Tell HN: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Hope your 2023’s great. I’m sorry for all of you that were laid off or affected by the virus or lockdowns. Next year will be better! Keep the faith!
To all of you: thank you so much and a very merry christmas! I hope you are doing fine.
I must admit, I come here much more for community discussions rather than articles linked.
Many people will go through this rite of passage. I fondly remember the times when I did read all the articles. Perhaps not coincidentally, those are also the times when I was a broke college student.
Have some wonderful music to carry you through to New Years!
(Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ1P5UKlHAs&list=PLe7ia_jeVG...
(TSO - The Lost Christmas Eve) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLfNgYF1h-Y
(TSO - The Christmas Attic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT4ruFp5U2w
(TSO - Christmas Eve and Other Stories) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJXQYx7j_3I
(Mixed - We Wish You a Metal XMas and a Headbanging New Year) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR8eBg1AtyjDQU-RaeVIz...
- Love is just a matter of timing, from 2046, with Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song https://youtu.be/F-J0P9K9BJc
- Meeting, from In the Mood for Love, with Nat King Cole's Te Quiero Dijiste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w62qQQVaREU
- Missed chance, from In the Mood for Love, with Nat King Cole's Aquelos Ojos Verdes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDS8hJBVJUM
- The End, form In the Mood for Love, with Nat King Cole's Quizas, quizas, quizas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NMmgKPiAhw
Things will get better, and so will you. Take care of yourself.
Crafted by 7" Soul's DJ Dion "The Watts" Garcia, this is a mix of classic soul holiday tracks. Some extremely rare, some holiday standards, but all of it combines to make a special holiday soul experience. https://somafm.com/jollysoul/
SomaFM's wacky and eclectic holiday mix. Not for the easily offended. For people tired of traditional holiday music. From the offensive, raunchy and nasty to the silly and childish, a mix of music for Hanukkah, Kwanza, Winter Solstice and of course Christmas. You'll probably get in trouble if you listen out loud at the office, but it might be worth it just to offend your annoying co-workers. https://somafm.com/xmasinfrisko/
Indie/Alternative meets traditional/classic rock'n'roll music all about the holidays. From The Beach Boys and Bob Dylan to Belle & Sebastian and Sufjan Stevens, make your holiday season rock this year. Uncensored, but shouldn't be offensive to anyone but the most uptight haters of rock'n'roll. https://somafm.com/xmasrocks/
For fans of Groove Salad, Lush and downtempo/lounge music fans in general, this is the perfect holiday radio. Christmas classics redone in a chilled-out manner make for a stress-free holiday. https://somafm.com/christmas/
Holiday Elevator Music from a more innocent time. A Department Store Christmas features beautiful music (also known as elevator music) renditions of Christmas and Holiday classics. https://somafm.com/specials/
This is odd, but the only people I ever meet who listen to Soma FM are in tech. I remember finding it as a teenager, it was a default bookmark in the pre-installed browser on BackTrack Linux. Did everyone else have the same experience, or was there somewhere else it was popular?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drK9RyKmc1A
Mr. McClintock, you absolute genius.
So that poses a question, just how long does Christmas day last for, from the first moment at the first place to the last moment at the last place about the globe?
Merry Christmas all.
At first, it was the morning of the 25th.
The next year, we asked "Please, can we open one present on Christmas Eve?" And so we did, that night.
The year after that, it was "What about the morning of Christmas Eve? Just one, please?"
You can figure out the next year. "The evening of the 23rd? Please?!?"
Maybe the real lesson is that Christmas can be every day of the year. Every day that you hope something wonderful can happen.
We say 'push it back' to mean make something later. I suppose it all makes some sort of sense if you picture the future as a queue of things facing you - you can bring elements forward (nearer) or push them back (further).
The Filipinos take that literally! My wife and I went there on our honeymoon, and they already had the carols and decorations out in September!
If you do work (retail or food service, mostly), you usually get 150-200% of your regular wage on these days.
I think the name 'boxing' even comes from tipping servants & tradesmen - giving them 'boxes' of whatever. But that might be a myth...
Also, I read yesterday that the Ukrainian orthodox church suggested its followers could celebrate on the 25th rather than on the customary January 7th (Christmas in the Julian calendar) this year.
“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.”
This is probably the one community I actively participate in.
I love the range of topics, the range of opinions, the quality of most comments and the conduct. When I want to really understand something that's going on, my first stop is to find the HN comment thread for it. That says a lot :)
If you are still looking for a Christmas read or present to give to your startup friends, my book about systematic SEO (think SEO for system thinkers) is today free on Amazon/Kindle:
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46 reviews, 4.3 starts
The books goal is to make all SEO companies redundant, so I think its a great gift for really anyone.
Have a nice 2023 fellas. Let's try to make the world slightly better with our individual actions, if we can.
— Collect, In Vigilia Nativitatis Domini
!RemindMe 365 days.
Oh wait that’s the other place.
Same to you!!
Or, as we say in germany: Frohe Weihnachten und guten Rutsch!
[1]: https://theculturetrip.com/finland/articles/does-finland-exi...
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