Happy Friday! By now, you’ve likely (hopefully?) wrapped up gift-shopping, have your OOO on, and are ready to exhale a bit. (And, if you’re like our family, perhaps you’re reveling in the nightly ritual of lighting the Menorah in celebration of Hanukkah.)

As mentioned last week, this next stretch of days until the new year is what I like to call the “dead zone” of winter. I’ve found that some people fully embrace this time of rest while some dread it for its expanse of nothingness. I’m somewhere in the middle — excited to hibernate, but worried that I’ll be antsy by day 3 of vacation.

Well, good news: our readers came in HOT last week with some amazing recommendations for what we’re calling ❄️ The GNI Winter Survival Kit ❄️. It’s a spreadsheet of all of our readers’ best books, shows, movies, podcasts, recipes, and more to cozy up with this winter while we’re all resting and nesting. Be sure to check out all the tabs of the kit!

As for me, I'll be popping back into the fantasy world of A Court of Thorns and Roses #3 and may finally try my hand at a yule log.

Stay cozy and happy happy holidays.

— Alisha R.

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