices except as a blip on the calendar. I
was actually well into college before I realized that the way you said
WASN'T the way it worked.


--Lia