Kona, for your information, Fuzzy was refering to the fact that the Winter solstice is the longest night of the year. Cause actually, although for some reason mankind felt the desire to have 4 seasons, the year is actually really only divided in two. From the day where the sun reaches the highest point in the sky (around 21st of june) to them day where the sun is the lowest at its daily peak (around december 21). We have reached that date. From now on, the sun will increasingly rise earlier and set later. Our days are going to get longer and longer until the summer solstice. In that respect, yes, we can consider we have reached mid-winter.
Of course, that's in the northern hemisphere. Jafo would say quite the reverse. 
