on a (to me) opposite tack

[winterbadger]

Last night, belatedly, I got out my channukiah and lit candles for the first two nights of the holiday. It was really nice to read the prayers and see the lights burning in the darkness.

How ever we do it, I like the idea of bringing light to the darkness of winter, proclaiming hope for peace on earth, "learning new ways from the old, making sense of history, and drawing warmth out of the cold".

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[janewilliams20.livejournal.com]

We're coming up to the Shortest Day, too, and a friend of mine always posts one particular poem to mark it. It fits your ideas quite well, I think, though comes from different roots.
http://telynor.livejournal.com/688262.html