Hi Y’all,

It was a mighty fine party last night. A pack of people getting together to celebrate our journey this far and more importantly getting together in celebration of the seasonal festivities. There are many types of Pre-Xmas parties or “pikkujoulu” as we call it in Finland, some good and some not so good. This one however was a night to remember and to relive next year. Plenty of mulled wine (glögg or glögi) as well as good food was consumed in good spirit and more importantly good company.

The day after the party was surprisingly pleasant. The first thing I realized when I woke up was that it had kept snowing since last night and we had a small white coating on the ground. Wonderful! Hopefully it will continue to snow for another week or two so that we can have a truly white Christmas.

We work our way towards Christmas through the typical year end rushing. But as said before we’re loving every minute of the process and events like the one last night help you to put everything into context and remind you of what it’s really all about, the people.

That said, thank you to everyone who showed up and let the next events be even better than this one, if that’s even possible. I’m out, peace.