Christmas in your corner?

[Caliga]

I was going to laugh at you for having to travel to Winnipeg, but then I realized that the only advantage that Grande Prairie and Peace River have over Winnipeg is that they're closer and they don't flood as often.  Well, Grande Prairie doesn't flood at least. 

Jesus, talk about a cripple fight....

[crazy canuck]

I was going to laugh at you for having to travel to Winnipeg, but then I realized that the only advantage that Grande Prairie and Peace River have over Winnipeg is that they're closer and they don't flood as often.  Well, Grande Prairie doesn't flood at least. 

Jesus, talk about a cripple fight....

[Barrister]

My family is out of town, so we tend to alternate between going to Winnipeg for Christmas, and staying home.  This year we stay home.

I was going to laugh at you for having to travel to Winnipeg, but then I realized that the only advantage that Grande Prairie and Peace River have over Winnipeg is that they're closer and they don't flood as often.  Well, Grande Prairie doesn't flood at least. 

I can think of one thing Winnipeg has that GP/PR doesn't!

[Syt]

Christmas dinner with friends' family on Christmas Eve (the 24th is the "big" day in Germany and Austria - getting together with the family, having dinner, exchanging presents . . . - 25th/26th are more for visiting other relatives etc.), then relaxing and probably catching up on my unwatched blu rays.

Going home would mean an get-together with my Mom, my sister and her two grown up kids, with lots of awkwardly trying to find a topic we can all talk about and watching TV ad nauseam.

[Neil]

My family is out of town, so we tend to alternate between going to Winnipeg for Christmas, and staying home.  This year we stay home.

I was going to laugh at you for having to travel to Winnipeg, but then I realized that the only advantage that Grande Prairie and Peace River have over Winnipeg is that they're closer and they don't flood as often.  Well, Grande Prairie doesn't flood at least. 

I can think of one thing Winnipeg has that GP/PR doesn't!

An empty hockey arena?  I suspect you're right. 

[CountDeMoney]

I'll be at the shelter. Then go to my sister's house late in the afternoon.

[mongers]

December 21: I'll do a little kind of Winter Solstice thing like meditate, light candles, and pray for snow. ()

December 22: We'll open presents with the kids. I'll also probably make my Baked Potato Roasted Garlic Clam Chowder with freshly baked crusty bread.

December 23: Kids go to their dad's house. I clean the house.

December 24: I work during the day, then I'm going to services at the UU church at 7:00pm, out for Chinese Buffet, then to midnight mass services at the Episcopalian church (I love the music, candles, insense, prettily-dressed people ).

December 25: Nothing. Nada. Zilch. I don't change out of my pajamas, I don't cook any food (except maybe some oatmeal if I'm feeling like a hot breakfast), I don't plan anything. We order pizza (or Chinese, if no pizza place is open) for dinner. This year, I'm considering a marathon of Tales from the Green Valley or A Tudor Feast or A Victorian Christmas. I'll also likely be painting or otherwise crafting while watching the shows.

I could make it to Stonehenge for it, but I was up that way earlier and too many of the fords and minor roads are flooded out. 

You have excellent taste, their latest series is about the 'Wartime Farm' and was filmed at a farm just the other side of Southampton Water from here.   

[merithyn]

I could make it to Stonehenge for it, but I was up that way earlier and too many of the fords and minor roads are flooded out. 

One of these days I'd love to be at Stonehenge for one of the solstices to see how the Neo-Druids celebrate it.

You have excellent taste, their latest series is about the 'Wartime Farm' and was filmed at a farm just the other side of Southampton Water from here.   

Haven't heard of the new one. I'll have to look into it. My favorite is still the Victorian Farm. It was my introduction to the series, and I absolutely love it. I have a massive crush on Fonz but I love the others, as well.

[Ed Anger]

Neo Druids. Pfft. Rome had the right idea with the real ones.

[Caliga]

One of these days I'd love to be at Stonehenge for one of the solstices to see how the Neo-Druids celebrate it.

They celebrate it with a wicker man. 

[merithyn]

One of these days I'd love to be at Stonehenge for one of the solstices to see how the Neo-Druids celebrate it.

They celebrate it with a wicker man. 

Um, I think that's a spring thing. Maybe May Day?

[Razgovory]

Neo Druids. Pfft. Rome had the right idea with the real ones.

My eyes can't roll back far enough when she says silly things like that.  It's like calling people who played "Panzer General" Neo-Nazi.

[viper37]

I'm a little confused by the idea of non-christians not celebrating Christmas. Insomuch as non-christian here means "atheists, agnostics, and other assembled white disbelievers" they are culturally Christian anyway- Christmas has always been part of the society they grew up in, and its such a nice thing. I don't know anyone who'd turn their back on it, and to do so really seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Well, for Jews, the birth of Christ doesn't mean much, I guess.  I don't know if secular Jews not living in Israel do celebrate Christmas with their family, or if they pass over to simply celebrate Hannukah when it is not at the same time as Christmas season.

[garbon]

24th - baking and then attendance for Christmas eve service at the church chosen for that year
25th - meal of sorts (kinda potlucky) and open presents with mother's extended family (at some point in the afternoon my siblings and I sneak off to see my father's extended family for a few hours).
26th - go to theater to see "Christmas" movie picked for that year.

[Valmy]

Well, for Jews, the birth of Christ doesn't mean much, I guess.  I don't know if secular Jews not living in Israel do celebrate Christmas with their family, or if they pass over to simply celebrate Hannukah when it is not at the same time as Christmas season.

Heh.  No Christmas in Israel is just another work day.