If you don't want to mention the !DERANGED weather, then I will ;)
Winter Solstice is called "Wintersonnenwende" here. The word includes "Sonne", which means "sun", but where is she? If it had snowed that much instead of raining since yesterday we would have more than one meter I think ;)
Tomorrow morning at 5:19 our time the Winter will begin. I do hope, that the rain then changes to snow ;) lol
Do you celebrate Winter Solstice over there? I ask because you said "Happy Winter Solstice". Here many people don't even know what that means ;)
Cheers and !BEER