The holiday is based on a lunar calendar, so I give you a shot of the North Pole moon.
It makes good sense as a beginning of the new year, as the weather is beginning to warm, and the sun to shine, for those of us who dwell on the West Coast.
Jon Carroll has a good column today on Berkeley, Code Pink, and the Marines.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2008/02/07/DDGSUSK5E.DTL
Enjoy, savor, and be awake for this day!