Sentences with phrase «longest night of the year»

And stave off the night as this is the shortest day and longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere by putting up lights.

A definite baby squalls into life, skids out between the legs of a definite woman, bedded in straw, on the longest night of the year.

And because it was the longest night of the year, they spent all night partying and celebrating.

It was when many cultures celebrated the winter solstice — the longest night of the year.

So, how did Saturnalia, this pagan celebration of the longest night of the year get turned into Christmas?

For us northerners, it is the longest night of our year.

I actually had to google this one, and the official word on our shortest (and darkest) day is, it's «an astronomical phenomenon, marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year».

Winter solstice is the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

What is Santa Lucia, you ask — a pre-Christian feature of modern day Catholicism; a mid-winter festival of light on one of the longest nights of the year.

Crafting Connections shares a lovely way to get through the longest night of the year and welcome back the light with these Solstice lanterns made with glass jars and colored Mod Podge.

The Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year and also marks a magical celebration.

«Now, in these longest nights of the year, we care for those around us, and give our time and resources to those less fortunate.»

The longest night of the year is coming closer and it is time to put on your shiniest dresses and wear the most glittery nail art to celebrate the coming of the New Year in style.

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

In celebration of the longest night of the year, experimental composer Phil Niblock, 80, returns to Roulette for the third year in a row, giving a 6 - hour - long concert of acoustic and electronic music, accompanied by video and film projections.

As we quickly count down to the longest night of the year, it can be tough to keep the creative juices flowing when all you really want to do is curl up with a hot toddy and your Netflix queue.

Not exact matches

It was a first - of - its - kind move from the streaming giant, which may have taken its inspiration from the traditional TV networks that have used the post-Super Bowl time slot to promote new TV series or special episodes (such as last night's long - awaited This Is Us installment on NBC) for years.

One night long ago, my business partner Ed Moed and I tore up the town after being named PR Week's best small agency of the year.

The following year, FIFA abandoned its years - long tradition of holding executive meetings at Baur au Lac, where suites cost $ 4,000 a night, and moved to another five - star hotel that was expected to save the organization tens of thousands of dollars.

In fact, the co-founder of Facebook, Dustin Moskovitz, has gone on record debunking Facebook as an overnight success, saying that it essentially took six years of long nights coding away while being stressed out and tired.

It's been a long haul these last few years and I wasn't reaching them, and we just figured it was probably a good night to pull a trick out of the hat and do something different.»

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

The alleged NYC - area bomber and his family were engaged in a 7 - year long court battle with city officials over late - night hours and accusations of ethnic prejudice at the restaurant they ran in Elizabeth N.J., and the father of the family declared bankruptcy in 2005, my review of extensive federal court records has found.

It is the day of the year when the night is longest and the daytime shortest.

What's a little strange is that not long after I began my research and writing, my girlfriend and fiancé of five years had begun having frequent night terrors that she had never had before.

The Warriors sent him down to a developmental league, where he fought emotional battles while on long, late - night bus rides, he told an audience at River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, California, last year.

Not to mention Heaven Is For Real and a slew of other Christian movies that seemed prime to keep churchgoers flocking to theaters every Saturday night all year long, with the pastor in the front row.

It was in the middle of the night one year when she realized there were no longer any words.

He reminded me of long nights, struggles with homelessness and poverty and desperation that I had experienced over the years, and the power of pure worship to shout down life's loudest dins.

«and the Jews went into exile to begin a 1900 year long night of persecution, — largely at the hands of Jesus» followers.»

Lessee — just after His death the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, Jerusalem was laid to waste, and the Jews went into exile to begin a 1900 year long night of persecution, — largely at the hands of Jesus» followers.

In the winter this happens on either December 21 or 22, when the sun is shining directly over the Tropic of Capricorn and marks the longest night and shortest day of the year.

We always celebrate the longest day of the year, «the nightless night», with family and friends at our summer house by the lake.

In the old almanac, Lucia Night «winter solstice» was the longest of the year.

It's been a year of cold meals due to taking photos for too long; A year of cooking up a storm in our little kitchen; A year of fails, triumphs, late nights and early mornings; A year of batter splattered clothes and flour in my hair; And most importantly, a year of doing something that I love and look forward to every day.

This Sun Dried Tomato, Basil, & Brie Spread is an homage to those long summer nights, but can (and should) be eaten any day of the year.

After years of longs nights, employee no shows, unhappy customers and happy customers sometimes it is time to move on.

Conte has been keen to ease the 26 - year - old back since his long injury layoff, but he was on top form against Roma last night and might have just found one more moment of magic in his locker to turn a draw into a win.

All year long these guys have fought hard but have just missed out on getting a W. On Monday Night they broke through during the VBall Tourney and advanced out of their pool and into the Final4.

After their OT W on Sunday Night and Team Lalez's L, they are the owners of the longest - active W - streak in the League — 8 Games — and with two more Wins they'll have the longest this season... Most notably, they are 4th in the League in Points Per Game, a stat that would have seen remarkable a year ago at this time..

This was the longest night of Derrick's young life, the longest night he would ever suffer through, and it's a memory he summons freely as he sits in the rear of a crowded Kansas City restaurant 16 years later, speaking solemnly amid the boisterous din of happy hour.

That leaves a Monday - night matchup between Oklahoma State and UConn — and not a shred of doubt about who'll be the sentimental choice, as Sutton aims for his long - awaited first title three years after a plane crash killed 10 members of the Cowboys» program.

It «s been a long time but if they could put on a show today I «d brush the years away and sit in front of the box in the middle of the night with pride.

Not only did the German end that long barren spell by setting up Theo Walcott for the Gunners» second of the night in our Champions League game with Ludogorets, he also netted the first hat - trick of his professional career to give Arsenal a fantastic 6 - 0 win over the Bulgarian champions and put us in a great position to win a UCL group for the first time in years.

At this time of year he normally trains 25 to 30 young horses at his farm, and then drives over two hours down to Los Alamitos near Long Beach for night racing.

Baby - sitting bills and other parenting expenses on the tour can run $ 1,000 a week, and though bigger tournament purses and bigger paychecks in recent years have eased the financial burden, the physical and mental strain of a long night with a sick child takes its toll on a professional golfer with an 8 a.m. tee time.

Tubby, you called it mate, we have the most fickle fans on the planet, last night doesn't mean all of a sudden were crap, what it does mean is certain players need to take a long hard look at themselves as Arsene is taking serious heat by showing his loyalty to them namely, ozil and per, just not good enough and as for welbeck he should never been given an arsenal shirt, Giroud had a mare but he has proven this year that he is a great squad player but can not be our first choice striker, gooners keep the faith and hope that Monaco try to play ball in second leg cos if we turn up we could still hammer them.

Chambers and Holding may well be the future of the club, with both centre - backs currently only 22 years - old, and their performance last night will have given many hope that we could possibly see a future long - term partnership at the back.

Most of these players have been playing NBA 2K for years, some for over a decade, and it's the long nights and intense preparation that the audience doesn't see.

Or so people thought until last Saturday night's breakthrough by another tiny (4» 8») 13 - year - old, Naomi Nari Nam of Irvine, Calif. «I've been around so long, I'm not easy to impress,» said former U.S. Figure Skating Association president Morry Stillwell, «but before she had even finished, I was jumping out of my chair.»