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That's how much sunlight we're supposed to get today. This week we'll endure the longest night of the year. Then our sunlight hours will slowly start to increase. Yay!

It's snowing today (not heavily, but enough to be overcast and block out my precious sun just that much more!). Apparently, we're a little low on snowfall around here this year. Plow companies, ski resorts, and sled salesmen are feeling the pinch. Usually it's schoolkids doing the "snow dance" in other states where we've lived, in hopes of getting a day off from school. Here it's the weather forecasters and business-folk. I literally hear the term "snow dance" at least once a day...

The weather today is actually very pleasant. It's a mild 27 degrees or so. Light drifting snowfall, less than an inch expected. Strings of Christmas lights twinkle in the dusk all over the city. It's a winter wonderland really.