[LMB] OT: thanksgiving vs xmas
S Bixler
ebclariflute at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 24 05:13:22 GMT 2006
>Sylvus Tarn <sylvus at rejiquar.com> wrote:>Interesting to hear how various people treat thanksgiving and xmas. I
>thought our family's method was fairly common, but maybe not: we
>alternate 'em---my side of the family does the t-day one year, xmas the
>next. And pretty much, all of us has worked this out, so that we're `in
>step' with the inlaws.
[snip]
My family does the same thing, although we tend to emphasize Christmas more, because there is more preparation that goes into everything: the decorations, the presents, the food (sometimes). Since one side of my family lives a ten hour drive away from my house, alternating was really the only option we had.
Sarah B.
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