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How do you like your ghosts?

‘November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year,’ said Meg, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden.

‘That’s the reason I was born in it,’ observed Jo.

Louisa M Alcott, Little Women

A great many people would agree with Meg about November. It’s a potentially depressing and anxietymaking part of the year when the days are too short, the nights are too long, it’s getting colder and darker every day, and the jollities of the Christmas season are still several weeks away.

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