WINTER, THE COLD SEASON OF SHORT DAYS AND DARKNESS. ITS PAUCITY OF LIGHT CAN AFFECT A PERSON’S MOOD AND SPIRIT, AND FEEL DOWNRIGHT GLOOMY — OR NOT. AFTER ALL, FOR SOME GET-COZY ROMANTICS, IT’S A KIND OF SEASONAL BLANKET ENVELOPING EVERYTHING, REASSURINGLY, UNTIL THE SPRING. METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING, RIGHT NOW, THE WORLD IS LUMBERING THROUGH SOME VERY DARK TIMES, AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE COULD USE SOME SOUL-BOOSTING LIGHT. HERE’S TO THE GLOW OF FAR-OFF GALAXIES AND THE SHIMMER OF A CHRISTMAS CANDLE’S FLAME. LIGHT OUR FIRE!