Waiting For The Winter Solstice

We've had such dreary weather for the past couple of weeks. It's been mostly overcast with rain or snow in some form almost every day. It starts to get dark really early when the sun doesn't shine during the day. Each day is shorter than the one before. I'm looking forward to the Winter Solstice because then the days will start to get longer. By the end of January we'll start to see more daylight then we have in December. It will probably be dark after five instead of after four. That gives hope that Spring and Daylight Savings time is on it's way. I'm not sure when the "dead of winter" takes place but it sure feels like it this December. Officially, it's still Fall. Winter comes with the winter solstice. We may have more snow and ice during the winter months, but we'll also have more sun.