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Happy Winter Solstice!

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On the #WinterSolstice , we're dreaming of the first snow ❄️ 🖼️: #ChildeHassam , "Charles River and Beacon Hill" (about 1892), oil on canvas pic.twitter.com/0gcHx9gnx1 — Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (@mfaboston) December 21, 2023 Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere & the first day of winter! What causes our planet’s shift in seasons? Its tilt. Today, Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is at its most-tilted away from the Sun. pic.twitter.com/cFJs2ZNGUo — American Museum of Natural History (@AMNH) December 21, 2023