Axial tilt metal ornament

Tired of the holiday season being dominated by old myths? Try science! The Earth is tilted on its axis. This tilt is what causes the seasons to shift as the light of the sun hits the Earth less directly in the winter. The ancients noticed that on the shortest day of the year, Dec 21, when it was darkest, if they waited a couple of days, the sun would seem to cross the sky higher and higher. This later became various myths where deities died and rose from the dead.