The perfect song for the 12 th Annual Solstice Story. Pablo Cruise Find Your Place in the Sun Winter Solstice 2017, Dec 21st, 10:27AM Sunrise: 7:48am Sunset 4:34pm Yuck, 8 cold, freaking hours and 46 stinking minutes! Compared to: Summer solstice sunrise : 5:26am Sunset: 9:03pm Hot damn, 15 hrs and 37 min’s of glorious sunshine! You know what? I’m tired of fighting this battle every year. I’m sick of rejoicing in the long, languid days of summer and then plunging into a pit of despair during the interminable, numbing short days of December. You might say that I’m sort of like a dull male dog (is “dull male” an oxymoron?) heading to the veterinarian of seasons: life is great; see the nice doctor lady, wagging tail, get a doggy treat . . . and then, well, you know, suddenly you’re wearing the head cone of winter shame. Ugh. So, just move to FL full time, you might say, and quit complaining about winter, you whiner! Ah, but grasshopper, you mi