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What
is the 'strangest' holiday you ever spent...doing what?I remember one very
surreal winter holiday with both my toddlers and I were very, very ill with an intestinal
flu. They had moments of delight, followed by moments of sickness and then slumber. Their
father stayed at his mother's so he wouldn't get sick.
Jill, 60
Saylorsburg, PA USA
A very close relative died the day
after Christmas. The days before and after were
hellish.
Laura, 36
Lowell, MA
USA
I don't believe I've ever had a really
"strange" holiday...well, actually, when I was 13, my family lived in
Charleston, SC and we went to visit my grandparents and spend Christmas with them (they
lived 2 hrs away). Christmas night, when we got home, there was no food in the house cuz
we hadn't gone shopping since we were going to be out of town. We ended up eating dinner
at the Huddle House. I guess that would be the "strangest" thing.
Angela, 18
Bella Vista, AR USA
To my recollection ive never had an unusual
holiday. I lead a dull life.
Talia, 24
Wilton, CT
USA
I think the strangest Christmas for me was
the last one spent with my mom before she passed away. We knew she was not going to be
with us the following year and there was a real eerieness about the entire day; not an
outwardly morbid mood, but there was a sadness in the air. That was a very strange type of
Christmas.
Fisch, 46
Preston, CT
USA
Well, there was the time we went to
San Fransisco for Christmas, and accidentally left all the presents at home. Ah well,
accidents happen. Besides, we had a good time. I love
the ocean, and that was the best Christmas I had had for a while.
Derya
Five years ago, both my family and my best
friend and her family had had a lousy year. So for New Year'sEve we decided to have a
party at her apartment and burn our 1996 calendars. We set up her barbecue out in the open
area between apartments, and after partying by eating all the ice cream we could, we went
outside with our old calendars, started up the barbecue, and threw the calendars on the
fire, all the time shouting and screaming. We danced around the fire and at midnight we
made a commotion and threw confetti for as long as we could. We threw so hard that she
dislocated her shoulder and I strained mine so badly that I had to go to physical therapy
all year.
Reba, 50+
Silver Spring, MD USA
None of my Christmases have involved very
strange activities. For some years, my family would put a turkey into the oven of our boat
and spend the day deep sea fishing.
Jane, 62
West Linn, OR
USA
There was a New Year's Eve that I spent
baby-sitting with a friend (I think it was New Year's, anyway). There was this cat at the
house where we were baby-sitting that was SO friendly and I was SO allergic to it. I never
met another cat that set off my allergies so much. My friend thought I was going to die.
This one was kind of weird just because it was different. I've never had anybody with whom
I was romantically involved to share Christmas with before.
Karen, 22
Marshalltown/Ames, IA USA
none
Patty
Easy question: It is a tie:
First of, that would be the infamous Tofu Thanksgiving...Because of a family feud, I spend
the Thanksgiving holiday with the folks, and since my mom is a diehard vegetarian (God
knows why)...and my dad humors her...I had a tofu thanksgiving...not my bag...fortunately
the feud ended, and now I have a real Thanksgiving...
The tied, which totally reeked of
awesomeness, was when I sent Christmass night with the Word Wrestling Federations...at a
house show...it was a Xmas gift..Hogan and the Macho Man was the main event (I think)
Frodo
age unknown, parts unknown
Probably the year my brother, sister and I
spent Christmas in Ireland. I was on my way back from Kenya and it was a strange time to
take a holiday. It took us forever to find a place to stay since many B&Bs were full
and / or closed. We went to mass in a packed church in Dublin that had the quickest
service on record and we could barely understand a thing the priest said his accent was so
thick. I can't even remember what we ate. It was a very foreign and weird sort of
experience.
Felicia, 35
Lowell, MA
USA
all night bowling on christmas night with a
bunch of people i hardly knew - getting drunk
Firelady, 23
Dallas, TX
USA
As a Jew,
the only December 25th that I didn't go to the movies was a couple years ago when I did a
day of community service/action instead. I guess that was the strangest in the sense that
it deviated from the norm.
Eric, 19
Beverly Hills, CA USA
mighta been Christmas Eve all alone on a
chilly night in an old-style outside shopping center. . . .I was about 15 years old. . .
mothmc, 37
Los Angeles, CA USA
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