Re. Christmas
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Thanks for your feed back on christmas. Is it cold at christmas all
over america - I know that america is a big place with different time
zones, does it have different seasons too?
Yes, in new Zealand we celebrate christmas during the summer. It is
actually our summer holidays. Which takes away the thrill of
christmas as most people are too busy planning their vacations.
Some people celebrate with the tradionally Christmas dinner - but
most have *Barbies* or picnic at the beach.
I grew up in UK - and to me christmas is getting up on a cold winters
morning - having snow would be a bonus - sitting in front of an open
fire, christmas lights glowing, carol singers at the door, opening
our presents. Looking forward to that roast turkey (or chicken) with
all the trimmings - not forgetting the chrismas pud and brandy sauce..
That christmas feeling just never seems to happen in the middle of
summer!
A friend from UK once said, about the english christmas - The build
up to christmas is so great that christmas day is almost a
dissapointment. I knew exactly what she meant....
marianne
over america - I know that america is a big place with different time
zones, does it have different seasons too?
Yes, in new Zealand we celebrate christmas during the summer. It is
actually our summer holidays. Which takes away the thrill of
christmas as most people are too busy planning their vacations.
Some people celebrate with the tradionally Christmas dinner - but
most have *Barbies* or picnic at the beach.
I grew up in UK - and to me christmas is getting up on a cold winters
morning - having snow would be a bonus - sitting in front of an open
fire, christmas lights glowing, carol singers at the door, opening
our presents. Looking forward to that roast turkey (or chicken) with
all the trimmings - not forgetting the chrismas pud and brandy sauce..
That christmas feeling just never seems to happen in the middle of
summer!
A friend from UK once said, about the english christmas - The build
up to christmas is so great that christmas day is almost a
dissapointment. I knew exactly what she meant....
marianne
Lynda
Here in California we have all the different climates all rolled into one
state. We have areas that are snowed in and where blizzards are not
uncommon. We have areas where people go to the beach all year round. We
have Death Valley where you can cook during the day and freeze at night.
We have areas where the only thing you see all winter is rain. And we have
areas like here where the temp doesn't vary but by about 10 degrees all
year round and we don't really have "seasons" as such.
Lynda
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state. We have areas that are snowed in and where blizzards are not
uncommon. We have areas where people go to the beach all year round. We
have Death Valley where you can cook during the day and freeze at night.
We have areas where the only thing you see all winter is rain. And we have
areas like here where the temp doesn't vary but by about 10 degrees all
year round and we don't really have "seasons" as such.
Lynda
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> From: tonitoni@...
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re. Christmas
> Date: Monday, September 25, 2000 2:57 AM
>
>
> Thanks for your feed back on christmas. Is it cold at christmas all
> over america - I know that america is a big place with different time
> zones, does it have different seasons too?
> Yes, in new Zealand we celebrate christmas during the summer. It is
> actually our summer holidays. Which takes away the thrill of
> christmas as most people are too busy planning their vacations.
> Some people celebrate with the tradionally Christmas dinner - but
> most have *Barbies* or picnic at the beach.
> I grew up in UK - and to me christmas is getting up on a cold winters
> morning - having snow would be a bonus - sitting in front of an open
> fire, christmas lights glowing, carol singers at the door, opening
> our presents. Looking forward to that roast turkey (or chicken) with
> all the trimmings - not forgetting the chrismas pud and brandy sauce..
> That christmas feeling just never seems to happen in the middle of
> summer!
> A friend from UK once said, about the english christmas - The build
> up to christmas is so great that christmas day is almost a
> dissapointment. I knew exactly what she meant....
> marianne
>
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----- Original Message -----
From: <tonitoni@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 5:57 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re. Christmas>
Thanks for your feed back on christmas. Is it cold at christmas all
> over america - I know that america is a big place with different time
> zones, does it have different seasons too?
I live in New England and we have seasons. Winter is the longest and most
pronounced. Fall is beautiful with the foliage and Spring has lots of rain,
but these 2 seasons are pretty shot. The summers can be very hot although
this one was pretty cool and rainy. More like an extended Spring.
Amy
Mom to Samantha, Dana, and Casey
The World Is Our Classroom
Susan (mother to 5 in Fla)
We live in Florida so Christmas for us isn't the snow white blanket outside
with a fire in the fireplace (unless we set the air conditioner to 55).
We have dinner at my in-laws with my husbands two brothers & their families
if they can get into town on Christmas eve. The kids & I do lots at church
leading up to the grand event. Christmas morning we open gifts at our house
with the children then go back to the in-laws for breakfast. But before
that the kids open another round of presents. This is what they refer to as
stuffing on toast. It's hot Jimmy Dean sausage, stock and bread stuffing
mixed. It's even better a few days old. MIL is Italian, FIL French so I
don't know where this came from but it's an old tradition for them.
