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RaeofLite · 18th Nov 2009, 05:38 PM

Yes it may be early... but...

What are your Christmas/Winter Holiday plans? (Sorry if I'm offending anyone, apparently Merry Christmas is offensive now a days...) What are your New Years plans?

Totoro · 18th Nov 2009, 06:29 PM

Sleeeeeeeep, in warm blankets during a cold night <3 Bwuahah...
Other than this, I don't really know, I guess i want to spend some quality time with friends... since it is our final year in high school together, gotta make some sort of plans

I have a feeling that a gift exchange between friends will end up being something along the lines of joke gifts given to each other.

**Lexington** · 18th Nov 2009, 09:55 PM

We've invited a world-class celebrity chef to Thanksgiving dinner. This is gonna be nerve-wracking.

Gonna spend a week in December on a big boat with a huge mouse.

Then family get-together for Christmas. That's my parents, my aunt, my brother-his-wife-and-child, my sister-and-her-husband, my partner and me. Instead of buying gifts for each other, we each draw a name and buy one big gift (or a couple modest sized gifts) for that person. Everyone else you can buy little $5 gifts or so. Hot cocoa while opening gifts Christmas morning, followed by Dad's apple sausage ring with scrambled eggs, and then we all take a nap (for some reason).

Lex

Amy · 18th Nov 2009, 10:00 PM

Homework, edit my NaNo, college application, family stuff, babysit.

Gaetan · 18th Nov 2009, 10:29 PM

Thanksgiving holiday:
1. Hang out with friends the first weekend.
2. Go back to my hometown and hang out with my best friend
3. Come out to said best friend.
4. Go back to my parents' house.
5. Eat turkey and too much stuffing
6. Do homework

Christmas holiday:
1. Move back in with parents.
2. Christmas
3. Come out to parents.
4. Await confirmation/denial of a job I applied for.
5. Take said job...or start searching.

Lychee · 18th Nov 2009, 10:54 PM

This summer:

- school camp.
- summer school.
- start studying for year 12.
- hang out with my friends, particularly those I haven't seen for a while.
- maybe go away with my family - we generally go somewhere.
- get fit.
And that's pretty much it

Just Adam · 19th Nov 2009, 07:45 AM

ill just be sat here as usual family argueing only difference will bea tree in the corner

prob means i will have to go visit family again... that sucks

Apocalypte · 19th Nov 2009, 11:47 AM

Sleep
Decompress after my exams, and celebrate being 1/3 of the way through my MSc
Meet up with friends
Sleep
Eat, drink and be merry
Run a 5k race on New Year's Day

**Jim1454** · 19th Nov 2009, 12:54 PM

This holiday will be a little different again...

My bf has decided that he won't spend Christmas day with his ex wife and her parents in Montreal. Unfortunately, that means he misses being with his kids on Christmas day.

But since we've been integrating our families since this summer, we plan on going to buy a Christmas tree on December 5th and decorating it that weekend. Maybe decorating a gingerbread house that we bought too. Then on the 19th we're going to get together and have a Christmas dinner as a family and exchange gifts with each other. His kids will head for Montreal on the 21st.

Then on Christmas day, my bf will be joining my family for dinner at my sister's house. So Christmas dinner will be my parents, my sister and her husband and their two little girls, her husband's father and step mother, my ex wife, my boyfriend, and my two daughters.

Cool, huh?

He may join us earlier in the day too. I'm selfishly looking forward to spending that time with him - but I'm sad that he won't be spending the holidays with his own children.

Normally my wife and I would take the kids to church on Christmas Eve - but we won't be going to our old church this year. However, perhaps we'll find somewhere else to go. We'll see.

For the New Year's weekend, my family spends it at the cottage up north. It's usually quite nice up there in the winter. Snow all around, the lake frozen and depending on the conditions, good for skating. We'll often have a bonfire on New Year's Eve before coming inside to play cards or games. It's a little bit 'Norman Rockwell' which is nice.

George · 20th Nov 2009, 03:21 AM

My family are heading up to Brisbane to stay at my Aunty's penthouse for a bit over a week. : D

olides84 · 20th Nov 2009, 04:44 AM

Two weeks in California and Arizona to visit friends and family over Christmas. I really, really, really miss my nephews and haven't even met my niece yet.

Oh and for Thanksgiving next week, me and another american here are planning to have a thanksgiving dinner for our friends. Neither of us have ever cooked a turkey but that's what email to moms are for

KittyBoy · 20th Nov 2009, 04:46 AM

Brisbane to visit my horse at my uncle's stables. Then fly over to Singapore, visiting family friends and then I will go where ever I want!

**Maddy** · 20th Nov 2009, 05:11 AM

Nothing much. My family's had one holiday that I can remember, and that's because it was a wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation when I was 16-ish. I'll probably see the extended family on Christmas Day, but other than that, no real plans.

