Originally Posted by Abby10

You just described my life today, although I'm not quite as far north as you previously were. The Christmas lights get me through the holiday season, but after that I look for nothing more than those few extra minutes of light each day.

Wasn't it back in the early to mid 70's that we had a year or so of not changing the clocks? I remember being in college at the time and walking to morning classes in the dark. Although, I would prefer we didn't do the daylight savings thing, I can see for that reason why some wouldn't like it for school age children.