I think that quote is actually from Marlowe’s first case, “The Big Sip”.

I hope everything goes well and wish him a speedy recovery!

Happy birthday to you! Wonderful ritual!

Wishing you both a speedy recovery!

I don’t care for the list itself (as it does not contain Paddington 2 and thus I cannot take it seriously anyway) but I once again ask for an alleged best-of-x-list to titled “best-of-English-language-x-list“.

I‘d add this one to the discussion: ichirofujiyatakeshikurihara.bandcamp.com/album/elepha...

There is a beautiful children’s book „hinter verzauberten Fenstern“ (behind enchanted windows) by Cornelia Funke in which the protagonist gets such an advent calendar while her brother gets one with chocolate (unfair!). But then she falls into the world of the calendar every night. Lovely book!

Happy birthday, Andrew! I hope you have a great day!

I think that would be a Weihnachtswürstchenbaum as we never use “Fleisch” for Sausages.
Funnily enough if you buy a Weihnachtswürstchen from a Weihnachtswürstchenbaum and put it on your Weihnachtsbaum you’ll have Weihnachtsbaumwürstchen.

I don’t follow Joe Rogan at all but I‘ve never seen him looking so worried about a guest he’s had.

But when it stops
An stop it sure will do
It will hurt people
Like me and you