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Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon which marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

The winter solstice may be referred to as:

• December solstice in the Northern Hemisphere
• June solstice in the Southern Hemisphere

Winter solstice may also refer to:

• Winter Solstice (film), 2004 American film with Anthony LaPaglia
• Winter Solstice: North (album), a 1999 album by British experimental music group Coil
• Winter Solstice, a 2000 novel by Rosamunde Pilcher
• Winter Solstice, a two-part German-produced TV film from 2003 based on the novel with Sinéad Cusack and Peter Ustinov
• "Winter Solstice", a song by Phoenix from Alpha Zulu, 2022
• Dongzhi Festival, a traditional Chinese festival celebrated during the Dongzhi solar term
• Dongzhi (solar term), the 22nd solar term

• Midwinter (disambiguation)
• Winter (disambiguation)
• Solstice (disambiguation)
• Summer solstice (disambiguation)
• Spring equinox (disambiguation)
• Autumnal equinox (disambiguation)

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