So, You're Alone for the Holidays

Giver’s glow

Consider the glow sticks that children get at parades and fairs, writes Post, the translucent plastic tubes that make light through a chemical reaction. After a glass capsule inside is broken, the stick glows.

“Brokenness is part of the process,” notes Post. “Give and grow, give and glow. Scrooge discovered this before it was too late.”