The kids are the ones we buy the gifts for but try to make it things they
need & not a lot of toys (got enough of those to last). For the adults my
MIL will draw names for each & we exchange a gift for that one only with a
$50. limit. Usually the person who draws your name asks what you'd like.
I've made most of our gifts for this exchange, scarfs went over good and
were real easy. I did them when I was confined to the hospital bed with a
pregnancy just before Christmas till Dec 17. Last year I gave both my
sister & mother-in-law a small jar with a cork lid & a package of
multicolored small notepads and a note. When something worth remembering
happens in the family you date a note & write it down & put it in the jar.
On New Year's Eve (or Christmas) the family is to sit down read through all
the events of the year now past. We have graduation, first date, etc. This
was a hit.
We have another dinner with the family at the in-laws around 1-2pm. At 4pm
Christmas Day is over. Everyone comes to our house for our first dd's
birthday. No presents in Christmas wrapping! We have an ice cream cake
which she helps to make & decorate. The birthday parties have always been
just family but this year she wants to have a "Name Day Party" (Greek
Orthodox) on her name day November 25 and invite her friends.
with a fire in the fireplace (unless we set the air conditioner to 55).
We have dinner at my in-laws with my husbands two brothers & their families
if they can get into town on Christmas eve. The kids & I do lots at church
leading up to the grand event. Christmas morning we open gifts at our house
with the children then go back to the in-laws for breakfast. But before
that the kids open another round of presents. This is what they refer to as
stuffing on toast. It's hot Jimmy Dean sausage, stock and bread stuffing
mixed. It's even better a few days old. MIL is Italian, FIL French so I
don't know where this came from but it's an old tradition for them.
The kids are the ones we buy the gifts for but try to make it things they
need & not a lot of toys (got enough of those to last). For the adults my
MIL will draw names for each & we exchange a gift for that one only with a
$50. limit. Usually the person who draws your name asks what you'd like.
I've made most of our gifts for this exchange, scarfs went over good and
were real easy. I did them when I was confined to the hospital bed with a
pregnancy just before Christmas till Dec 17. Last year I gave both my
sister & mother-in-law a small jar with a cork lid & a package of
multicolored small notepads and a note. When something worth remembering
happens in the family you date a note & write it down & put it in the jar.
On New Year's Eve (or Christmas) the family is to sit down read through all
the events of the year now past. We have graduation, first date, etc. This
was a hit.
We have another dinner with the family at the in-laws around 1-2pm. At 4pm
Christmas Day is over. Everyone comes to our house for our first dd's
birthday. No presents in Christmas wrapping! We have an ice cream cake
which she helps to make & decorate. The birthday parties have always been
just family but this year she wants to have a "Name Day Party" (Greek
Orthodox) on her name day November 25 and invite her friends.
Valerie
Everyone comes to our house for our first dd's
birthday. No presents in Christmas wrapping! We have an ice cream cake
which she helps to make & decorate. The birthday parties have always been
just family but this year she wants to have a "Name Day Party" (Greek
Orthodox) on her name day November 25 and invite her friends.
Greeks have name days? I only knew about Swedish name days. (today's name
is "Signild", if you were wondering) My birthday is Dec 20th so it is
thoroughly forgotten by all but a handfull of people. If my mother had
given me a Swedish name I could have celebrated my name day instead of my
birthday or a half-birthday in June. That's a great idea of your daughter's.
(I hope Thanksgiving won't interfere.)
---Valerie
PS I really hated getting birthday presents in Christmas wrap or combination
gifts...like it was my fault I was born during the biggest gift-giving
holiday of the year.
birthday. No presents in Christmas wrapping! We have an ice cream cake
which she helps to make & decorate. The birthday parties have always been
just family but this year she wants to have a "Name Day Party" (Greek
Orthodox) on her name day November 25 and invite her friends.
Greeks have name days? I only knew about Swedish name days. (today's name
is "Signild", if you were wondering) My birthday is Dec 20th so it is
thoroughly forgotten by all but a handfull of people. If my mother had
given me a Swedish name I could have celebrated my name day instead of my
birthday or a half-birthday in June. That's a great idea of your daughter's.
(I hope Thanksgiving won't interfere.)
---Valerie
PS I really hated getting birthday presents in Christmas wrap or combination
gifts...like it was my fault I was born during the biggest gift-giving
holiday of the year.
