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Sun sat at 4:15 PM in Boston last December 21st. I'd take 6 PM over that. Sunrise was 7:10.

Absolutely gets dark in MN around 6pm or earlier in the winter

Check out any place towards the northern end of the US at the west edge of its time zone. (e.g Kalispell, MT). Exactly the same.

But thats a small region - not an entire country. I can't imagine waking up at 8:00 am while its dark.

Canada.

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