Facebook Ruined My Christmas Eve

Social media is a humbug: How the Grinch stole Christmas from right under my nose

Rui Alves
ENGAGE
Published in
5 min readDec 25, 2023

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A pumpkin carved in the shape of the “Grinch” character next to some candles.
Photo by Andreas Avgousti on Unsplash

Hereafter, dear reader, you will find the actual account of events and how Facebook unintentionally once turned Christmas into a humbug.

During Christmas 2020, the Portuguese government, following instructions from our National Directorate of…

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Rui Alves
ENGAGE
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I'm a language teacher, linguist and published author (who joined the Army and worked for the EU). A publisher, digital ronin, musician and alchemist of sound.