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The last day before Christmas had just closed. A bright winter night had come on, stars had appeared, and the moon rose majestically in the heavens to shine upon good men and the whole of the world, so that they might gaily sing carols and hymns in praise of the nativity of Christ. The frost had grown more severe than during the day; but, to make up for this, everything had become so still that the crisping of the snow under foot might be heard nearly half a verst round. As yet there was not a single group of young peasants to be seen under the windows of the cottages...

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Последний день перед Рождеством прошел. Зимняя, ясная ночь наступила. Глянули звезды. Месяц величаво поднялся на небо посветить добрым людям и всему миру, чтобы всем было весело колядовать и славить Христа[1]. Морозило сильнее, чем с утра; но зато так было тихо, что скрып мороза под сапогом слышался за полверсты. Еще ни одна толпа парубков не показывалась под окнами хат; месяц один только заглядывал в них украдкою, как бы вызывая принаряживавшихся девушек выбежать скорее на скрыпучий снег.

Parallel text in English with Nikolai Gogol's original of the mighty Christmas Eve, published circa 1832.

https://udel.edu/~lneff/Literature/Gogol%20--%20Christmas%20Eve%20--%20RusEng%20parallel%20columns.html

https://youtu.be/T8Bl5Uu0jB0

The first one to hold Great A'Tuin 😇🤞

What a great light! 😇🙏 nostr:note1hfsm7jgdq8pef36swfg0jrhwnlrtt5ck224w3jcdaz434xt942dsczcyyc

Suppose i can mix unimaginable things together, then I would go the restaurant for getting something.. you know, well bred ;))

What a fantastic light on there, wanted to jump into it 😇🙏

What a gumption! 😇🤞🍸 nostr:note1mav75xvjpgha28y69shkg7wfug6sknlx5yyvsv85kpkhcqsslx7q8x2nq2

Think of that, Thing! 🤣👻🤞

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But Cleo, you said it was 3 month's building (c) Mission Cleopatra 🍏🤣