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Christmas firefighting questions

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Let’s deal wit a fact as a mediator, I can not rarely come up with a funny topic, but my topics with a high chance can lead into funny and peaceful moments. My today’s topic is the "Christmas firefighting”. Statistics on divorce regularly reveal a spike in the number of people separating in the month of January, so we rightly suspected increased tension around Christmas as the last straw. What can we do to prevent tension and conflicts? Let’s take the most critical point! The difference with Christmas compared to the rest of the year is that there is an intense period of approximately two to three weeks which tests any kind of relationships. The present You received a present what makes you understand that they even don’t know who you are?  You should ask yourself the following Christmas firefighting questions: Did I give chance for this people to understand what I am wishing for? If the answer yes: you can still try to have more direct discussion next year. If it won’t work jus...

The silent tea set

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Despite struggling with constant fatigue, Kata visited her mother today, as she did every day, after she closed their craft bakery. It was always reassuring to come in. In response to the knock, her mother's smile came from across the window, and within seconds the door opened. After she had spent her entire childhood then her diligent years in the bakery, her legs couldn't take her   so far anymore, bur she really missed the bakery, so she couldn't wait for Kata to report every day what had happened at the bakery and the shop.   - Come on, tell me! Were there any queer shoppers today? - There was really nothing worth mentioning today except this new bundle of orange honey nuts. Come, taste it, and tell me your opinion! They sat down at the kitchen table and her mother opened the package hiding the novelty with sparkling eyes. She took a look, smelled it, and finally bit it, closed her eyes, and tasted it. - I was expecting the taste of lemon peel, but that taste hurled m...