All that cold and denial of death stuff is egodystonic for you. Well, be of good cheer. Pass around the wassail bowl. Sing another round of Partridge in a Pear Tree and Deck the Halls. Here comes the romance.
Romances unfortunately have to begin with the cold and the lonely and dread of night.
Remember the most famous Christmas romance of all. Bob Cratchet huddling in his overcoat in the counting house of Scrooge and Marley. Scrooge is singing, Bah Hum Bug. We really get into the depths of Dickens Christmas with Scrooge visiting his own grave, Christmas future. Then in Act III, there is relief.