Weather maps from WeatherUnderground show the polar wobble setting in. Europe gets increasingly warmer as their tilt places the Sun North there. North America get a skew of cold over the NE, the part of the continent getting the least sunlight due to its tilt over the Americas Face, while vertical winds in the US when the globe is suddenly moved under warm or cold air (Dec 12-15). The cold spot over Manchuria becoming distinct (Dec 20), and the warm spot over India still holding.