This must be the first year we haven’t had a Christmas tree in the house. Artificial trees are strictly off-limits, and since we are off to the States on the 22nd, it didn’t make sense to get a real tree and decorate it.
Christmas is inextricably linked with the family, considering our namesake, Knecht Ruprecht, is [...]

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I’d love to blame Twitter for cutting down the rate of actual blog posts, which is partially true, but certainly doesn’t account for a six week gap. I have noticed a decline in posts from almost all the personal blogs I read. I assume most people are using an RSS feed anyway and get updates [...]

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