Thanksgiving in Fairbanks for our Family

23 November 2012
1:30 PM

Sunrise at	9:56 AM	in direction	143°	Southeast
Sunset at	3:19 PM	in direction	217°	Southwest

Duration of day: 5 hours, 22 minutes (6 minutes, 3 seconds shorter than yesterday)

Thanksgiving rolls around at the last edge of light, well sort of light days.  As a child, I always loved Christmas more.  Of course, I was raised in San Diego where the decrease in light between Thanksgiving and Christmas was not so noticeable.  San Diego had 10 hours, 18 minutes and 34 seconds of daylight yesterday.  We had 5 hours 22 minutes (what is wrong with this picture?)  On Christmas day, San Diego has 10 hours, 15 minutes while we had 3 hours, 44 minutes, and 47 seconds.

Got that?

Three minutes difference in San Diego between Thanksgiving and Christmas day; 1 hour and 38 minutes here.

So on Christmas we usually eat earlier than usual (so we can open presents before it gets too late, right?).  Then it gets dark really early and we feel like it is much, much later than it really is.  So we talk, and play games, but usually the day is over fairly early. 

We won't be doing Christmas that way this year.  Teresa, my daughter, and Jamie, my son-in-law will be going to Minnesota so they can meet Jamie's niece.  Lorien and I are not sure what we want to do - possibly meet in Anchorage so I can see Mom .. hey!  Anchorage has 5 hours, 29 minutes on Christmas day - 7 minutes longer than we had yesterday.  That could work!