1. How to do a Picnic in the Mountains
Found via the Hobnob Journal / Hobnob Mountain Club.
2. These surreal clocks by Mexican designer Pedro Friedeberg (circa 1980s)
Found here.
3. The World’s First Portable Record Player (1924)
Found on Open Culture.
4. Elvis & Frank Sinatra singing “Love me Tender & Witchcraft” in 1960
5. Imagine if we painted houses like wallpaper
The interior designer behind This Little Street imagines painted houses around the world.
6. The Retractable Gym Floor Over a Pool in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is real
At Beverly Hills High School, found on Reddit.
7. Viganella, the Italian village lit by a mirror
There’s a village in Italy called Viganella, nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains that cast a long shadow over the entire village for three months each winter. In 2006, they installed a giant mirror on one of the peaks to reflect sunlight, providing light and warmth to the village.
Found on The Atlantic.
8. Lucia Day
Also called Saint Lucy’s day (13th December) – can be traced back to the 4th century. A Christian feast day, it commemorates the martyr Lucia of Syracuse, who, as legend has it, brought food to Christians hiding in Roman catacombs, lighting her way with a candlelit wreath on her head.
Found on Wikipedia.
9. Trashy Christmas films that’ll help take the edge off
Find the full list on I-D magazine.
10. An alternative Christmas tree set-up
Found on Cult of Weird.
11. The weird, secretive world of crisp flavours: Secrets, lies, seasonings
I’ve sampled Hawaii-style Poké Bowl crisps in Hungary and chocolate-coated potato snacks in Finland; I have turned away from Sweet Mayo Cheese Pringles in South Korea. So why can you get lasagne flavour Lay’s in Thailand but not in Italy, home of the dish? Who figures out which country gets which crisps?
For over a year, I’ve been searching for the answer to a very important question: who decides which countries get which crisp flavours? Some of the things I found out made my jaw drop.
Read the full article on the Guardian.
12. Don’t forget to feed the birds over the holiday season!
Remembrance of Birds” is an old Scandinavian tradition. A “Julenek”, the last sheaf of harvest grain bundled together, is left out for the birds at Christmas. Farmers believed that feeding the birds at Christmastime would ensure good luck the following year.
Found on Treasure Trove of Vintage Pleasures.
