{"id":1883,"date":"2008-12-24T09:49:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T07:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2008-12-24T09:58:36","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T07:58:36","slug":"we-wish-you-a-geeky-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/1883","title":{"rendered":"We Wish You a Geeky Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"geeky\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/3132938534\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"347\" alt=\"geeky\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3084\/3132938534_ae435b9210.jpg\" width=\"455\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Holy crap, can you believe it?!!&#160; I remember when I started the countdown on my header, it was 68 days until Christmas and now it\u2019s here!<\/p>\n<p>This is where Xander and I will spend Christmas Eve \u2013 in front of the tree, behind our laptops, just the way we like it!&#160; Ok, I\u2019m sure I\u2019d probably prefer to be visiting family, and I did have a minor meltdown about that last night, but it was to be expected.&#160; I don\u2019t think any expat truly makes it through the holidays without at least a little jag of homesickness.&#160; That has passed now and I feel better.&#160;&#160;&#160; Maybe we\u2019ll go out and do something, perhaps a movie\u2026 but if not I\u2019m happy to stay home and just hang out and be geeky together.&#160; It\u2019s what we do.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"village\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/3118468018\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" alt=\"village\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3206\/3118468018_dc1b167be0.jpg\" width=\"455\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Christmas day I\u2019ll be cooking up a bird and our friends Penny and Yuri are coming for dinner with their son Noah.&#160; It\u2019ll be his first Christmas and the poor thing is sick with a cold.&#160; I know what you are thinking, I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be whining on here before New Years because I caught it, and you\u2019re probably right\u2026 but it\u2019s worth it to be with friends on Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"skating\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/3118464958\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"skating\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3110\/3118464958_69a5e7877a.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is my deco addition for this year,a cute skating rink with a Christmas tree in the middle.&#160;&#160; The skaters go around and around and stop as they come around the side because Santa is there waiting to take their photo!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"skating2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/3117637355\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"287\" alt=\"skating2\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3196\/3117637355_1008e92f1e.jpg\" width=\"215\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a title=\"skating3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/3117638201\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"287\" alt=\"skating3\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3177\/3117638201_990e39bdd0.jpg\" width=\"215\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so cute, but it does look better at night, I should try to get some photos then.&#160;&#160; It plays Christmas music too, but I can only stand that for so long before turning it off.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that\u2019s it\u2026 I hope you all have a great Christmas, however you plan to spend it!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"geekydoggy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/36166632@N00\/3132112877\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"359\" alt=\"geekydoggy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3121\/3132112877_19a4957188.jpg\" width=\"455\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah!&#160; Bailey and Pixel wish you a Merry Christmas too!<\/p>\n<p>(Dammit, I should have turned on the fireplace for these photos. 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