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St. Paul Union Station looks great for Christmas! 🎄

Tall Christmas tree covered in white lights stands in snow outside the columned facade of St. Paul Union Station at night.
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I greatly enjoyed the European Christmas Market in St. Paul! I even bought two of the Herrnhut Stars that are in the picture.

Crowd of bundled-up shoppers browsing wooden market stalls decorated with greenery, string lights, and large yellow Moravian stars at dusk.
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We had fun doing a few rounds of lawn bowling inside at Pinstripes today. The lanes are too fast though, needs new turf.

Indoor bocce ball court with yellow and green balls scattered across a sandy lane, with a small pallino near the center.Bocce ball court with teal and yellow balls scattered on artificial turf, with a small white pallino near the center.

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You could tell a thousand stories, probably more, from this graph in the Economist “The strange revival of vinyl records”.

Stacked bar chart showing US recorded-music revenues 1973-2018 peaking near 21bn dollars around 2000 then declining as streaming rises.
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We tried a new way of having #TeamSPS members from other locations present at our All Hands meeting today and it worked really well! Maybe telepresence robots would work well?

Stage with a podium and a monitor showing a remote presenter via video call next to a large world map slide and a Christmas tree.Man in headset on a video call displayed on a large screen above a wooden podium on a stage decorated for the holidays.

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How is it possible that LEGO and Pokémon haven’t created a collection of kits? People would buy them like crazy, and both companies would make a bunch of revenue. 🤷🏼‍♂️💸

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Holiday movies — watched Christmas With the Kranks. Pretty funny! 🎄🎬

Movie poster for Christmas with the Kranks showing two adults in winter coats dragging luggage through snow while neighbors confront them
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Cabin is decorated for Christmas now! Tree is cabin themed. Christmas at the lake is one of our favorite family times. 🎄

Christmas at the Cabin ornament shaped like a log cabin hanging on a decorated Christmas tree with lights.Close-up of a lit Christmas tree with cabin-themed ornaments including a campfire, gingerbread man, marshmallow, and a deer.Glass ornament shaped like a University of Minnesota winter beanie hat hanging on a Christmas treeThree black bear figurines sledding on a red sled ornament labeled Magic Pines Est. Jan. 6 2015, hanging on a Christmas tree.Felt raccoon Christmas ornament with plaid scarf hanging on a lit pine tree

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Just scheduled the final Weekly Thing of 2019 to go out tomorrow! Taking a break until mid-January. 👍

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Great #TeamSPS outing to play epic Whirleyball matches!

Group of about a dozen coworkers smiling and posing together beside colorful red and yellow bumper cars on an indoor track.Adults riding yellow and red bumper cars on an indoor Whirlyball court, one player raising a lacrosse-style scoop overhead.