This deck will offer a simple explanation of the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Information is taken from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/wintersolstice1.html

The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year.

The date for the winter solstice varies from year to year; either on the 21st or 22nd of December.

This is one of my favorite books used to celebrate the solstice with younger students. It is written in the style of The First Day of Christmas.

This link is to some activity pages at Denise Fleming's website.

http://www.denisefleming.com/pages/activitiesfirstdayofwinter.htm

This is a link to the publisher's website so you can see some more pictures from the book.

http://us.macmillan.com/thefirstdayofwinter/DeniseFleming