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  1. I think Maria durch ein Dornwald ging is the best Advent/Christmas carol. Change my mind. It’s so sad that nobody wants to sing it (my parents in law aren’t Christian and they think it’s too church-like). Do you guys sing during Christmas celebrations? 

    Speaking of singing, after Christmas dinner (which spouse and I cooked! Japanese curry, mapo tofu and lime peanut noodles. Rice and parathas to go with it and yoghurt mousse as dessert. It was very good, if I may say so myself) I had this weird urge to listen to Carmina Burana and stayed up will midnight to finish it (okay I skipped the final O Fortuna). Carl Orff must be the ultimate one hit wonder. Anyhow, it was nice but now I’m good for another 10-15 years.

  3. Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it! And happy holidays to those who don’t,I hope you get a day off at least!

    Here in Cesky Krumlov it’s very, very quiet this morning.It’s stopped snowing but it’s all white outside, about -5° at 8.30am.

  4. Merry Christmas daily chat (I guess this will be late…).

    You ever had one of those soul crushing chats with a friend where they ask you about career progression? My predicament is that a bachelor’s in chemistry doesn’t qualify you for much other than a quality control or lab tech position; apparently, it doesn’t make you that employable either. But getting a PhD in chemistry has a huge opportunity cost in time, effort, and lost earning potential for uncertain wage gains. The academic market is certainly oversaturated (not that I have an interest in that), and I’m not sure if the industrial market will just be flooded by the troubled academic sector that bleeding jobs from government budget cuts and long term demographic troubles. Or I can get another degree in something engineering that pays much more, but I’m uncertain if I’ll be good at that.

    Dunno. Every option including doing nothing seems like it sucks.

  5. As many as 70% of winter time situations that require the Norwegian road rescue staff to react, are caused by tourists with no experience on winter driving. I would never have guessed the proportion to be nearly that high. As a result, some Norwegians are trying to make a winter driving course mandatory for anyone intending to hire a car. Link to Yle article: [https://yle.fi/a/74-20201212](https://yle.fi/a/74-20201212)

    A Finnish guy working in the Finnish equivalent, once stated that they had been called to help the same family three or four times during one single day – the driver simply did not believe or learn that the first slip was no coincidence, but proof of slippery road conditions.

    Of the 35 road accidents in Finnish Lapland last week, most involved a rental car or RV. Most of them were either about slipping into a ditch, or colliding with a reindeer.

  6. Merry Christmas to all!

    Sadly I couldn’t get a Christmas tree, with all the decorations being a bit too pricey, but it do be how it is sometimes. I’ll get many sweets and a nice meal to celebrate instead, calories aren’t a thing in festivity.

    I hope everyone can have a bit of time to spend with their loved ones, and have much fun ahead for this day! Wish you all a great one ahead.

  7. Happy Christmas from Ireland! I hope everyone has a lovely day, and a peaceful and contented week.❤️🎄🎁

  8. Last night I played a Christmas song on the piano with my 7 year old niece. I played the harmony and she played the melody. She has practiced playing a lot, going to piano classes for maybe a year now and having played at home for even longer, so she does good for a 7 year old, but obviously she’s only 7 so it’s not going to be flawless or that amazing.

    Then I started thinking about Yo-Yo Ma. It’s well known that by age 7 he was performing in front of US presidents. Lmao, how is that even possible? Like honestly. It’s so crazy when you see normal 7 year olds play music. I mean my niece is obviously exceptional, being my niece, but you get the point. Doesn’t make any sense.

  9. Merry Christmas everyone! Once again, I’m stuck in the US for Christmas so I’m trying to replicate the British Christmas experience by playing [Slade](https://youtu.be/WM7M7zSMJcw?si=7QO-jwiYMLdnrFy2) on loop at all times of day.

    I decided to use the time to road trip around New Mexico and get myself into better habits regarding sleep and phone use. Apparently some of the surrounding indigenous pueblos do Christmas celebrations in their own indigenous style so maybe I’ll go up there today.

    Incidentally, did you know that Last Christmas by Wham was only released in the US in 2014?! This country won Whamageddon for THIRTY WHOLE YEARS

  10. Joyeux Noël, Euros. It’s not cold but Silent Hill foggy here, which isn’t the kind of white Christmas I think Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby had in mind when making that song.

    My favorite gifts were a nice real leather belt from my parents and a print from one of my favorite artists… that I got for myself. You gotta do what you gotta do.

    I don’t have to go back to work for a few days so I’m trying to decide what I want to do with my time off. I’m thinking about setting off in my car and driving through my grandfather’s hometown, then seeing where I end up after that.

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