An interesting tidbit that I didn't realize until living here is that within the Orthodox Church, Christmas is celebrated at Epiphany. There is a significant Orthodox Christian following here in Latvia, so it was quite obvious that Christmas was "spread out" more than it seems to be in the States. The Christmas markets are being taken down, and things are beginning to just look like plain old winter. We have had a LOT of snow within the last couple of months but as of recent, our snow has been melting! I must say I welcome the just-above-freezing weather with open arms, and am glad that the snow is disappearing. It was getting hard to shuffle through. This will make room for the next snow that falls!
Some of you might remember me sharing about Latvia and it's geographic location. With that the discussion about the length of days also frequently came up. Well, I have now experienced the "short days" where the sun rises at 9:30/10 am and sets at 3:00 pm. It was surprising to me how much I could notice the change, and how rapidly the days shortened. Now we are on the lengthening side of the calendar and the sun is sticking around longer and longer each day. I'm sure I will have something to share about the extremely "long" days during the summer, but for now I am just happy that my brain isn't telling me I should go to bed at 5:00pm!
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