'A new promise of light and warmth'

Winter solstice along with the holiday season bring some much-needed joy

Winter Solstice Sunrise 2010 in County Donegal, Ireland. (Photo: Sian Lindsey/Wikimedia Commons)

The high today in my neck of the woods is forecast to be minus-7C, with an overnight low last night of minus-20C.

Hardly nudism temperatures, huh?

But if you looked outside my window on this bright day, you’d see the icicles hanging from the rain gutter are mel…