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Blessed Solstice, Happy Hanukkah, Io Saturnalia, Merry Christmas, Winter Greetings, Tolerable Festivus, New Moon, Epiphany, Kwanzaa, Yule!<\/p><\/div>\n

To all my readers, a wish for the season:\u00a0 As the longest night<\/a> finally awakes in ultramarine glow, may the sun without and the sun within commence to wax!<\/p>\n

(Digital illustration by Fred Hatt.\u00a0 Tree silhouette from here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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