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3-Minute Christmas Market Rampage Shakes Germany

At least five people, including a 9-year-old child, were killed in the attack, which took place in the eastern city of Magdeburg. The authorities are still seeking a motive.

© Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press

Security guards early Saturday in front of the cordoned-off Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, where an S.U.V. plowed into a crowd on Friday evening.

Mariah Carey’s Holiday Bar in NYC Is All These Fans Want for Christmas

20 December 2024 at 00:30
A New York City lounge devoted to the singer plays her 1994 holiday hit every 15 minutes.

© Graham Dickie/The New York Times

Mariah Carey’s holiday bar, a pop-up inside the Virgin Hotels New York, has drawn some of the singer’s biggest fans.

Driver Rams Into Christmas Market in Germany, Killing at Least 2 and Injuring Dozens

21 December 2024 at 06:59
Video showed a car plowing into a large crowd in the city of Magdeburg. The driver, identified as a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian citizen who worked as a doctor, was arrested.

© Dörthe Hein/DPA, via Associated Press

Emergency services at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday.
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西乡傀儡谣与圣诞短信

By: Steven
21 December 2022 at 22:54

“人类需要节日,才能活下去。”

前年(2020年)的 vlogmas 里 有一期(14:26) 是我和筱烨在星巴克里的对话,她聊到对圣诞节的感觉。以前其实对这个节日是没有感觉的,但在疫情当中感受到,节日对于人们而言有多重要。无论是不是自己文化当中的节日,节日本身和节日的氛围其实是给了人们一些安慰和希望的。这一点很难得。尤其是随着年纪的增长,身上的压力和烦恼让生活愈发趋于寡淡,于是乎,节日就成了那根把生活搅动起来的小棍子!让人有勇气继续活下去。

晚上在咖啡店里加班做 PPT,一直坐到打烊。骑车经过西乡天虹那个十字路口的时候,隐约听到不远处传来一阵阵歌声:

ano~maiba~atsuke~noyoidaru~

我心想:这不是《傀儡谣》么?怎么西乡的大街上还能听到这种气氛的音乐?我是不是幻听了?

但随着我的车穿过路口,到达对面,歌声愈发清晰。直到我顺着歌声的方面抬头望去,赫然看到一个披散着长发的高个女子站在路口转角的地方,身前摆着一个铺满了饰品的白色小摊,一支高高细细的黑色支架把手机撑在她胸颈高度的位置上,她本人正随着音箱里放出的歌声,翩翩起舞。

我正好骑到她边上,她看见我在看她,愣了一下。我顺势冲她竖起了左手的大拇指,便随着车轮离开了。她看我比了赞,也朝我笑了一下,就此别过。

那一刻,应该就可以叫做「一期一会」了。

我说不上那一刻为什么会竖起拇指,或许是因为我喜欢这首曲子,或许是有感于这样与旋律的偶遇,或许是钦佩她当众孤独的表演状态,或许是那一刻想与陌生人释放善意的冲动…… 总之,我很庆幸当时竖起了拇指。

也或许,我也在期待那样的一个拇指。

离开咖啡店时,我觉得那个场景和灯光很好看,就拍下了篇首的那张照片。但在得到那张照片之前,其实有一张更「活」一些的照片:即将收工的咖啡师 ganggang 正好从窗前经过,准备去关灯。她的姿态、手机的位置与窗上文字,一共构成了一幅画面,仿佛正在给某个人发送「Merry Christmas」的信息。

这个画面很有故事感,它像一出电影的截图。

可以是开始,可以是结束,也可以是故事的转合,就像那一段偶遇的《傀儡谣》,它们都是好故事的碎片。

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