I am currently holed up in my house having a snow day, which feels at once melancholy and festive, so I wrote you all something that’s both. I hope you are having a December that’s more festive than melancholy.
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Zara promised herself that today would be nice, for once. She had almost succeeded.
Winter Solstice celebrations were in full swing in the little village where the Crew had stopped off for a sort of vacation. The place was ablaze with happy people and candles and bright holly and mistletoe. So sweet it could make you throw up.