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My NYE resolution is to eat more chocolates and drink more cherry Coca Cola.

Do you have a New Year's resolution? We asked this of my friend’s boyfriend, who is from Norway. My dear friend and her boyfriend were visiting the states for the holidays, far away from their spot in the sun in Europe. The idea of setting a resolution for the new year, with some puritan goal of self-denial and self-betterment, as it turns out, isn’t universal. He replied: “to eat more chocolates and drink more sodas.” He then specified: “cherry Coca Cola.” My friend laughed and said, “that’s not what you’re supposed to do!” But later we came to the realization that he was right. It’s the…

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