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Topic: Christmas Plans 2002
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Jared
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posted 30 November 2002 12:21 AM
I know it may be a bit early for this, but I'm bored (overtired - can't sleep!)...So what are y'all planning for this holiday in regards to travel, or just staying at home? Spill. ******************************* Personally, after a particularly arduous semester, it's going to be an arduous "holiday". I'm going to be crisscrossing our wonderful country both vertically and horizontally by plane. First I'll be off to Toronto/New York City (not bad for a small town boy who grew up with 2 TV channels!) for ten days, then back to Van for 24 hours, and finally up to Quesnel, BC to see my dog (oh, and my mother) for a bit. No rest for the wicked. ************************ You guys? I realize this topic may start slow and pick up steam in the coming weeks. [ November 30, 2002: Message edited by: Jared ]
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Jo Jo
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posted 30 November 2002 09:28 AM
My sweetie and I will be staying home for the holidays. (we always do). Our part of the world is a very beautiful place at Christmas. So we don't leave it. It begins in earnest next weekend when we put up the Tree.We host a dinner with friends every year a few days before Christmas. We have no extended family nearby - or at least none we'd be caught dead in the same room with, so we gather with friends instead. Then we sort of go from house to house over the days around Christmas, eating, drinking, making merry. Great fun. I hope we can do some cross country skiing, and I am determined to find someone who gives sleigh rides. Now, if only we had some snow. Yup, that could be a problem alright. Too bad it all only lasts for a few days and then POOF its over. As much as I shake my head at the American culture, I do think they are on to something with their 5 - 6 week party called "The Holidays". You know, from their Thanksgiving into the New Year. Ah well....
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Lima Bean
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posted 30 November 2002 09:01 PM
I'm flying home to E-town in just a few short weeks. I get to stay there until the new year is born and then I fly back here on the same day as my lovely boyfriend so that we can spend the first anniversary of our cohabitation together.During my time at home I'll get to go on a couple road trips (to Granny's and my Aunt's and to Red Deer!!), and see all my friends and eat a lot and spend a lot of time with family and in my old neighborhood. I'm also gonna buy some new clothes (well, they'll be new to me, anyway) where I don't have to pay a gazillion percent in sales tax. And I'm gonna have a slumber party with my Bestest Friend. Lucky lucky me .
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shelby9
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posted 02 December 2002 02:54 AM
Pffft!! Early!! Hell I've had my holidays planned for months!I'll be driving from here to home - the dreaded 12 hour drive by myself - in Manitoba for a whopping 2 days. Spend Christmas eve having a couple of drinks with the family, opening gifts. Then on Christmas day we all get in the family mobile, head on down to my Grandmother's house to spend the day with the whole clan and do the big dinner. We forwent gifts this year at the big event, but the little kids will still have stuff to open. We also decided that this will be the first year in which all clan members will bring a piece of the annual feast so that Grandma doesn't attempt to cook the whole thing herself. Fun and merriment. Then on Boxing Day, I will get back into my rental car, drive the 12 hours back to Edmonton, again, by myself and be re-united with my feline daughter who should have shredded my shower curtain and knocked over every plant in the house by then. Hell, I even have New Years planned!! A big bunch of us are goin out in our fancy duds and whoopin it up, and cabbing it home. I love this season, just wish I could find someone to do all my baking for me!!
From: Edmonton, AB | Registered: Feb 2002
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