Stuie · 20th Nov 2009, 05:20 AM

I have quite possibly the busiest holidays of my life coming up. The day after Speech Night for my school, I leave to go to France where I'll be for 4 weeks. I know my host family have loads planned so that should be fun although rather tiring. Then I get back to Australia. I have two days to recover, one of which I will see Chris, then I'm off to the Scholar School, which is basically training and selection for the Australian team for the international chemistry Olympiad, which would be absolutely awesome if I got to go to that. Finally after I finish that, the rest of my family are going away for a week, so I'll be home alone, which means much doing stuff, seeing Chris and seeing other people. Somewhere in there I also need to get my holiday homework done.

They're really busy holidays, but they should also be amazingly fun. I can't wait until school is over for the year!

Derek the Wolf · 20th Nov 2009, 09:36 AM

Thanksgiving: TO SEE MY BOYFRIEND

Christmas: see above ^

20th Nov 2009, 09:47 AM

Eat, Sleep and be merry.

malachite · 20th Nov 2009, 02:47 PM

3 hour drive to parents eat, drink 3, visit for a few day, hour drive home: repeat until insane.

18th Nov 2009, 05:38 PM	#1
RaeofLite I've got the moves like Jagger Full Member Gender: ♀ Orientation: Sapphicly inclined Out Status: My closet is for clothes! Location: BC, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 3,111 Join Date: Apr 2009	What are your holiday plans? Yes it may be early... but... What are your Christmas/Winter Holiday plans? (Sorry if I'm offending anyone, apparently Merry Christmas is offensive now a days...) What are your New Years plans? __________________ People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Bonnie Jean Wasmund (and the lesbians)

18th Nov 2009, 06:29 PM	#2
Totoro EC's Lurker Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay. Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Canada - Ontario Age: 19 Posts: 487 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: What are your holiday plans? Sleeeeeeeep, in warm blankets during a cold night <3 Bwuahah... Other than this, I don't really know, I guess i want to spend some quality time with friends... since it is our final year in high school together, gotta make some sort of plans I have a feeling that a gift exchange between friends will end up being something along the lines of joke gifts given to each other. __________________

18th Nov 2009, 09:55 PM	#3
Lexington The gay gargoyle EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Colorado Age: 42 Posts: 12,371 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: What are your holiday plans? We've invited a world-class celebrity chef to Thanksgiving dinner. This is gonna be nerve-wracking. Gonna spend a week in December on a big boat with a huge mouse. Then family get-together for Christmas. That's my parents, my aunt, my brother-his-wife-and-child, my sister-and-her-husband, my partner and me. Instead of buying gifts for each other, we each draw a name and buy one big gift (or a couple modest sized gifts) for that person. Everyone else you can buy little $5 gifts or so. Hot cocoa while opening gifts Christmas morning, followed by Dad's apple sausage ring with scrambled eggs, and then we all take a nap (for some reason). Lex

18th Nov 2009, 10:00 PM	#4
Amy DFTBA Full Member Gender: Somewhere between female and I don't know Out Status: Open, not out. Location: Northern California, United States Age: 18 Posts: 2,380 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: What are your holiday plans? Homework, edit my NaNo, college application, family stuff, babysit. __________________ "The opposite of love is not hate, but fear" Forrest Church

18th Nov 2009, 10:29 PM	#5
Gaetan DON'T TOUCH THE HAT! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Immediate Family and Friends Location: Idaho, USA Age: 25 Posts: 1,098 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: What are your holiday plans? Thanksgiving holiday: 1. Hang out with friends the first weekend. 2. Go back to my hometown and hang out with my best friend 3. Come out to said best friend. 4. Go back to my parents' house. 5. Eat turkey and too much stuffing 6. Do homework Christmas holiday: 1. Move back in with parents. 2. Christmas 3. Come out to parents. 4. Await confirmation/denial of a job I applied for. 5. Take said job...or start searching. __________________ Those who say it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the people doing it.

18th Nov 2009, 10:54 PM	#6
Lychee EC Addict Full Member Gender: Spazmatazz Orientation: Friendspage Location: Contrabassoon Posts: 1,739 Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: What are your holiday plans? This summer: - school camp. - summer school. - start studying for year 12. - hang out with my friends, particularly those I haven't seen for a while. - maybe go away with my family - we generally go somewhere. - get fit. And that's pretty much it __________________ We we we so excited.

19th Nov 2009, 07:45 AM	#7
Just Adam Just passing through Full Member Gender: Something Orientation: Dunno Out Status: If they ask i will tell them Location: Wherever Age: 23 Posts: 6,002 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: What are your holiday plans? ill just be sat here as usual family argueing only difference will bea tree in the corner prob means i will have to go visit family again... that sucks __________________ There Used To Be A Point Of Things.

