midsummer

[Immi666]

anyone know the date of midsummer this year? otherwise known as the longest day of the year.

[Quizmonster]

Wednesday 21st of June is the longest day.

[Immi666]

ta quizmonster :)

[Ethel]

It is the same date every year.

[Jules001]

Midsummer's Day is 24th June ( I know as it is my birthday!)

[burnhal]

21st of June is the longest day- we in Britain are different to the rest of the world in that we take the longest day to be midsummers day. June the 24th is a church quarter day and is the feast of John the Baptist- the closest feast day to the actual summer solstice so was adapted by the church as Midsummers Day- another case of the Christian Church hijacking pagan feast days!!!!

[Quizmonster]

It always amuses me that scientists, (climatologists, geographers or whatever) contend that 'summer' actually begins at the time of the solstice on June 21/22. On that basis, if the 24th is - as traditionally claimed - Midsummer's Day, then June 27th must be the first day of autumn. In Britain, it often is, of course!