>>>(and think those fireworks are 9 days late)
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>>After what? Clueless here.
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>Solstice - which was probably the real reason for the Saturnalia
>which were recast into XMas. Earlier they used a few stones for such occasions
>in Stonehenge, even though only summer solstice had own marker.
>
>And since they shoot those fireworks 9 days after 22,
>IMO they are somewhat late

Ah, the solstice was around 11:34, not quite the time for a proper celebration.
OTOH, today I woke up* at 6:30 and saw a perfect moonset. Full moon, about 1-2° above the northwest horizon, sun not risen yet (but soon will, I'm on the early edge of the timezone).

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* not „I woke up this morning“, couldn't do that, 1) I think the blues would be much better without singing, 2) the morning wasn't asleep at all