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Old Dec 26th 2011, 9:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Steerpike
My g/f is from the Philippines, and she treats Christmas Eve more like Christmas also. Last night, we visited her nearby relatives and not only had a massive feast (crab cakes, Duck, and other delights), but also did the 'opening of presents'.

This is my first Christmas back in SF since I started working in Phoenix in 2009, so we went into San Francisco for our own 'traditional' Christmas feast - dry roasted Crab, Vietnamese style ...
Hi Steerpike! A friend of mine and I both have birthdays in December, so for the past couple of years (including this year), we started a tradition of going to Pars on Christmas Eve for dinner. YUM!

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Old Dec 26th 2011, 9:06 pm
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Originally Posted by kodokan
This is our first Christmas in Phoenix too *waves to Harry Spider* having moved over a couple of months ago. (Our container arrived about 4 weeks ago, which sounds like it should have been enough time to unpack by now, but apparently wasn't.)

We had carol singers last night - I turned up at the door with purse in hand, expecting to make a charitable donation, but it turned out to be some neighbours who apparently do the rounds like this each year just to be festive, glasses in hand and slightly merry. Which has at least put paid to our wonderings about how Mormon our new street might be.

Having spent recent years in Switzerland, we're still doing Christmas on a Continental timetable of main meal on Christmas Eve. As it's just the 4 of us over Christmas, this is great as it turns the 25th into a sort of Boxing Day, where we potter gently about the house and occasionally raid the fridge for cold meats and salad. It also freed up the dining table for the copious amounts of Lego building that were necessary today.

Happy Christmas, all!
Welcome to Phoenix! Seems like this is almost the "What is the Phoenix Christmas tradition" thread. LOL

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Originally Posted by Britishbees
Welcome to Phoenix. We know how you must be feeling on your first Christmas and only being here such a short time. It makes you feel rather odd. But welcome and hope you had a great Christmas Day.

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Mrs H the Spider! When are we going skating!??

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Originally Posted by kodokan
... but it turned out to be some neighbours who apparently do the rounds like this each year just to be festive, glasses in hand and slightly merry. Which has at least put paid to our wonderings about how Mormon our new street might be.
Don't underestimate how merry Mormons can get after a few glasses of diet coke ...
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Mrs H the Spider! When are we going skating!??

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Hi Rene

Now that is a good question! We really ought to get around to it now that I have been here a year .

Let's arrange something soon. Although I have to warn you that I am way out of practice and have not been on the ice for quite some time. You will be almost professional by now then

Let's PM about a date soon.

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A friend of mine and I both have birthdays in December...
Happy birthday!
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not me, I finally learned my lesson after Bambi, Ole Yeller etc.
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Most of our family has the flu for Christmas not something they have tried before. Mrs L and I being old codgers had the sense to have flu shots, so we will see if they work.
I hope they're all over the worst of it and feeling tip-top very soon.
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Originally Posted by Noorah101
Seems like this is almost the "What is the Phoenix Christmas tradition" thread. LOL

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Indeed! Surely some of you are going hiking? We are 2 hours north of you in red rock country but plan to do that today or tomorrow. I keep wanting to tell the locals (pssst, this is NOT cold weather).

This year we did our annual trek down to Tucson to visit my grandfather, followed by an evening in Scottsdale, staying at the redone Saguaro hotel. We took Mom for a drink at the Hotel Valley Ho where she's been wanting to check out the art deco interior.
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