Celebrations at Stonehenge usher in winter solstice

Crowds of people gathered to celebrate the winter solstice at Britain's Stonehenge, on Saturday (December 21). - REUTERS

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00:00I'm one of the senior Druids, which means that I'm ahead of the Druid order.

00:27I'm here to celebrate the solstice. I'm here four times a year to celebrate the solstices

00:32in equinox, in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Today is one of the very important

00:38ones because we know as a leap of faith from today, the sun will return and the days will

00:44get longer, the nights will get shorter and it's what we call the returning of the sun.

00:51It means spending time together as a family and there's something really meaningful about

00:59doing something that people have been doing for thousands of years. It just feels incredibly

01:04meaningful and there is a real pull. Having been here once, I felt really compelled to

01:10come back.