Today, the first official day of winter is also the shortest day of the year - the day with the least amount of daylight . . . . .
Which means it will seem like the l-o-n-g-e-s-t day. And it's icy cold. And there's already snow on the ground. And tomorrow will be even colder!Okay, maybe you'd like to live in Florida or California or Arizona where it's (presumably) warmer. And maybe you do live there already. If so, good for you.
But maybe you're stuck here where it's cold and you're not able to move anytime soon.
And maybe you'd like to head for a tropical island but you can't. Maybe you just can't afford it and/or can't get time off from work.
Which means you have to hang around and endure the cold weather which has already (forget climate change!) made its wintry debut.
Here's how to get through the rest of December and the two dreadful months that lie ahead. Remember that starting tomorrow, it's all downhill to summer.
Each day that follows the winter solstice (December 21) will have more daylight. From that standpoint, each day will be a little bit nicer. And each day will have less darkness.
We've about reached the low point. Soon, we're on the way back up again.
So, even though winter is technically just beginning, winter's demise is already underway.
In other words, the dead of winter is really the beginning of the death of winter. Hooray!
And maybe you'd like to head for a tropical island but you can't. Maybe you just can't afford it and/or can't get time off from work.
Which means you have to hang around and endure the cold weather which has already (forget climate change!) made its wintry debut.
Here's how to get through the rest of December and the two dreadful months that lie ahead. Remember that starting tomorrow, it's all downhill to summer.
Each day that follows the winter solstice (December 21) will have more daylight. From that standpoint, each day will be a little bit nicer. And each day will have less darkness.
We've about reached the low point. Soon, we're on the way back up again.
So, even though winter is technically just beginning, winter's demise is already underway.
In other words, the dead of winter is really the beginning of the death of winter. Hooray!
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