OT-what is your favorite holiday and why

Holidays start slowly with Labor Day marking the end of summer and then gradually increase in number through Christmas etc. During that time of year the days are getting shorter, darker, and colder, and I think back-to-back Xmas/New Years is a great distraction from winter coming on.

I really don't have a favorite holiday but March through May is my favorite time of year. It is a wasteland as far as holidays are concerned but that time of year doesn't need any holidays. The longer, warmer, and sunny days, but before the heat of summer, more than make up for the lack of holidays.

my favorite holiday is my birthday because it's all about me haha. the other holidays are nice when my family comes over. we are hosting this thanksgiving and i have a horrid cold that is also messing up my gut. i have no appetite at all and couldn't care less about what i eat this week. i'm just hoping i feel okay on thursday for when we have company.

I LOVE Christmas! The tree, the music, making dozens of cookies, watching my daughter open her gifts. I am also in charge of the Holiday Shoppe at my daughter's school and all the children regardless of whether they have any money get to shop for their families. It's such a fun thing for all 900 kids in the school.

I also LOVE Halloween since it is my daughter's birthday. :)

momto2boys

I've never heard of Noche Buena but grew up in SE FL and have a Cuban SIL (actually ex-SIL but we're keeping her ha). Have to ask her about that, is it Christmas Eve?

I admit, there's a nice feeling I get with Thanksgiving. It's hard for everyone to help make a good dinner, but the process can be fun (working together) and of course the dinner itself will be worth it. I love watching football and being with family. So, Thanksgiving is great because football + good food + good family= a happy Jenna! It's like a calmer Christmas, where things tend to get nuts.
Of course, Christmas is probably my favorite. I love the tree, the family, and the music. I don't get sick of the music. I do hate how money has grown to be such an important factor in the holiday, but I still love it.

I always enjoy the Summer Holidays the most because of the good weather for outdoor parties. I especially like Memorial and Labor days because they always fall on a Monday so you're guaranteed to have a 3 day weekend.

I love Christmas. It has always been my favorite holiday. Traditionally in Costa Rica they celebrate with dinner and presents on Christmas Eve, I am English and so of course, my family and I celebrate on Christmas day, in the traditional English way, and not when the clock strikes 12 on Christmas Eve, as the Costa Ricans. Another difference in Costa Rica, is that usually on Boxing day Costa Ricans head off to the beach to celebrate their Christmas holiday together with family (Can you imagine doing that in the UK....Brrrr!) and I really love the fact that everyone in Costa Rica, from accountants to road sweepers, all go off to the beach for a few days and everywhere is quiet, its great!

Myself and my Husband don't go anywhere, we just enjoy the peace and quiet, which is another thing I personally think Christmas is all about for me, and is made all the more enjoyable by the fact that we live high up on a mountain, surrounded by lush forest and greenery, with only the sounds of the animals, and other creatures, occasionally breaking the wonderful silence.

Also in December and January in Costa Rica the rainy season comes to an end, and for two months before the summer starts, we experience quite strong chilly winds (well chilly for Costa Rica, the lowest temperature will be no lower than around 20 degrees!) barrelling down the central valley, and because of our isolated position at the top of a mountain, the wind howls around our home, and makes us feel more like we are living in Dracula's castle than our usually light and sunny house!

This Christmas will be tricky for me foodwise, as there is not much I can eat!! I should be fine with the turkey, potatoes and veg, and that's about it really. But, I am thrilled to have found a company that makes sulfite-free wine, which is delicious, the incredible difference without the sulfites is hard to explain, even my husband (an avid longtime Red wine drinker) is hooked, and can be caught most evenings furtively seeking out the corkscrew, so it is time to hide these wonderfully pure, and very morish wines.

On Christmas day we like to gather around as a family, and open our presents, whilst quaffing champagne with orange juice or Bucks Fizz as our friends from the US prefer to call it (sadly it will be something home made in my case this year) and we like to eat our lunch at around 1.00 p.m., after which we will no doubt all sit down to recover, whilst watching a suitably festive movie, and I am planning on purchasing the new James Bond movie for this years televisual feast! Oh, I forgot to mention, my daughters boyfriend will be having his first Christmas lunch with us, and so that should make things a little different, his English is quite good, and he will no doubt add a little Latin color and energy to the whole occasion.

My favourite holiday is a UC holiday. Boy, that would be a good holiday

quincy said...
Nowadays....my fave is no holiday commitment.
q

Oh yes, I love this too after many years of driving to multiple parents/grandparents/in-laws (if that's what you mean). We are the childless couple that never got to relax at home until we moved to Florida and everyone passed away. And per my opening post I don't even like local social holiday sit-down meals, I cook waaaay better at home and socialize weekly with people and don't need to get dressed up to do so. We make phone calls to close family at holidays to catch up.

Ima...yes, that's what i mean.