Here We Go, Again, Girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                              The year is just speeding by, darlings!  Yesterday, Autumn came to a crashing halt, and  now, begins, as Shakespeare says, "the Winter of our discontent."  Which will not actually sink in  until  January 2, when all things holiday come to a scrreching halt.  Even though it does not technically end  until January 7.

                                                  And speaking of technicalities, again  we face the six month question--When  is  the shortest  day?  When the longest  night?  Some say today,  and tonight,  but I was taught  the 22nd, so I am standing  by that.  I do believe tonight may be the  longest night.  Snuggle in good, tonight, kiddies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                      And now, I will share with you my favorite Winter song,  which is "Winter Was Warm," introduced in 1964, in "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol," and sung by Jane Kean.  Like "Have Yourself A Merry Litte Christmas," from "Meet  Me In St. Louis," just twenty years before, it has a touch of melancholia, which makes one appreciate what they have right  now all the more.  There could  not be a better message for us  all  this season, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                         Bring on Winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!