Like every year, it is a mixture of homesickness and reminiscing the year gone by and the people who are no longer around (due to either distance or death). In the 15 years I live here I never spent one Christmas back home; a decision I make because a) I hate the summer heat of the last week of December and b) intercontinental travel at this time of the year is REALLY expensive.
I hardly have any family here so yeah, as much as I adore the winter solstice, I also get very sad. Perhaps for the next few days I should just post GIFs of animals and or comedy clips (or daleks).
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