The DBIS team wishes all students, staff and partners pleasant, relaxing Christmas holidays and, of course, a happy New Year 2017!

In the winter forest the wind drives
the flock of snowflakes like a shepherd,
And a fir tree senses how soon
she will be blessed with candle-light,

and strains to hear. She shelters
the white ways with her branches – ready
to resist the wind, reaching towards
the one Holy Night.

Advent by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), translated by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson