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I enjoyed the literary references, most importantly the Leonard Cohen song Anthems, which was beautiful the first time I saw it.
Unfortunately, I got lost in the murder mystery. FOr insntance, if it was exclaimed, I dont understand why the CC character got murdered via an elaborate electrocution.

An interesting but not uncommon Quebec weather phenomenon is that it often snows and has Sunshine at the same time

Peter was involved in a habit that drove his wife crazy. He kept repeatedly stopping movies at a certain place and playing them over and over again. This reminded me of Stephanie and I in The Simpsons. It used to upset Yvonne

Another famous poem, a 1722 one by Jonathan Swift is alluded to here. " And that's the reason people think he left behind so great a stink on quote, refers to a general who had a foul legacy. The name of the poem was A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Famous General

The story of Frankenstein is alluded to here when one of the characters thinks of the quote, the monster is dead and the villagers are celebrating. As he walked into a bar

I wonder if the boxing day tradition of going over unsolved murders is continued on through the series. Supposedly every boxing Day the inspector and his wife spend a quiet day at the Sureyey, going over unsolved mysteries.

Because every Christmas Eve one of the main characters from the story listen to this violin concerto, I looked it up on youtube. It was called violin concerto in D by Tchaikovsky