Seriously. Yesterday was June 21st, the summer solstice, also known as the longest day of the year and widely-recognized as the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. In terms of astronomy, the June solstice marks the sun’s northernmost point in our sky for the year. So today will have a bit less daylight than yesterday. The daylight hours will continue to diminish until we reach the winter solstice on December 21st, the shortest day of the year.
But by the time we hit December 21st no one will give a rat’s ass about the sunlight as it will be the 4th night of Hanukkah; 4 days until Faux Christmas (The one where we overspend on unneeded gifts, not the one that celebrates the birth of Jesus); 4 days until the real Christmas; 5 days until the start of Kwanzaa and 2 days until the best-of-us celebrate Festivus! (I just made that up…clever, no?)
And for the curmudgeons that don’t celebrate any of these, I hope you find some joy in the fact the on December 22nd the day will be a little brighter.