I crawl at a pace twenty-four times as slow as the swift minute pointer that circles below. Yet at midnight I welcome the brand new year's birth, side by side with my brother in boisterous mirth. What am I?
The hour hand
The hour hand on a clock moves much slower than the minute hand, meeting it directly at twelve for midnight.
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