Schadenfreude is the German word (and very German concept) for “taking pleasure in others’ pain.” This video adds to that concept, taking humor in other people’s falls!

A two minute montage of people candidly and painfully slipping on ice:

On the eighth day of Christmas the Source gave to me…two lift tickets to Hoodoo!

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12 Days of Giveaways: Epic Ice Slips!

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 18, 2013

<h1>12 Days of Giveaways: Epic Ice Slips!</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 18, 2013</p> <p>Schadenfreude is the German word (and very German concept) for "taking pleasure in others' pain." This video adds to that concept, taking humor in other people's falls!</p> <p>A two minute montage of people candidly and painfully slipping on ice: </p> </p> <p>On the eighth day of Christmas <em>the Source </em>gave to me...two lift tickets to Hoodoo! </p> <p>For the next five weekdays we will post a holiday or winter themed blog to our Facebook page we're giving you our favorite holiday carols, epic ice slips and Santa fails. The first 20 likes we receive to our Facebook page will be entered to win the daily prize. If you already like our page, don't worry! Just like and share the post to be entered, make sure to mention you shared in the comments section!</p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container aligncenter"> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/12-days-of-giveaways-epic-ice-slips-2303004/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=25401&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/12-days-of-giveaways-epic-ice-slips-2303004/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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