December seems to be pretty much non-stop snow here every year. So we've quickly gone from a chilly fall to the depths of Winter, complete with about a half foot of sparkling snow, Christmas tree expeditions, sledding, opening the advent calendar, cookie baking, birthdays, cocktail parties, band practices, fairly frigid temperatures, feeding the woodstove, wrapping presents, driving slowly, and attempting to make it up the hill - which so far is being accomplished in reverse.