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Beautiful December
Now, when the garden awaits the return of spring
Now, when the silence is deep and blue
Now, when the winter has cast her spell again
Beautiful December, Beautiful December
Here, where the snow is as soft as a woolly lamb
Here, where the nightfall is deep and blue,
Here, where the stars are so bright, you reach for them
Beautiful December, Beautiful December
Child, may you sleep in gentle peace tonight
Dream of songs that rise on silken wings!
When you wake, enchanted by the snowspun light
Sing the songs that came to you in dreams,
Your beautiful December dreams
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This online collection of maps show some of the world's saddest places - at least in name.
For example, there are many routes to Misery. From the north, you can take the Rue du Jeu de Paume; from the east, the Rue de Licourt; and from the south, the Rue de Billy, a meandering asphalt track that winds past bare fields, under an open sky. Any of these will lead to this French village of around 140 residents, 90 miles north of Paris.
There's a Lonely Island and a Heartbreak Lake.
Do you know of any unusual place names? I used to have to giggle when I passed a village called Ugly near to where I grew up.
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And as Google maps have revealed there is one in the UK near Liverpool.
There is also a river which name is translated as Seven Sins river.
Not sure whether those are really sad places, maybe just the opposite. Though there is Little Hope in TX, USA, that should be a sad place. They even have a church called in this way: The Little Hope Baptist Church.
Point No Point, Washington
Dismal, North Carolina
Misery Bay, Michigan
Tombstone, Arizona
Cape Disappointment, Washington
Skull Island, Washington
> It seems that the US has more than its fair share of gloomy names for towns
Canada isn't lagging behind
http://mentalfloss.com/article/69445/43-charmingly-odd-british-town-names
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Замок+Гарибальди/@53.821892,49.085513,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xfa01543e1b8231d4!8m2!3d53.8218922!4d49.085513?hl=en-EN
Especially because it's neighbouring gardening allotments what adds some serfs into the scenery:
http://kleinburd.ru/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/0_1441c4_5894ffa7_orig.jpg
It's a kind of a hotel which website is http://www.garibaldicastle.com/castle/index.html
I sent the article about the Philippines to my friends who go there from time to time @Vok. It's dreadful the place has been so badly abused, especially for local people.
> Have you been here @Practical_Severard? It looks fascinating.
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> I sent the article about the Philippines to my friends who go there from time to time @Vok. It's dreadful the place has been so badly abused, especially for local people.
No, it's actually away from regular touristic routes.
https://www.indy100.com/article/map-funny-place-names-britain-ireland-reddit-cockermouth-shitterton-sodom-7923511?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1534177499
https://www.essexlive.news/news/what-like-live-fingringhoe-village-1140517