Winter is here and so is the white stuff. Snow blanketed City early Saturday morning, ushering in the first official day of winter in a truly frosty fashion. Flurries first started to fall across the tristate area on Friday,

The first day of winter brought with it New York City’s first accumulating snowfall of the season. Area residents are waking up to measurable snow on the ground across the tri-state Saturday. The snow is winding down this morning and began moving out of the area around 7 a.

Although New York has already seen its first few snowfalls and chilly temperatures of the season, it's not technically winter until the winter solstice on Dec. 21, or the shortest day of the year, which will have less than ten hours of daylight. Here's when winter officially starts and what to know about December's solstice.