Great tips! Those winter blues can definitely bring me down sometimes!

"It's still technically fall, "

May I recommend that we get away from the "astronomical definition" of seasons? "Winter" does NOT start on Dec 21st..around here, or in most places above the 35th parallel. Seattle's winter starts (IMO) somewhere between Oct 31st and Nov 15, when it gets notably darker, definitely cold, and maybe even frosts. But I'll even accept Dec 1st.

Similarly, spring in Seattle starts in mid February, in my experience. (Buds on trees, crocuses coming up, etc.)

Here's more detail of the much more accurate METEOROLOGICAL SEASONS:

The Meteorological Seasons

Meteorologists and climatologists break the seasons down into groupings of three months based on the annual temperature cycle as well as our calendar. We generally think of winter as the coldest time of the year and summer as the warmest time of the year, with spring and fall being the transition seasons, and that is what the meteorological seasons are based on.

Meteorological spring includes March, April, and May;
meteorological summer includes June, July, and August;
meteorological fall includes September, October, and November; and
meteorological winter includes December, January, and February.

Thank you!

I miss Seattle's long summer nights. I do not miss commuting both ways in the dark.

Embrace the darkness.

It's been in the teens here during nights, inching close to 32F during the day. I would love to trade some of this coldness for a little more darkness.