text message. noun. Definition of text message for Students. : a short message that is sent electronically to a cell phone or other device.
Winter Solstice on December 21st: the longest night of the year. The shortest day of the year, the longest night occurs today, Sunday, December 21st. The so-called Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in the North Hemisphere when the Earth North axis is at the longest distance to the sun.
There are two solstices, summer and winter, and two equinoxes, spring and fall, each year. The longest day of the year is the summer solstice, on the 21st or 22nd of June in the Northern Hemisphere. In this case, day means the time between sunrise and sunset. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year. At each equinox, day and night are of equal length.