My extended family celebrates traditional Christian holidays. We also recognize birthdays in one form or another. I love my family, but I feel like it's time we reconsider what and why we celebrate. Personally, I don't like holidays. Holidays bring up bad memories for me, particularly Christmas. Since having had kids, I've gotten alot better with it, but it will never be a favorite. I secretly yearn for the season I can pack my bags and take a solo cruise or flight to a tropical island and chillax with my Kindle and Chardonnay. I'd take the dog too if I could. That to me would be a Christmas I'd love.
Now that I've typed this, I realize it sounds like I think my kids and my family are a bother. They really aren't; far from it. They bring me joy in ways I never thought possible. But it's a private mental space that I need to occupy and I can't do it with others physically present. I'm an only child; what can I say!
| Date and time of solstices and equinoxes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Equinox Mar | Solstice June | Equinox Sept | Solstice Dec | ||||
| day | time | day | time | day | time | day | time | |
| 2004 | 20 | 06:49 | 21 | 00:57 | 22 | 16:30 | 21 | 12:42 |
| 2005 | 20 | 12:33 | 21 | 06:46 | 22 | 22:23 | 21 | 18:35 |
| 2006 | 20 | 18:26 | 21 | 12:26 | 23 | 04:03 | 22 | 00:22 |
| 2007 | 21 | 00:07 | 21 | 18:06 | 23 | 09:51 | 22 | 06:08 |
| 2008 | 20 | 05:48 | 20 | 23:59 | 22 | 15:44 | 21 | 12:04 |
| 2009 | 20 | 11:44 | 21 | 05:45 | 22 | 21:18 | 21 | 17:47 |
| 2010 | 20 | 17:32 | 21 | 11:28 | 23 | 03:09 | 21 | 23:38 |
| 2011 | 20 | 23:21 | 21 | 17:16 | 23 | 09:04 | 22 | 05:30 |
| 2012 | 20 | 05:14 | 20 | 23:09 | 22 | 14:49 | 21 | 11:12 |
| 2013 | 20 | 11:02 | 21 | 05:04 | 22 | 20:44 | 21 | 17:11 |
| 2014 | 20 | 16:57 | 21 | 10:51 | 23 | 02:29 | 21 | 23:03 |
| 2015 | 20 | 22:45 | 21 | 16:38 | 23 | 08:20 | 22 | 04:48 |
| 2016 | 20 | 04:30 | 20 | 22:34 | 22 | 14:21 | 21 | 10:44 |
| 2017 | 20 | 10:28 | 21 | 04:24 | 22 | 20:02 | 21 | 16:28 |
