Re: End of the year's longest night and shortest day!

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I was remembering the shortest day when I was in Alaska. It was dark until 11:30 a.m. and then was dark again at 4 p.m. The "daylight" hours in between were more like a dark dusk. Not something I want to live through again, let me tell you!hugs SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:05 PM Subject: End of the year's longest night and shortest day!

One thing that we can all celebrate: The Winter Solstice and the promiseof Spring!Happy Holiday Season to all of you!Love and hope for better treatment for MS,n

[Guest guest]

I was remembering the shortest day when I was in Alaska. It was dark until 11:30 a.m. and then was dark again at 4 p.m. The "daylight" hours in between were more like a dark dusk. Not something I want to live through again, let me tell you!hugs SharonThis email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws or defects. To: MSersLife Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:05 PM Subject: End of the year's longest night and shortest day!

One thing that we can all celebrate: The Winter Solstice and the promiseof Spring!Happy Holiday Season to all of you!Love and hope for better treatment for MS,n

[Guest guest]

And it sure is the shortest day! I was just saying to , commenting the darkness outside (it's 9 a.m. here): "You know, I do like a little darkness in the morning, I really do. But this is ridiculous!" I am OK with dark mornings, or more than OK even, I find them calming and stress reducing (because, although you KNOW what time it is, it still feels like you are up in the middle of the night and have all the time in the world). But when the day starts for real I kind of like the daylight to be on...Did you know (yes, of course you did, but I'll mention it anyway) that the Swedish word for Christmas is (just like in all Scandinavian languages) the old Norse word for the Winter Solstice celebration, "jul" (I think the English spelling is Yule, though, it would reflect the pronunciation). So Christmas is, at least in our tradition,very much based on old traditions for celebrating the returning light. Here's to the return of light!love /Reb>> One thing that we can all celebrate: The Winter Solstice and the promise> of Spring!> > Happy Holiday Season to all of you!> > Love and hope for better treatment for MS,> n>