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Need A Hug? Go To 'The Nicest Place On The Internet'

Sometimes, we bring you bad news. Sometimes the good. But other times, we just like to share something sweet.

And as Gizmodo said yesterday: "The holidays are here. The year is finishing up. It's late. It's cold. It's about time to go to the nicest place on the Internet."

That is a website where strangers offer you nothing but free, virtual hugs set to pretty music. As the creators of t say, the site is for those times you need to "turn the sad into happy and the happy into celebration."

Here's a video that previews the site:

And, by the way, you can add your own hug to the site.

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Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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