Winter: a season of darkness, a season of dreams. Across the world, this deeply evocative time of year is ubiquitously enchanting. Spirits flood the ancient stories of every culture in an abundance of legend and lore, reviving a colorful spectacle of tradition into modernity. Many of the rituals and beliefs longest held revolve around the Winter Solstice on December 21st, and extend through early January. Tales of wood folk, forest goblins, and ghostly armies originally inspired the candlelit windows now associated with Christmas decorating.  Gatherings around fireside hearths, the exchange of gifts, and a multitude of superstitions are practiced to welcome good fortune for the coming year, dancing away the darkness that lurks beyond the mystery of the shadows.   In a throng of midwinter characters, one archetypal figure emerges clearly in the cold light of the haunting moon, primeval in its connection to the deepest known roots of humanity: The Wolf.