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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 6:47 pm
okay, for all-time favorite single holi-day. it was a christmas and we were at our cabin at donner lake. an elderly couple from germany had a cabin up on the hill. they invited several families up for christmas eve. the older kids and grown-ups skied and tobagonned (sp?) by candlelight down the hill. there was a lot of great european chocolate candy and warm drinks. when we got tired, they put us to bed in fluffy feather beds. they had a pipe organ, which played music over the lit hills. it was totally magical and my sister and i still talk about it more than 40 years later. i felt so like laura ingalls wilder all snugged up in a feather bed and hearing the adults still celebrating downstairs... i think i was maybe 10 at the time.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 6:54 pm
I do not have a favorite holiday.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 8:19 pm
When we lived in England, I remember Guy Fawkes Day with the bonfire. Now that was a fun holiday! Is Guy Fawkes celebrated in Canada??
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 8:27 pm
Thanksgiving - the one time a year when you can eat all you want and nobody cares. Christmas Fourth of July
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 - 9:01 pm
My favorite holiday is Yom Kippur. I love the asceticism, the Kol Nidre service, the shofar, and the fellowship in breaking the fast.
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Gradstudent
Member
07-10-2005
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 12:52 am
I like Washington's birthday...I think it has something to do with cherry pie.
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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 1:05 am
Halloween, it's fun to be able to paint your face for the day and nobody cares. Christmas and Thanksgiving are very lonely.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 8:08 am
Christmas was definitely my favorite, and might still be, but Thanksgiving has really moved up in the ranks. Maybe it's because I eat more than I did when I was a kid. Valentine's Day is a favorite of mine too...although it definitely didn't use to be. But it is now, partly because my hubby asked me to marry him on a Valentine's Day when it snowed. It was beautiful.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 8:27 am
Ah Bandit!
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Reiki
Member
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 12:56 pm
I like Mother's Day because it is always the same weekend as the Albany Tulip Festival. Mom and I spend the day in the park. I am also a fan of equinoxes and solstices. I like Thanksgiving too. No expection of gifts or cards, just gathering together with loved ones to eat good food. I like it best when I spend the day in my own home, but don't mind going to relatives for it either. If I go out then I usually have a mini-Thanksgiving dinner at home that weekend. Gotta have those left-over turkey and cranberry sandwiches. My father would always open up our home on Thanksgiving to co-workers and friends who might not have family to celebrate with. There has always been room for one more at our Thanksgiving table.
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