It's become more and more common for Swedish people to leave the darkness for the sun over Christmas. This year more than 200 000 Swedes (out of a population of 9 millions) left the country.
Two years ago today several thousands celebrated their Christmas far away from home, in Thailand.
542 never returned home.
I didn't know anyone who was in Thailand at the time. But I followed the horrible news reports closely those days two days ago, both Swedish news online and American news on the TV. 542 is a small number in comparison to the enormous number of people that lost their lives that day (33 Americans are believed to have died in the disaster). But it's a huge number for a small nation like Sweden.
Today this is of course one of the major news reports in Sweden.

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