[Miscellaneous] Office Christmas Lights
Today marked a momentous occasion. One that is
penciled into calendars at work months in advance. That’s right, it’s time to
switch on the office Christmas lights!
One of the four Christmas trees that have been squeezed into the small office. (Credit: David Brown)
Decorating their office takes a full day, and its
conclusion is marked by an official switching-on ceremony, complete with mulled
wine, mince pies and brandy butter, sherry, nuts, biscuits, Christmas music,
and a countdown. It’s all a bit
silly, but captures the festive spirit rather nicely. This year they even had
video footage of a log fire on the massive monitor that one of them has. Sadly the giant inflatable snowman didn’t make an appearance this year, though there was a gingerbread model of the main observatory building, complete with a gingerbread James Gregory telescope!
Gingerbread observatory! Very tasty it was too. The flask is full of mulled wine. (Credit: David Brown)
Unnoticed
in all of this merry-making, the new first year PhD students have also been
decorating their office. I find their efforts much more tasteful, but part of
that could be the much bigger space that they have to work with.
The first years' office. Much more classy, although the cutout of Prince William
is rather creepy. (Credit: David Brown)
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