Photo Of The Day II: December in Los Angeles

In celebration of the coming winter solstice, it's Bonus Day at Zippy The Fish: two photos in one day!

But let us explain ourselves. Here at Zippy The Fish, Inc., we think the winter solstice is worth celebrating, but not because of some goofy-ass plan to "rediscover the ancient druidic mystery" or, like one website we recently visited, "reclaim Santa Claus as a Pagan Godform" (did you know that Santa's reindeer can be viewed as forms of Herne, the Celtic Horned God!) or any other fashionably silly idea like it.

No, we at ZTF just think that it's pretty great that there are such things as seasons and that everything just keeps on working year after year without needing new batteries or fossil fuels or winding up. We're pretty glad that soon the days will start getting longer and warmer and that the heating bills will to go down and that maybe there will be hope again for the potted basil on our back patio (which has been making it very clear that it is not a fan of the whole winter thing.) So, when it comes down to it, it's hope that we're talking about, hope that we think is worth celebrating. The sun is coming back, life is moving on, and the thought that there's a God out there somewhere orchestrating the whole thing doesn't seem so farfetched after all.

So, hooray, it's a good time to celebrate.