Who doesn’t have these, right?

- attend Vancouver Farmers Markets for my produce needs, as often as possible.
- read more of the books sitting in my house, awaiting my attention. off the top of my head - son of a witch, pillars of the earth, the lance thrower, to name a few…
- floss more often, i suppose.

I’m a big fan of Christmas. I love buying things for other people, and this is the time where I have the perfect excuse to think of others. I love the glee of finding the perfect gift.

This Christmas was especially important. With any luck, I’ll be spending next Christmas far away from my friends and family, and I can’t help but think of this Christmas as ‘my last Christmas in Vancouver for a long time.’ I’ve gotta say - it hasn’t been too shabby at all. Granted, the massive snowfalls has delayed some get-togethers, but it’s been a pretty wonderful holiday season…

- The Bay Oakridge Christmas Party. Which, I helped organize in a pretty involved way. I got to run around seeming important. All (almost) of my favorite people showed up and most of them sat nearby. I lost my string of raffle tickets and made a big scene of it, which always amuses people. It was soon found under the seat of my neighbor… I won luggage, which seems fitting if we end up moving…

Lunch with Jayson. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it’s like we’ve been talking nonstop for the past forever. Everything is always so comfortable with him, he’s still wise and comforting. It’s good to see him.
Visiting Economical. I missed everyone there. It sounds silly, but definitely true. Managed to wish happy holidays to some people, many hugs… Good to see everyone. Still, so warm there.

- The Girls Christmas Dinner. We made reservations at Horizons on Burnaby Mountain, which would have been gorgeous if we made it there. We couldn’t get out due to the snow. Instead, we holed up at Jen’s house and ordered pizza. It wasn’t glamorous like we planned, but it was so definitive of the casual and ridiculously laughter-filled good times we always have.

- The Family Christmas Dinner. Zack had to have Christmas dinner at his parents due to his mom only being able to cook on Christmas day. So I slaved away alone at my aunt’s house. I made the usual amazing stuffing, and a successful honey glazed ham! My mom and aunts did everything else - fruit salad, asian-shepherd’s-pie, curry fishballs, shrimp cocktail, spinach dip, smoked salmon, everything you could imagine. I was also ‘responsible’ for buying, wrapping and distributing the gifts on behalf of my uncle from Hong Kong, so I had a good deal more gifts than usual, and I love bringing gifts to my family Christmas gathering. Jeffrey, the 4 year old cousin, loves Christmas as much as I do and had such a good time. It’s not often that he’s so enthusiastic and talkative. I brought the Tassimo machine that Zack won from work, and that was also a huge hit for post-dinner beverages. I bought many gifts that I was very happy with - in that I feel like they’ll be very well enjoyed. It went very well all around.