Hi Barry,
"So which of you in 'The Shire' got some nice new gear and ordered the cloud?"
A moderate priced astro toy Christmas gift would certainly invite the clouds.
However to keep the clouds around day after day has to be someone in the fortunate position that family is spread around and the gifts keep arriving.
Time between gifts, about 24 - 48 hrs.
Its just typical of the modern times. People are so inconsiderate by gifting astro toys when many of us have holidays and time to enjoy more viewing.
Hopefully you can find the scoundrel and effect some kind of reprimand
Cheers