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Post by MuvverRussia on Dec 25, 2004 14:17:30 GMT -5
Yabbies, crawdads? Still, it's nice to see that we managed to offload some dodgy European cars (the Vauxhall Astra) in exchange for the Holden/Vauxhall Monaro. I love the VXR version of that - even though it has a 5.7 L V8 and costs £40k (18 mpg, but who cares about UK fuel prices anymore? ).
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Nicstar
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i like the sound of my own voice, i never gave anyone else a choice
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Post by Nicstar on Dec 25, 2004 17:14:11 GMT -5
Oh lord, those Christmas drinks must have caught up with me last night! No, we didn't go fishing for those in the dam! www.nativefish.asn.au/yabby.html thats what I meant to post! ;D
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Marie
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Post by Marie on Dec 26, 2004 16:16:13 GMT -5
Out here, our Christmas is always a eating marathon, you have to learn to pace yourself!
On the 24th we start of with a light dinner at around five, then it used to be midnight mass, but now we just seem to skip it. And THEN it's the "réveillon" which is the second dinner which everything traditionnal in Québec and loads of desserts!
By then, it's actually christmas day, so we get to open presents, and a few hours later it's of to bed.
But it doesn't end there, the next day there's usually a brunch and then Christmas dinner (we would usually switch families by this point and go to my mom's or my dad's side of the family). And then you roll yourself back to your own bed and wait for New Year's !!
My family is pretty low key though, it's never a very wild party, but it's still a nice time to see everybody. Oh yeah, and when I was a kid my parents and I would always go skiing on christmas eve!
That's our tradition, but tradition seems to be fading a little ...
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Post by LHR02 on Dec 26, 2004 16:24:58 GMT -5
That sounds wonderful Marie! And traditions do tend to die off....why it's important for the 'youngsters' to remember and keep them alive.
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