Winter Solstice Storytime and Craft

Let's celebrate the longest night of the year with stories and crafts! Enjoy traditional winter tales of light bringers, the legend of Raven and the darkness. Learn how darkness can harbor and support animals in winter. Try your hand at candle rolling and decorate your own beeswax candle to honor the Winter Solstice. Hosted in collaboration with the Evanston Ecology Center and the EcoVoice Project's Winter Solstice program series. For children ages 3 and older with parents and caregivers. No registration required -- just drop in!

What is the Winter Solstice?

The Winter Solstice is an astronomical event when the Sun reaches its lowest point in the sky relative to the equator, resulting in the shortest day of the year and the official start of winter. It is also a celebration of the anticipation of the eventual return of the light. Celebrating the solstices and equinoxes in modern times is a way to reconnect to the natural world and its powerful effect on us.

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