We’ve already seen and heard so many retrospectives of 2016 that even if we hadn’t lived it, we’d feel like we’d been there. The Christmas tree is starting to feel like it’s just taking up space. Plans have been made for a midnight kiss on Saturday night, or at least for being in a place where it might become possible. Winter. What to do, what to do.
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