White Christmas
An update on the 101 in 1001 list:
092 – Visit Hearst Castle.
This Christmas and the few days before and after, I will be spending time with RV and his family in LA. He brought it up last month, and now that it’s December, the planning must commence. We’re driving down on a day to be determined, and we may stop along the way to check out Hearst Castle. So that’s one potential cross-off from the list! Ticket prices are a bit expensive, and you have to take several tours to cover everything. I think since we’re going to go all low-budget, we’ll just take the night tour that covers a few more areas.
I’ve informed RV of a few of the items on the list, so he may join me in accomplishing them. I know that Amanda‘s commented before on helping out with some of the items too, so YAY!
We don’t really celebrate Christmas in our family, at least not in the “traditional sense” one might have seen on television or in movies. There’s no gathering under the tree on Christmas morning together. In fact, most years it’s just Donna and me, figuring out what’s open and not open. I think last year we went to see a movie. We do get together with family one of the days for a big Christmas party that resembles every other family gathering, such as Thanksgiving. There’s plenty of food and games [Mah Jong, the Wii]… Sometimes we even throw in the occasional White Elephant exchange.
It’ll be interesting to meet some of RV’s extended family and join in on their celebrations.
