"Tonight we honor the death of the Dark, the Heathen holiday that marks the longest night of the year. We rejoice because the days will, once again, grow longer. It is a silly tradition based on lore and superstition that can be easily explained by the axial tilt of the world as we ellipse around the sun. I find this pedantic and reductionist, for we live in a world that is ailing and cannot stop the rising tide of Darkness that does not show any sign of peaking and receding any time soon.