Actually, fun fact that a lot of people don’t know, is that although December 21st is the shortest day of the year, December 9th is actually the day where the sunset is the earliest! It’s already started getting darker later but the sun rise is also getting later at a faster rate making the days shorter still. But for me (and most people) it’s all about the sunset time so we’re already going in the right direction! link to Manchester sunrise/sunset times