Like most of you, I love Christmas. Unlike many of you I also love winter, both for its connection to Christmas and for its intrinsic beauty. I delight at the first snow and don't tire of it till well into mud season.
In many places these days it's as hard to locate the season of winter as it is the spirit of Christmas. Global warming has winter on the run. Street vendors can't sell mittens in Moscow. Alpine skiers gaze...
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