winter survival guide

For the first winter since I don't know when, I don't feel depressed! I think it's the snow which makes for more light. I'm not good with long gloomy winters. The other things which are making this winter more bearable are a) love b) Diana Henry's cookery book, 'Roast Figs and Sugar Snow,', c) sledging on a proper sledge almost daily and d) the prospect of a week of winter sun in February. I know it's not eco friendly, but I can't get through the winter without it. Morocco, since you ask.