http://www.nunomad.com/blog/christmas-reconsidered/ Location Independent Living Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.nunomad.com/blog/christmas-reconsidered/comment-page-1/#comment-619 admin Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:24:11 +0000 http://www.nunomad.com/blog/?p=569#comment-619 It's hard not to feel a little homesick at holiday time even if you love your current location. I like your idea of doing charitable work during Christmas Eve when homesickness might be the hardest. It’s hard not to feel a little homesick at holiday time even if you love your current location. I like your idea of doing charitable work during Christmas Eve when homesickness might be the hardest.

]]> http://www.nunomad.com/blog/christmas-reconsidered/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Gayle Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:43:18 +0000 http://www.nunomad.com/blog/?p=569#comment-575 Hey I'm from OC too, Ricardo...echo that sentiment. Still at holidays I miss the noncommercial aspects: carols, decorations, cookies & eggnog, and the general holiday spirit of generositiy and good cheer. This year I am not returning and will definitely miss my family there. Christmas here in the pampa seems to be a four-hour celebration of food and drink on Christmas eve with extended families, which I do not have. Luckily there are phones, free conference lines, and Skype to connect across the kilometers. On Christmas Eve, I plan to volunteer at a soup kitchen, then the next day I will enjoy a great barbecue with my Argentine husband in our lovely garden blessed by hummingbirds, lilies, jasmine, and one iguana... . and remember to savor all these wonders as if for the first time all over again. Hey I’m from OC too, Ricardo…echo that sentiment. Still at holidays I miss the noncommercial aspects: carols, decorations, cookies & eggnog, and the general holiday spirit of generositiy and good cheer. This year I am not returning and will definitely miss my family there. Christmas here in the pampa seems to be a four-hour celebration of food and drink on Christmas eve with extended families, which I do not have. Luckily there are phones, free conference lines, and Skype to connect across the kilometers. On Christmas Eve, I plan to volunteer at a soup kitchen, then the next day I will enjoy a great barbecue with my Argentine husband in our lovely garden blessed by hummingbirds, lilies, jasmine, and one iguana… . and remember to savor all these wonders as if for the first time all over again.

]]> http://www.nunomad.com/blog/christmas-reconsidered/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Ricardo Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:13:43 +0000 http://www.nunomad.com/blog/?p=569#comment-573 I imagine if I lived in a place where there's snow (none on Koh Lanta, where I'm heading off to) and had three deserving children, I might feel some of Carmen's passion for Christmas. That said, spike up that eggnog and have a merry whatever! I imagine if I lived in a place where there's snow (none on Koh Lanta, where I'm heading off to) and had three deserving children, I might feel some of Carmen's passion for Christmas. That said, spike up that eggnog and have a merry whatever!

]]> http://www.nunomad.com/blog/christmas-reconsidered/comment-page-1/#comment-572 NuNomad Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:04:00 +0000 http://www.nunomad.com/blog/?p=569#comment-572 I hope you enjoy your holidays in Bangkok! Christmas is definitely in full swing. I'm trying to fly under the radar of the shopping frenzy as much as possible, seeing friends and spending time at home. I do really love that feeling of nesting through the cold weather and bringing a feeling of warmth into the house. I guess I'm lucky that I feel like I grew up in a family that really did celebrate a true meaning of Christmas and I still have positive feelings about it. I just strive to keep it that way for my family now and it's not always easy with the commercialism everywhere. I have to say, though, I believe difficult economic times like we're in right now can actually help us get back to that true meaning. I hope you enjoy your holidays in Bangkok! Christmas is definitely in full swing. I'm trying to fly under the radar of the shopping frenzy as much as possible, seeing friends and spending time at home. I do really love that feeling of nesting through the cold weather and bringing a feeling of warmth into the house. I guess I'm lucky that I feel like I grew up in a family that really did celebrate a true meaning of Christmas and I still have positive feelings about it. I just strive to keep it that way for my family now and it's not always easy with the commercialism everywhere. I have to say, though, I believe difficult economic times like we're in right now can actually help us get back to that true meaning.

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