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It was a given that we would have a white Christmas this year.  After all, the snowfall have brought those of us in Helsinki mounds and mounds of snow on the ground. It would take a pretty powerful sun to melt all of that and as Mother Nature goes, the sun is a bit shy during this time of the year.

What was not a given was how cold it would be.  Yesterday was -19 and my ears were frozen.  The silver lining is that my hormones due to breastfeeding have given me supernatural insulation and I think that has been the only way I have survived this winter so far.  I do not know what I will do if this beyond frigid weather becomes an annual event. I cannot get pregnant every year, you know!

Dante Alighieri described hell as frozen contrary to popular notions that the place is fiery and warm.  I still believe hell to be mighty hot though.  However, I can totally see the point why Dante would assume hell is frozen.  You know that the Spanish word for winter is incredibly close to their word for hell, right?

Anyway, I wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS.  I hope I am not scrooging up your holidays by writing about hell. ;-)