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A strange experience yesterday night—not having to take off my choljaH (ponytail holder) before pulling off my T-shirt...

And happy birthday to nyssa and crucially!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Christmas Eve so far

Stella made a really nice three-course meal on the occasion: it wasn't ready until four but the wait was well worth it.

First, a vegetable soup with some little shell-shaped noodles in it. The main course was red cabbage and potatoes (croquettes for Stella and Amy) with meat and gravy, and there was a peach-flavoured dessert in little glasses. Yummy, most of it.

In the evening, we read what Germans call "the Christmas story" (the beginning of chapter 2 of the Gospel according to St. Luke) in English and German (with an old Luther translation for German since I think it sounds more "Biblical") and listened to Christmas music.

Presents will under the tree tomorrow morning, in the Anglo-American style; I rather like that arrangement, for several reasons (not only because it's what I'm used to). One of those reasons is that it frees up Christmas Eve to be a more sedate and (hopefully) spiritual time.

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