[email protected]
In a message dated 9/25/2000 4:58:40 AM Central Daylight Time,
tonitoni@... writes:
Thanksgiving?) and the next we'll be in shirt sleeves. Most of the time
we're wearing light jackets. We rarely get snow -- once a year if we're
lucky.
mid-afternoon let down on Christmas Day is remarkable. And what about the
day after? Don't they call that Boxing Day in some parts of the English
speaking world? I always wondered, what is Boxing Day?
Carron
tonitoni@... writes:
> Thanks for your feed back on christmas. Is it cold at christmas allHere is Dallas, who knows? One year we'll have a ice storm (or was that
> over america - I know that america is a big place with different time
> zones, does it have different seasons too?
Thanksgiving?) and the next we'll be in shirt sleeves. Most of the time
we're wearing light jackets. We rarely get snow -- once a year if we're
lucky.
> A friend from UK once said, about the english christmas - The buildAre you sure she wasn't talking about "American" Christmas? That
> up to christmas is so great that christmas day is almost a
> dissapointment. I knew exactly what she meant....
mid-afternoon let down on Christmas Day is remarkable. And what about the
day after? Don't they call that Boxing Day in some parts of the English
speaking world? I always wondered, what is Boxing Day?
Carron
> marianne
>
Tracy Oldfield
Boxing Day was traditionally the day when the nobs would give
their staff and tradesmen presents, in boxes... these days it's the
day for soccer matches, watching the 30yo James Bond film on
the telly, fox-hunting (or hunt-protesting, or neither, whatever
one's persuasion) Dh's family and their friends have traditionally
had a party on Boxing Day, but since one of the families is heavily
involved in the town football club, it's out, so now it's sometime
later. I'd like to reinvent this tradition for us, but dd2's birthday is
30th Dec, so we'd be a bit 'party-heavy' what with Yule,
Christmas at the gp's and New Year... Anyone else have any
good ideas for celebrating birthdays in the midst of end-of-year
hols?
Tracy
their staff and tradesmen presents, in boxes... these days it's the
day for soccer matches, watching the 30yo James Bond film on
the telly, fox-hunting (or hunt-protesting, or neither, whatever
one's persuasion) Dh's family and their friends have traditionally
had a party on Boxing Day, but since one of the families is heavily
involved in the town football club, it's out, so now it's sometime
later. I'd like to reinvent this tradition for us, but dd2's birthday is
30th Dec, so we'd be a bit 'party-heavy' what with Yule,
Christmas at the gp's and New Year... Anyone else have any
good ideas for celebrating birthdays in the midst of end-of-year
hols?
Tracy
aworthen
----- Original Message -----
From: Tracy Oldfield <tracy.oldfield@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:06 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Boxing Day was Re. Christmas
Anyone else have any
> good ideas for celebrating birthdays in the midst of end-of-year
> hols?
My FILs bday is 01 Jan. Lasy year we had a nice family brunch at his home.
It was very calm and a nice change from the whole dinner/cake/ice cream
thing. We had french toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, eggs benedict and of
coursr mimosas and bloody marys. Probably not quite the party a kidlet would
envision, but we loved it * -)
Amy
Mom to Samantha, Dana, and Casey
The World Is Our Classroom
aworthen
----- Original Message -----
From: Tracy Oldfield <tracy.oldfield@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:06 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Boxing Day was Re. Christmas
Anyone else have any
> good ideas for celebrating birthdays in the midst of end-of-year
> hols?
My FILs bday is 01 Jan. Lasy year we had a nice family brunch at his home.
It was very calm and a nice change from the whole dinner/cake/ice cream
thing. We had french toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, eggs benedict and of
coursr mimosas and bloody marys. Probably not quite the party a kidlet would
envision, but we loved it * -)
Amy
Mom to Samantha, Dana, and Casey
The World Is Our Classroom
Nanci and Thomas Kuykendall
> Anyone else have any good ideas for celebrating birthdays in the midst of end-of-year hols?Brunch is a nice idea. I have a husband with a birthday on Dec. 16th, a son with a birthday on Dec. 22nd, a sister in law with a birthday on Dec. 2nd, and another with a birthday on Dec. 11th, and a mother in law with a birthday on Dec. 25th.
>My FILs bday is 01 Jan. Lasy year we had a nice family brunch at his home.
>Amy
Probably this year we will only be seeing hubby and sons birthdays, since we decided not to travel during the holidays. Son wants a pirate party, or a star wars party, or a knight party, or a dinosaur party (he says.) He is waffling, but we are probably going to go with pirate. A brinch sounds like a nice idea for hubby though. If only we could have some family come for the party, but they are too far away. We have no relatives within a two state radius, and we are all alone here.
Nanci K.
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