Confusion as usual!

It had escaped my attention that today, 9th February, is Makha Bucha Day. Apparently it is held on the full moon of the third lunar month and is quite an important holiday in the Buddhist religion. Anyway, the confusion is about whether it is a 'dry' day or not. The full range of opinions is out there. I intend to find out later in the day and post the answer here so I can check next year when opinions will vary again and I will have forgotten again! More of this later.