Atmosphere, Birds, Landscape, Weather Winter Solstice December 22, 2018 Örn Óskarsson Selfoss, South Iceland at 13:30, 21 Dec. The shortest day of the year and the longest night have just passed. We wake up to a new day which is supposedly a tiny bit longer than the last one and hopefully a bit brighter. Winter solstice was yesterday. December has been dark, literally speaking. No snow here in South Iceland to brighten up our days, mostly rain with overcast skies. Christmas lights, however, make up for the lack of daylight in the Yuletide celebrations. – Happy holidays and peace on Earth. Share