The brightly lit windows of our computers and mobile phones showed us the whole world and everyone in it.

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"The Nordic countries get dark earlier in the day, and everyone has candles lit in the windows, " Jensen says.

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As we walked past houses nearby, we saw the candles lit in the windows and everyone gathering with their own families.

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In addition, the hangers are naturally lit with skylights and large windows.

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Although the holdings of what was once the most significant printer and publisher in 16th-century Europe were exceptional, it was the museum's deeply atmospheric rooms, side-lit through stacked leaded glass windows shielded by dark shutters, that I had come to see.

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Floor-to-ceiling (a very high ceiling, too) windows frame the Strip, receding into the distance like a neon-lit comic book .

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