December is here!

November is a cold, wet dark month here in N. Germany, always overcast and raining. I feel like, and it is essentially true that, I haven't seen the sun for weeks. Even Germans tell me it is the most depressing month. Right on cue, on this morning of December 1st the clouds have broken up a bit and there is blue sky visible. Plus December has Christmas markets and a chance of snow. I can hear a flock of birds chattering away outside; even they seem happier that it is December now.