First day of winter

Today is the first day of winter and the solstice will take place at 6:03 pm Eastern time. Although it will probably be the beginning of a long cold winter, it also means the days will start getting longer again. Also, Christmas is just four days away and everyone is in the holiday spirit. I really hope I have a much better winter than I did last year. Overall I'm really looking forward to Christmas and the whole winter of 2014/15.