Christmas Party — Narva

A Christmas party in Narva straddles two countries and three languages in the same room. The guest list is rarely monolingual, and the evening has to work for all of it — signage, welcome, timing, playlist.

The Narva venues book early because there are fewer of them. Power is sometimes where the Soviet plan put it forty years ago, not where a modern rig expects it. The crew arrives earlier here, walks the room twice, and confirms transport before the lighting plot goes up. This is a border city in December, and nothing about logistics is casual.