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Btw, did someone already translate the spoken parts of the show in English? Did he say anything interesting (different than usual)?

I don't know what player do you use but VLC can play the file just fine.

Idk but I just googled it and got this... It kind of make sense.

I watched the concert yesterday and today I just listened to it while beading and somehow it was even better... Like I could fully focus on the music and enjoy all the little details in the new arrangements. It's magical, I think I will play it a couple of times in the next few days... And watch it again too.

Oh no, now it makes complete sense that he was so silent lately, I mean it wasn't the first time of course but last year he was quite active... I have no words.

Yeah, also calling him the musical eminence (but we already know that he is actually the king... ).

Danna Paola mentioned Mika in an interview for LOS40 about her new album K.O. (nothing new but it's nice): https://los40.com/los40/2021/01/25/videos/1611582204_655386.html Mika, “la eminencia musical” "Con Mika hice Me, Myself, una canción que habla del amor propio, una canción que es tan complicada que en un momento no iba a salir a la luz. Era una canción de mí para mí, pero cuando supe que tenía la oportunidad de hacerla con Mika no me lo pensé dos veces. Le da una magia a la canción impresionante. He sido muy fan de él toda la vida. Es una inminencia musical. Además, se me hizo muy cool que quisiera cantar en español". (Google translation: Mika, "the musical eminence" "With Mika I made Me, Myself, a song that talks about self-love, a song that is so complicated that at one point it would not come to light. It was a song from me to me, but when I knew I had the opportunity to I didn't think twice about doing it with Mika. It gives an impressive magic to the song. I've been a huge fan of him all my life. It's a musical imminence. Besides, it made me very cool that he wanted to sing in Spanish.")

I've seen quite a few Spanish series and also some movies on Netflix to improve my Spanish so maybe I could give you some tips if you want but it depends on what genre do you prefer...

Here it's a traditional Christmas Eve movie and we watch it on TV every year after the Christmas dinner and the presents. However, every year there's also a brand new Christmas fairy tale that the Czech TV shows on Christmas Eve at 8pm. This year it was quite good. Most of our Christmas movies are fairy tales like this.

Yes, he does!

TV5 Monde Europe is free on Astra 19.2E satellite, we have it too. I just don't know if the rest of my family will be interested in watching it but I hope I can record it on TV.

Wow, I didn't expect such a big show! It looks so great...

Are these Linzer cookies? We make them too here.

Most people here eat either fried carp (or another fish but carp is the most traditional) or schnitzel (from any kind of meat) and potato salad (every family has her own recipe but some of the typical ingredients are potatoes, mayo, eggs, some vegetables or ham etc.). We also have a lot of types of home-made Christmas cookies.

This year I got into making beaded Christmas decorations, I've already gave away some pieces and I've bought more beads to make even more of them...I guess I will give some to family members.

The Baby Jesus / Christ Child... is the traditional Christmas gift-bringer in Austria, Switzerland, southern and western Germany, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the eastern part of Belgium, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, parts of northeastern France, Upper Silesia in Poland, parts of Hispanic America, in certain areas of southern Brazil, and in the Acadiana region of Louisiana. So I guess it's mainly a tradition in Central Europe. But I was surprised that it's apparently also in Portugal and Latin America, I didn't know that either. Tbh, I always thought of Santa Claus as the American gift-bringer, probably because of all those Christmas movies and ads. So to me (apart from the Saint Nicholas tradition), Santa Claus is foreign and doesn't belong to our Christmas tradition.

Wikipedia says: Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa - and I have to say, for me it's the same person too, even though the tradition is a bit different. As I wrote before, on the Christmas Eve comes Baby Jesus.

As I've mentioned before, Saint Nicholas comes on the eve of 6th December. (That's "Santa Claus", isn't it?)

Here Saint Nicholas comes with an angel and a devil to the kids in the evening of 5th December even though the Saint Nicholas Day is on 6th December. They bring sweets to the good kids and potatoes to the bad ones. The Christmas presents on 24th December in the evening brings the Baby Jesus.

Yes, I've seen something like that on IG a while ago...

I have to say that as much as I love Mika (in a platonic way) and also agree he is a handsome man, I've always felt a bit uncomfortable when some fans were posting shirtless images of him with "dirty" comments. I don't like when people sexualize women artists as much as men artists. Nobody has to feel guilty for their fantasies and there's nothing wrong on having a crush on a celebrity but I do agree that sharing these kind of thoughts publicly crosses a line a bit. On the other hand, Mika has never been a "sex symbol" to me, I've always loved him only as an artist and human being so I do respect that some fans may feel different about it and that's fine... But yeah, I've been thinking the same lately so I definitely know where this is coming from.

Oh, I haven't seen Fedez in a while, interesting hair cut and hair colour... Not my cup of tea tbh, it doesn't really suit him imo (sorry if it's old news, I'm not following him closely but I almost haven't recognized him which is weird considering he is quite noticeable).

I guess songwriting isn't my strenght as I've never been able to write poems but I'll try my best... Quarantine, bring the freedom back to me Dear quarantine why are you still here with me all I want is to be free, please don't hold me back Dear quarantine, will all the madness ever end? Loneliness isn't a good friend I've spent too much time at home Oh baby, I'm missing, I'm missing, I'm missing my life I'm missing all of these little things I used to do And now you said stop I'm missing, I'm missing all my friends Missing the places I should have seen And the plans I had for now I'm missing the cafés, the movies, the travels Missing the concerts and the sleepless nights Missing the classes and missing the free time I'm missing (dear quarantine) Missing hanging out with no real task Missing going shopping without a mask Missing dancing and not keeping distance, I'm missing (to be continued )