SEASONS GREETINGS - From Marx and Mars

(Ripped from Drawn a beaut art blog) - Old Communist Greeting Cards!!).

And........a very merry Mars: This Christmas Eve, Mars is at its closest to Earth for the next nine years. Mars is also "at opposition." That's astronomy-lingo for "directly opposite the sun." It means Mars is up whenever the sun is down: on Christmas Eve, the Red Planet will be visible all night long. As Christmas scenes go, it doesn't get much better. Gliding in formation across the sky, the moon and Mars seem so close you could almost reach up, grab the pair and bounce them down the street... - Nasa