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December 22 is Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Also known as midwinter or solar new year, it's known as the shortest day and the longest night and it's astronomically considered as the middle or beginning of the winter.

However, although Winter Solstice is often associated with merriments (read: Winter Solstice festival), it also causes different sicknesses and seasonal depression. These bad effects of Winter Solstice are attributed to the circadian rhythm (internal clock of the body) destructive shorter periods of exposure to sunlight and the cold climate that make people prone to diseases and depression.

So do you battle the winter blues caused by Winter Solstice to keep yourself productive?

Get into Light Therapy

It's the process of exposing someone to a light box that emits light that mimics outdoor sunlight, getting rid of the gloomy mood.

Take Vitamin D 

According to an article, to prevent winter-time colds and flus, a good dose of Vitamin D might help.

Home Remedies for SAD 

Here's a list of 22 ways to relieve prevent and relieve the symptoms of SAD. It includes a list of food to eat, aromatherapy and simple activities that you can do at home to combat Seasonal Affect Disorder.

Aside from exercise, sorry for the non-lovers of Christmas, but I strongly suggest keeping yourself busy with preparing food and wrapping gifts to avoid succumbing to winter blues. 

I hope you find these tips useful and I'd gladly read more tips on how to shoo away cold season's blues if you would like to share some. The comment section waits for your ideas. 

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