Oslo is growing emptier by the day as businesses are limiting opening hours, employees are working from home and crowds are banned. The city is preparing to suppress a second surge of Covid-19. The prospects of a family Christmas for those of us with family spread across the globe are slim. Expecting the pandemic to put a damper on my excitement for the holidays, I was surprised to find that it seems to be the other way around. I could hardly get the the children off to their covid-proofed halloween parties soon enough yesterday. The minute I returned from dropping them off, the cobweb, skulls