Fun Germanicism
As celebrated as the German language typically isn’t for its light-hearted stylings, there is at least one fun, concise German expression for this period between Christmas and the new year: “Zwischen den Jahren.” It means “between the years” taken literally, but figuratively it means precisely the period from December 26 to January 1 of the next year.
To be honest, I can’t furnish a more precise time definition—but I’m sure there are plenty of Germans who could argue passionately for starting the clock at midnight on December 25th or the 26th and ending the period at midnight on December 30th or 31st or January 1st. Attempting to answer such questions in great, obsessive-compulsive detail is part of what it means to be German, after all, and is probably one of the main reasons for creating a country called Germany in the first place, in which to squabble over all the arcane details of everything.
Be that as it may, here’s wishing everyone a Happy New Year, “einen guten Rutsch” (“a good slide”), and relatively minor aches on the morning of New Year’s Day.
See you next year!
EOTM/EOTY
As a last bit of business, we are proud to announce Ms. S S M as our December Employee of the Month / Employee of the Year 2022.
Ms. S S M sent word late yesterday afternoon of the birth of her baby daughter JDM “4 lbs 14 ozs at 653am on Dec 28th vía scheduled C-section”. We pray for the health and rapid recovery of the mother, too, who says she “[d]eveloped severe preeclampsia, magnesium toxicity and acute renal failure” after concern for her baby’s health led her to neglect her own health a bit.
We here at the CSLF hope the mother quickly regains her strength that was depleted in the intervention, and soon finds herself in the best form and health for facing the new year and all its challenges—and manifold blessings!
Congrats to Ms. SSM!! And of course, wishing a speedy recovery as well!
Hearing such great news is a wonderful way to start off the year!
Happy New Year! Well, my tree is down, there are many needles on the floor still...lol...Rick took it out to the curb, as tomorrow is garbage day. There are still like several days of taking down everything else left, but not much else is going to get done today.