19th Nov 2009, 11:47 AM	#8
Apocalypte Ytse Jamming. Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Dublin, Ireland Age: 27 Posts: 2,217 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: What are your holiday plans? Sleep Decompress after my exams, and celebrate being 1/3 of the way through my MSc Meet up with friends Sleep Eat, drink and be merry Run a 5k race on New Year's Day __________________ "I like my beer cold...my TV loud...and my homosexuals flaming." - Homer Simpson

19th Nov 2009, 12:54 PM	#9
Jim1454 EC 'Dad' EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Toronto Age: 41 Posts: 7,449 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: What are your holiday plans? This holiday will be a little different again... My bf has decided that he won't spend Christmas day with his ex wife and her parents in Montreal. Unfortunately, that means he misses being with his kids on Christmas day. But since we've been integrating our families since this summer, we plan on going to buy a Christmas tree on December 5th and decorating it that weekend. Maybe decorating a gingerbread house that we bought too. Then on the 19th we're going to get together and have a Christmas dinner as a family and exchange gifts with each other. His kids will head for Montreal on the 21st. Then on Christmas day, my bf will be joining my family for dinner at my sister's house. So Christmas dinner will be my parents, my sister and her husband and their two little girls, her husband's father and step mother, my ex wife, my boyfriend, and my two daughters. Cool, huh? He may join us earlier in the day too. I'm selfishly looking forward to spending that time with him - but I'm sad that he won't be spending the holidays with his own children. Normally my wife and I would take the kids to church on Christmas Eve - but we won't be going to our old church this year. However, perhaps we'll find somewhere else to go. We'll see. For the New Year's weekend, my family spends it at the cottage up north. It's usually quite nice up there in the winter. Snow all around, the lake frozen and depending on the conditions, good for skating. We'll often have a bonfire on New Year's Eve before coming inside to play cards or games. It's a little bit 'Norman Rockwell' which is nice. __________________ Jim "It is never too late to be what you might have been."

20th Nov 2009, 03:21 AM	#10
George Banned Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,387 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: What are your holiday plans? My family are heading up to Brisbane to stay at my Aunty's penthouse for a bit over a week. : D

20th Nov 2009, 04:44 AM	#11
olides84 stranger in a strange land Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Pretty much Location: Belgium Posts: 1,042 Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: What are your holiday plans? Two weeks in California and Arizona to visit friends and family over Christmas. I really, really, really miss my nephews and haven't even met my niece yet. Oh and for Thanksgiving next week, me and another american here are planning to have a thanksgiving dinner for our friends. Neither of us have ever cooked a turkey but that's what email to moms are for

20th Nov 2009, 04:46 AM	#12
KittyBoy Kitty! (=｀ω´=) Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: All but family Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 3,479 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: What are your holiday plans? Brisbane to visit my horse at my uncle's stables. Then fly over to Singapore, visiting family friends and then I will go where ever I want! __________________ Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~Judy Garland

20th Nov 2009, 05:11 AM	#13
Maddy Free Hugs EC Admin Gender: - Orientation: Into girls Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 7,704 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: What are your holiday plans? Nothing much. My family's had one holiday that I can remember, and that's because it was a wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation when I was 16-ish. I'll probably see the extended family on Christmas Day, but other than that, no real plans. __________________ how strange it is to be anything at all [Victor] 2:09 pm: and then halloween happened and I was outside in a skirt.

20th Nov 2009, 05:20 AM	#14
Stuie Hugs - $POA Full Member Gender: e^(πi) +1 = 0 Orientation: Schnoo Out Status: Moo Cow Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 1,463 Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: What are your holiday plans? I have quite possibly the busiest holidays of my life coming up. The day after Speech Night for my school, I leave to go to France where I'll be for 4 weeks. I know my host family have loads planned so that should be fun although rather tiring. Then I get back to Australia. I have two days to recover, one of which I will see Chris, then I'm off to the Scholar School, which is basically training and selection for the Australian team for the international chemistry Olympiad, which would be absolutely awesome if I got to go to that. Finally after I finish that, the rest of my family are going away for a week, so I'll be home alone, which means much doing stuff, seeing Chris and seeing other people. Somewhere in there I also need to get my holiday homework done. They're really busy holidays, but they should also be amazingly fun. I can't wait until school is over for the year! __________________ STRAAAAAAAAAAAWURUWERT AND THE LESBIANS! MADDATRON3000X's (Maddy) Fag Hag Loves Pauline in the form of the equation f(x): (-∞,2) -> R, 2^-x

20th Nov 2009, 09:36 AM	#15
Derek the Wolf Furry Overlord Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Pansexual Out Status: Majority Location: Illinois Age: 20 Posts: 1,325 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: What are your holiday plans? Thanksgiving: TO SEE MY BOYFRIEND Christmas: see above ^ __________________

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malachite EC's realist Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Orlando Posts: 6,480 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: What are your holiday plans? 3 hour drive to parents eat, drink 3, visit for a few day, hour drive home: repeat until insane. __________________ It's the 21st century, your bigotry is outdated. Either upgrade or go away.