I love winter----the snow (that we rarely get unfortunately) and the dark. I am thoroughly jealous of those of you that get a proper winter. Until this thread I really hadn't thought about it. We are in school all winter so truly things won't really change for us. We have been busy stocking up on books to be sure we have enough and a good variety for whatever reading we desire since I anticipate lockdown and possible violence (). The other thing I have done is write down every single ingredient needed for all of our holiday food and have shopped for everything except fresh ingredients. This seemed prudent given the instability of the US right now. I made sure to get enough to replace anything used to keep our stock supplies as high as is reasonable (yet it still doesn't feel like enough). I also made sure to order extra dog food, paper towels, tp, and meds. Sorry if that kind of went off topic.