Light in the Darkness

 It has warmed up--into the 20sºF--luckily, because tonight is the second annual
Hanukkah Doll Candle-Lighting by the Dumpster 
after work!

They have bundled up "warm"--this is just a concept to them:
they don't get cold. But Penny Cooper points out, 
"The humans feel cold if they see us without warm clothes in winter."
Anyway, they love to dress up!

Coworker Sander will sing the Hebrew prayer, and this year I have a real menorah--a tiny one! with candles.
Though the apple worked so beautifully to hold candles last year,  I'm going to bring one in case we prefer it.

The Girlettes are no religion--"that's for humans"--but they love all the rituals that involve LIGHTING THINGS ON FIRE.
Something like Doll Zoroastrians.
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Did you see Raul Malo died last week (December 8)?
He was the lead singer (beautiful voice) and songwriter of The Mavericks.
I always say I'm not much into music, but I discovered The Mavericks all by myself and I love them.
Malo was only sixty... 
Music is light in the darkness, and this is a sad loss.

BELOW: "Here Comes the Rain"
Maybe my favorite Mavericks song--here, in 1995 they perform it  for the first time–30 years ago. They have to start over because Raul Malo forgets his way part-way in!