Halfway out of the dark

 Doctor Who Christmas specials are, well. special.

Which is why I subscribed to HBO Max last night.

There are other reasons (Wonder Woman 1984), but the Christmas specials are the main one. 

And of them, 2010's A Christmas Carol just gives me goosebumps throughout, so my niece and I watched it last night.

It did not disappoint.

Of all the top moments, a voiceover near the beginning always gets me:

On every world, wherever people are, in the deepest part of the winter, at the exact mid-point, everybody stops and turns and hugs. As if to say, “Well done. Well done, everyone! We're halfway out of the dark.” Back on Earth we call this Christmas.

I rarely feel "halfway out of the dark." But I'd like to.