A special date

 We celebrated today’s palindrome, 22/02/22,  by setting off a lantern (actually it was an excuse for a blip photo.)
 
It comes from the Greek word "palin" which means again and "dromos" which means direction. It is something that reads the same forwards as it does backwards such as Mum, Dad, or Nan.  It also applies to numbers- like today’s date.