The intense holiday season is upon us, a time where deep feelings and memories are stirred. I recommend that patients focus on the origins and ancient meanings of these special days. Let us together light the candles on Winter Solstice to remind ourselves that it is the darkest day of the year, but in the tiniest of increments the light will strengthen and lengthen each day thereafter. Bring in the scented boughs and put on your socks. Kindly wrap yourselves and those you love with blankets, sweaters, and throws. Go for long walks outdoors to deeply take in the changes of the seasons. Open to a fresh, empty page of a new journal, and write. Write about who you are now, what you want to be, and what you must let go of to do so. Find the guiding star you wish to follow over the coming months, until the small, green leaves of spring bring us again to the growing season.