A little passage from Hogfather for the Winter Solstice:
Ridcully, after a few more trial runs, settled on a song which evolves somewhere on every planet where there are winters. It's often dragooned into the service of some local religion and a few words are changed, but it;s really about things that have to do with gods only in the same way that roots have to do with leaves.
"-the rising of the sun, and the running of the deer-"
Happy Holidays to all, regardless of which holiday you might be celebrating during this time of year, as the days finally stop getting shorter and the sun begins to return.
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