Engel haben Himmelslieder auf den Feldern angestimmt...

Sooo. The tree is standing and decorated, the presents are wrapped, my grandmother and Egon have arrived already and the latter has already droven all of us slightly insane, the food is almost ready, and my mother has decided we'll all go to the midnight service though she couldn't yet decide on the church. Tomorrow, Karin and the kids will be here, too. I don't quite know about the rest of the week.
So there we go.
Merry Christmas to all of you! Or Hanukkah, or whatever it is you happen to celebrate. (Happy belated Emperor's birthday, if you want, for that matter. Whatever.)
Especially to you, Jörg. Missing you. In case you read this: I hope you have a nice Christmas eve anyway; I'll call you later.