The Shortest Day Of The Year, Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                  According to what I was taught, today, December 22, is the SHORTEST day of the year.  Which is good news for those of us who deplore this time of year, when it starts getting dark at 4:30 in the afternoon.  Then, slowly, the days get longer, till we culminate with June22, which is not only the LONGEST day of the year, but also Meryl Streep's birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                  I only have one question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                  If today is the shortest day of the year, when is the LONGEST night?????????  Is it tonight?????????  Or was it last night????????????  If it was the latter, it sure didn't seem like it, because I sailed through on sleep, so the night did not seem long at all.  Back in childhood, sleeping, or trying to on Christmas Eve, was always the longest night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  But now, with adulthood, and the telecast of Midnight Mass, all that has changed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                    So, enjoy as much of this day as you can, darlings, as we segue into longer and longer daylight periods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      And only six month's till Meryl's birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!