Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice is a day that usually falls around June 20 on the human calendar. It is considered the longest day of the year.

In the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series, the Smurfs usually celebrate the Summer Solstice with a picnic or a beach party. As mentioned by Empath in his personal journal, the one time that the Smurfs attempted to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the day had started off rainy. Handy decided to deal with the problem by creating the weather-smurfing machine that would allow Smurfs to control the weather. This led to the events that took place in the cartoon show episode "Foul Weather Smurf". With the creation of the Imaginarium, however, the Smurfs could now hold a Summer Solstice celebration on a beach setting regardless of the weather, which in the story "Polaris' Fantasy" turned out to be rainy.