I hear ya super_hunt... and I won't say we are super high humidity where I live (VA) but we are definitely an avg to moderately humid area. I'm sure the woodstove heat which is drier, helps. But.. many times I have done this over the years when my woodstove has not been running, and still have not had an issue. It will flash up immediately when I walk in, but never had any beads of water form like you said.
We aren't typically as cold as some area's...in Dec often in the colder winters we get down into single digits. The past two winters has been quite cold for our area. I'm hoping this year is a "normal" year.

Like I said, not advocating anything...just reporting what I've seen where I am.