As soon as I was old enough to know what a President did or what the Congress is, I have loved the whole ecosystem of American retail politics – it’s my fantasy football league.
The lens through which many Europeans view Texas, and America in general, is from the TV show “Dallas”, which was wildly popular in Germany, France, the UK, and beyond.
Christmas is an emotionally complex time for most people – a composite of the year’s successes and failures. If things went well for you in 2021, it’s likely that you are thinking warm, toasted thoughts, maybe with a Bailey’s (nice and creamy) or eggnog, maybe watching a TV special that is a perennial reinforcement of previous good itmes, like an ugly sweater or a tree ornament that has to be placed prominently, no matter what your partner says.