Christmas in the Antipodes

Dec 25: Christmas was a low key affair. Gord and I went into town and found an open Chinese food place and bought a ton of food. Then Briony, Colin and Warric came over. We all ate food watched X-Files, played cards and hung out on the back deck. It was nice, but it didn't feel like Christmas and we don't have a tree or any decorations. Christmas day was warm and sunny. Eventually Sam and Erin stopped by and then we watched movies and The West Wing until it was about 3 AM in the morning. For some reason Erin was confused on the time difference and ended up calling her family at about 3:30 am USA time. It was pretty hilarious. This was 9 am back in the states so Gord, Erin and I all called our families and wished them a Merry Christmas. That was about it. I think New Year's Eve is going to be low key as well.

So if you must spend a major holiday away from family and friends: I say get together with some people you like, have a meal, play some games or watch a movie and just have a chill time.