Christmas, Clarke-style

The cat woke me up early, and then I woke my dad up early. We opened the last-minute Christmas cards (my parents got one that said WEEEEEEEE CHRISTMAS and had cat snot on it), I co-ordinated the giving of gits–I wrapped everything, including the one parcel intended for me.
Afterwards, we watched silly horror movies and [...]

Giant real-life narratives

Here in Holland, it’s impossible to escape Sinterklaas at this time of year.
I don’t celebrate it myself, as I’m a Christmas person, but I do like to see other people celebrate the fifth of December.
It’s really amazing to see how most people band together for a few weeks every year, to create this communally sustained [...]