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| nikolaus, komm geschwind! hier nur brave kinder sind! |
everyone was dressed up as st.nick when i got home tonight. this is not traditional, but i kind of think it may become our personal tradition. three years in a row one of the kids was enamored of the fullsized red costume and wore it rolled up on the ankles and wrists. suddenly they wanted to clean their room and practice and have their pajamas on by 7pm. magically the advent wreath got lit and the stockings got full of peanuts and clementines. they even "heard" the sleigh as it left. :) they were so excited they stayed up till 9:30 sharing peanuts with each other and singing nikolaus songs
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the morning started differently. more headache. i drove up to kindergarten despite the pounding in my brain. and also did a little mini rehearsal with a violinist for a mass next weekend. standing next to a violin with your head about to fall off is no easy task. downstairs centa was running a rather loud improv rehearsal for tomorrow night's english departmental christmas party. i got a phone call from pauli reminding us that we were having dinner with him and his dad... pretty much right now. i took two ibuprofens while centa called a taxi. dinner was lovely. pauli is fun company. manfred was sleepy but they were both proud of the new kitchen in pauli's apartment. pauli is a great cook, everything was so yummy, and cured my headache for a while. glad i went, though i wasn't glad when i was leaving. that's all that counts, right?
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