## Winter nights can be very long in the northern parts of Canada.  

**Even the short days have their share of tribulation:**
all photos by @onceuponatime

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## So just how do Northerners make it through the night?

**Well, here's what some of my friends and I get up to:**

We gather together many different munchies, drinkables and smokables...............

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**Mmmmmmmm............ blue cheese, beer and coffee!**

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**(and there's almost always some smoked salmon from the harvest earlier in the year)**


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**Indeed the harvest was bountiful!**

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## Sometimes the conversation turns to the future year ahead:

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Don't bogart that bong my friend...................................


## and then we slowly start to tune up!

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##  And THAT  is how some of us Northerners *make it through the night!*



###  (And as a last aside, I want to let  you know: *I taught my parents everything they know.*)

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