text message. noun. Definition of text message for Students. : a short message that is sent electronically to a cell phone or other device.
Winter Solstice on December 21st: the longest night of the year. The shortest day of the year, the longest night occurs today, Sunday, December 21st. The so-called Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in the North Hemisphere when the Earth North axis is at the longest distance to the sun.
Shab-e Yalda or Shab-e Chelleh is a Persian festival celebrated on the longest and darkest night of the year, Yalda is a winter solstice celebration.[rs 1] that is, in the night of the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice. Calendrically, this corresponds to the night of December 20/21 in the Gregorian calendar, and to the night between the last day of the ninth month and the first day of the tenth month [rs 2] of the Iranian civil calendar.[rs 2] The longest and darkest night of the year is a