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Jared
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posted 30 November 2002 12:21 AM      Profile for Jared     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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.

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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.

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You guys? I realize this topic may start slow and pick up steam in the coming weeks.

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Jared
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posted 30 November 2002 12:29 AM      Profile for Jared     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Sorry, double post...

Does anybody else find those lines leading to certain products underlining random words incredibly fucking irritating? Three in my last post alone.

[ November 30, 2002: Message edited by: Jared ]


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DrConway
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posted 30 November 2002 12:38 AM      Profile for DrConway     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Heh. Well I see you've edited your post, so I dunno where the lines were.

Anyway, for myself it's exam season, and I'll be a busy pseudofelinoid until the 16th, whereupon I can kick back, relax, and enjoy myself until Jan 2, when school picks up and goes into high gear.


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Jared
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posted 30 November 2002 12:41 AM      Profile for Jared     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
My final exam is on the 16th as well. I played Russian Roulette with five bullets in the chamber by purchasing my airline ticket (this deal expired on the 17th - non refundable tix, by the way) before the exam schedule was released. As it turned out, my final exam ends the 16th at 3:30 PM, plane leaves at 6:00 PM. That's cutting it close!

Lucky DrC!! I can't COMPLETELY relax over the holidays. Damn six-credit courses!!

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Catalyst
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posted 30 November 2002 01:11 AM      Profile for Catalyst   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'm staying in town. Work ends for me December 20th and I am not due back to work until January 13th. Christmas break as well as a one week layoff. Christmas Eve I will spend the whole day baking for a project for Christmas afternoon. The evening will likely be a quiet one at home (but whose home is still as of yet undecided.)

Christmas morning we have to be at my parent's home for the gift exchange at around 8 and a brunch. At noon, I join members of a committee I am on and we split into 5 groups. This year, we have saved enough money to "adopt" 5 families and will be bringing pre-cooked turkeys and all the other components of a complete dinner (including cookies, etc.), presents for all children for each family and gift certificates donated by some local businesses. A pair of us childless committee members will be trying to make the day fun for the children of others. I am dressing as Mrs. Claus. Then, after that I am heading back to my parents' home for dinner with them and the rest of the family.

In between Christmas and New Year, I have a Christmas party to attend with the rest of the committee members, union reps and executive board of my local.

I hope to enjoy a quiet New Year's Eve and Day at home, preferably watching sports


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Jo Jo
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posted 30 November 2002 09:28 AM      Profile for Jo Jo     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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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Revolt
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posted 30 November 2002 01:21 PM      Profile for Revolt   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I have no idea what I'm doing for Christmas specifically, but my last day of classes is Monday. I have one exam on the 6th and two on the 10th then I'm off until Jan 6th.

IT's been snowing recently so I should be snowboarding a lot this month and I think that by the end of the month I'll be getting a condo by Blue Mountain with a few friends, so that should be fun.


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Lima Bean
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posted 30 November 2002 09:01 PM      Profile for Lima Bean   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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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vickyinottawa
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posted 01 December 2002 11:23 AM      Profile for vickyinottawa   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
My family is converging in Halifax this year. I'm heading east on the 19th; skipping my usual post-Xmas Modern Language Association convention in favour of 10 days with the nieces and nephew. I'm sure the academics can survive without me.
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Moon
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posted 01 December 2002 07:19 PM      Profile for Moon     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
It's been decided. I am spending the evening of Christmas Eve at Catalyst's house. Preferably by the fireplace

I'm hoping she'll bend the rules a little and have an open one gift the night before rule as I don't want to make her blush in front of her parents.

Christmas afternoon I will sit and spend drinking single malt scotch with her Dad and doing the "guy talk" thing as her Mom generally lets no one near the kitchen while she cooks. For the rest of our plans, see Catalyst's earlier post. And as I go back to work January 2, I think we agree on New Year's celebrations being private.


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shelby9
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posted 02 December 2002 02:54 AM      Profile for shelby9     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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!!


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Rebecca West
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posted 02 December 2002 12:15 PM      Profile for Rebecca West     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'm doing a small turkey dinner for myself, the kids and perhaps my older brother. I've started my knitting projects and will probably start baking and decorating this weekend coming up. Boxing day we're having dinner with the baby's nanny and her husband. After Christmas, and on New Year's Eve hopefully, I'll be all wrapped up with one of my favourite people in the whole world.
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Michelle
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posted 02 December 2002 12:32 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
I love this season, just wish I could find someone to do all my baking for me!!

It's called the Yellow Pages, dear.


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paxamillion
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posted 02 December 2002 12:55 PM      Profile for paxamillion   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
We'll be home in Waterloo at Christmas with my son, who is four and will be visiting for the week. As a good will gesture, we're inviting his mother to join us for part of Christmas Day.
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rob.leblanc
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posted 03 December 2002 10:28 PM      Profile for rob.leblanc     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'll be at my Cottage in Port Sydney, Muskoka for most of it, just sitting back, relaxing while skiing whenever I can. I love the holidays. I'll also be planning for the shooting of my film which is taking place in Jan. So I'll be fairly busy on that. Looking forward to some Egg Nogg and some good 'ol hot cider. mmmmmm......
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