Dear Prudence, The Season is upon us, ready or not. There are Christmas carols in every shop. Everyone has forgotten basic manners towards their fellow frantic last-minute shoppers. I’m not saying it’s the endless renditions of “We wish you a merry Christmas”, but I’m not saying it isn’t, either. However it may be, the excitement
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The German phrase “Die Qual der Wahl”, meaning “the torture of choice”, is suitable whenever we are faced with too many possibilities and we don’t know which one to pick. The torture of choice comes to mind as I think of the thousands of new books appearing every year. I know that I would like
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"This list compiles the cocktails which always increase my Christmas spirit and are a welcome change from your typical Glühwein. Enjoy drinking them responsibly and allow yourself to feel like a child waiting for Santa again!"
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"Majestically entranced by the Christmas season in Germany, I cannot help but think back on it, and on each of the Sundays throughout December."
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Vermont farmer Wilson Bentley, the first person to photograph and study the complexity of snow crystals, died 87 years ago today: "On the morning he was laid to rest... it began to snow, leaving a dusting over the burial ground."
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For this Tuesday evening tour along the main strips of the Leipzig Christmas Market, the people from Free Walking Tour Leipzig promise to answer "everything you wanted to know about Christmas but were afraid to ask."
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