ALBANY, Ga. -- Some of the fondest memories of winter time
revolve around light -- the crackling flames of a log in a
fireplace, the stars twinkling in clear, crisp skies, strings of
colored lights encircling a Christmas tree, burning candles in
menorahs and advent wreaths. The relationship between light and
winter is being explored this month in one of the most popular
shows at the Wetherbee Planetarium -- "Season of Light." The
northern hemisphere gets fewer hours of sunlight as autumn
progresses and temperatures drop, with winter starting on the
shortest day of the year -- the winter solstice, which is
Tuesday. Allsion Young, program coordinator at Thronateeska
Heritage Center, where the Wetherbee is located, said the
35-minute program that's being presented three times daily this
month has a "theme of light." The show isn't completely focused
on Christmas. "It starts out explaining why winter is so dark
and so cold," Young said. "With the language the narrator uses,
you almost start to feel cold. It's jus