The longest night of the year (winter solstice) is over!
Northern Hemispherians (Hemispherites? Hemisphericals?) can
rejoice–our days now start getting longer, the sunshine gets warmer.
The lovely gray midday twilight of snowy we enjoyed in Kiruna now starts to stretch out and get brighter. On the morning of New Year’s Day, a real sunrise will happen.
Southern Hemispherosians, you just saw midsummer pass by. But your
equivalent months for July and August still lie ahead–so I can’t feel
too sorry for Southern Hemispheratics.