12 Posts of Christmas, 2018 (Day 1)

     Actual snowflakes, as opposed to the all-too-easily-triggered type, are but crystalline water, the structure of which can be determined by X-ray crystallography.  The water molecules form hexagonal structures, as seen in the rotating 3D ball and stick crystal structure seen below:

     The Previous “Posts of Christmas”:

  • Day 1 – Water crystallizing into a snowflake.
  • Day 2 – Long-lost Christmas song rediscovered: ‘Crown Winter With Green’.
  • Day 3 – The Christmas song “Suzy Snowflake”.
  • Day 4 – Christmas pug wuvs you!”.
  • Day 5 – The late, great Christopher Lee sings ‘Jingle Hell’.
  • Day 6 – Adam Sandler’s ‘The Christmas Song’.
  • Day 7 – It turns out that even Andy Warhol looked forward to Santa’s visit.
  • Day 8 – Lemmy and friends sing ‘Run Rudolph Run’
  • Day 9 – Dear Santa, What I’d really, really like for Christmas…
  • Day 10 – ‘Coventry Carol’ by Loreena McKennitt
  • Day 11 – A little Christmas message for our enemies around the world.
  • Day 12 – Twas The Night Before Christmas.
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