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242	    				<span class="date"><a href="https://www.ryzhakov.co.uk/merry-christmas-news-and-treats/" title="23:33">24 Dec 2016</a></span>
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251only this holiday season" width="700" height="463" srcset="https://www.ryzhakov.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-24-at-22.47.58-785x519.png 785w, https://www.ryzhakov.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-24-at-22.47.58-300x198.png 300w, https://www.ryzhakov.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-24-at-22.47.58-768x508.png 768w, https://www.ryzhakov.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-24-at-22.47.58.png 1172w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></p>
252<p>Hello, my dear friends!</p>
253<p>It&#8217;s time to wish you a merry Christmas. I hope you&#8217;ll have an amazing year ahead of you, may it bring you happiness, success and well-being. You deserve it!</p>
254<p>To start out with the festive season, I&#8217;ve released a new annual Xmas song for your appreciation called Christmas Lights. It&#8217;s out on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/grishamcarrow/christmas-lights">Soundcloud</a>, also on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-lights-single/id1183701080">iTunes </a>(and Apple Music) and <a href="https://play.spotify.com/album/0o9KF0m5HxB0ecFzV2nh7i?play=true&amp;utm_source=open.spotify.com&amp;utm_medium=open">Spotify</a>.</p>
255<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296322404&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true" width="100%" height="450" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p>
256<p>Plus, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B007SXW2QC">all my books on Kindle</a>  are now on sale throughout this holiday season. If you like quirky and funny stories, take a look.</p>
257<p>Also, my dear editor Steph has recently published a Xmas romcom called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fa-Llama-Stephanie-Dagg-ebook/dp/B01MF7F813/">Fa-La-Llama-La</a>, which I&#8217;ve enjoyed reading immensely. Can&#8217;t recommend it enough!</p>
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259<p>I&#8217;ve been busy not just with music or books, as you might have noticed my silence and the never-updated blog, I mainly focused on my biological studies and was awarded with a big discovery, which deals with a novel gene that regulates our immunity. I now need to understand better what it means, but I&#8217;ll tell you all about it when I&#8217;ll publish it next year hopefully.</p>
260<p>Enjoy your holidays, folks!</p>
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