If you’ve known my blog for a while, you may recall my comments on our foreign-faculty-housing-lobby Christmas tree in the last couple of years. Those Christmas trees could best be described as “ugly,” and that would be flattering still, really. This year, however, things have changed. Drastically. I knew as soon as I saw some of our colleagues put up the Christmas decoration in the lobby the other day. I guess, they must have thought that with our new lobby putting up a scare-crow Christmas tree like in the old days wouldn’t just work the magic anymore. And I agree. So, this year, for the first time, it actually feels like Christmas when you walk into the lobby of our foreign faculty building. So, merry Christmas season to you, too!