KINGDOM DRAMA — the arguments everyone is having.
The village is divided, and this time it is about lanterns.
One side says the fire-rings — great rings of golden fire, drifting high and slow overhead — count as lanterns for the lantern walk, because they give light, they drift along with the walkers, and they are, frankly, magnificent.
The other side says they do not count, because a lantern is something you carry, something you light yourself, and something that does not drift off on its own business halfway through the walk.
The walk organizers, asked to rule, have ruled wisely: bring a lantern anyway, enjoy the rings as well, and count both if you like. The rings, for their part, have declined to comment, which is the sort of answer that settles nothing and pleases everyone.