Mine is a medium brown colour. When I was very young, it was lighter and took on golden shades in the sunlight. I discovered that by looking through old photos.
We have done the same thing for 10 years - gather with my mother's sister's family and spend the day and night together. Two of my cousins are twins and their birthday is the 31st of December, so it's always a joint celebration. We ring in the New Year by assembling in their basement, playing...