Émilie du Châtelet (Equestrian: "Busybee in Her Hive"), the departed love of Voltaire's life, turned 315 today, her birthday commemorated with a Google Doodle:

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No matter how ya'all celebrate it, I hope you have a safe and happy winter solstice.

...Oddly, I think I've heard all of one Christmas song this year. Not counting the few I've sought out myself on YouTube.

Guess the push-back against the people that start playing stuff like that before freaking Halloween finally hit it's mark, and things swung a bit too hard in the other direction instead, or something?

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