I would rather see the smiley then the frown but we live on this side of the equator. The kids got a kick out the Venus/Jupiter line up the other night. Would be nice if Mars was doing a little dot for a nose. Wonder when/if that will happen.
Mars and Mercury are also technically evening stars now, but both are too close to the sun to be seen. Mars will be in conjunction with the sun on Dec. 5 and then will become a morning star.
By the latter part of December Mercury should be visible in the evening sky. On the 29th, Mercury and Jupiter will be close together near the two-day-old crescent moon. Mercury passes Jupiter on the 31st. By then Venus will be quite a distance from Jupiter--the moon will pass Venus on the 31st, and Venus will be setting almost two hours after Jupiter.