Happy New Year

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Till what date can we say "happy new year" to the people we meet for the first time in a year? My late grandma used to say that you can do that till Easter, my Italian colleagues think it's acceptable only till the Epiphany on January 6, my Irish colleagues just answer me "many happy returns to you too" without any comment, so I continue.

Any new year's resolution? This year I have made none. Because the things I'd like to promise myself and to others are always the same and I can't get them done anyway.

Have you seen a real snow this winter? I had to climb high on the Italian mountain to see and to touch it, where I could taste the delicious polenta with mushrooms. But as usual there was 1 hour snow in Dublin as well without actually staying on the streets. Happy winter to everyone!