As the year comes to an end, the days have grown shorter and the nights have grown longer. Tonight we remember the ancient days of humanity's past, and sing of the future we might hope for. There is uncertainty in both directions. We cannot know for sure what has been, and we cannot say what the future will be. There is this, however:

Tomorrow will be brighter than today.

The Montréal Solstice Celebration will be on December 21th. Doors open at 6:30; Solstice starts at 7:00. Please arrive on time to avoid disrupting the somber and more serious parts of the program. RSVPs are appreciated so we can plan appropriately.
If you have never been to a Secular Solstice in this style before, you should expect alternating speeches and songs, some social pressure to join in the singing, and discussion of death in the speeches.  If you'd like an idea of what these events traditionally look like check out this recording of the 2022 Bay Area Solstice.

We're strongly encouraging guests to bring their own performances! If you have a song or a short essay/story that's related to rationality or to end of year celebrations of any kind, then suggest it and we'll add it to the list. You'll have the opportunity to perform it and/or other suggestions during the event. There's no obligation to perform if you're not up for it but I'd highly recommend it!

BYOA (Bring Your Own Alcohol/drink)! (not drinking alcohol is also good :) )

Anyone reading this is welcome to attend, even if you're not a regular at the ACX meetups.

Venue: 4243 rue Clark.
Date & Time: Saturday, December 21st, 2024, 18:30

RSVP by clicking "Going" at the top of this post.

Send a message on our Montreal Rationalists Discord on channel #meetup-general if you have trouble finding us or any other issues.

There will be candle fire :)

(large chunks of this message were shamelessly stolen and edited from the Boston Secular Solstice announcement and last year's Montreal Solstice announcement by Massimo)