Festive Season
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kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: @kate_frankie It was a good time. I’d like to do it again & see markets in some other places like Strasbourg, France. #pttrav…
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A3 #pttravel I visited New York City between Xmas & New Year’s. https://t.co/kXKkeD4swf
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: A3 #PTTravel The Christmas market at Rostock, about ten years ago. https://t.co/Hqbo5CQSfC
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A3: ... i got nothing. Because I'm neither festive nor humbuggly. I treat Christmas exactly how I…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel A4: i'm curious about Mardi Gras / Carnival in Guinea-Bissau. I hear it's the largest in Africa?
NomadKeith
A4 #PTTravel Chinese New Year ... either China itself, or somewhere with a Chinese population.
aok_NW
A4 #PTTravel Someday, I’d like to travel to Israel. It probably would not be during the holidays, but I’d like to see the area. I’d also like to do another Xmas Markets trip & more places for New Years. This was Sydney NYE.
RTWBarefoot
replying to @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie #pttravel (. it is *possible* you might consider that the most on-brand answer I could possibly give to that question!).
RTWBarefoot
RT @aok_NW: A4 #PTTravel Someday, I’d like to travel to Israel. It probably would not be during the holidays, but I’d like to see the area…
kate_frankie
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot Indifferent is how many people feel. I think I'm worse because I would happily celebrate all of them if just to have nice things to look forward to. I do feel nostalgia and some warmth towards Christmas but perhaps not very religious. Probably just outed myself. Ooops! #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A4: i'm curious about Mardi Gras / Carnival in Guinea-Bissau. I hear it's the largest in Africa?
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: A4 #PTTravel Chinese New Year ... either China itself, or somewhere with a Chinese population.
kate_frankie
replying to @NomadKeith @NomadKeith I went to Hong Kong in the lead up and almost everyone vanished! They tend to go home, do family stuff and most things shut. Something to be aware of I think #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A4 #PTTravel Someday, I’d like to travel to Israel. It probably would not be during the holidays, but I’d like to see the area…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie Indifferent is a good word. I'm absolutely not grinchy; I love that other people love it. I suppose it's similar to how i treat sex, tbh. #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @kate_frankie: @NomadKeith I went to Hong Kong in the lead up and almost everyone vanished! They tend to go home, do family stuff and mo…
NomadKeith
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie @RTWBarefoot #pttravel Maybe you should live in Singapore! Such a diverse mix of religions; some people like to celebrate some of the holidays outside their own culture.
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie @NomadKeith Yeh, that's been in my mind too, Some festivities are very family-focussed so; it was implied in an earlier tweet when I said I'd feel like an interloper. I'd be a rogue electron in a soup of Helium, very out of place; everywhere I could be would be awkward. #pttravel
kate_frankie
replying to @aok_NW @aok_NW Bethlehem/Jerusalem would be fairly poignant. I wonder what it would be like? #PTTravel
kate_frankie
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot Indeed it is! I also possibly learned something #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @kate_frankie: @aok_NW Bethlehem/Jerusalem would be fairly poignant. I wonder what it would be like? #PTTravel
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q5 What food, drink, songs or other traditions do you enjoy at this time of year?
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie #pttravel A5: winter tends to cause more dark beers to appear, so there's that.
I hate, hate, hate mince pies, Just gonna put that out there right now. :D
kate_frankie
replying to @NomadKeith @NomadKeith @RTWBarefoot That's very true and actually one of the things I loved #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie @NomadKeith Yeh, that's been in my mind too, Some festivities are very family-focussed so; it was implied in…
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A5: winter tends to cause more dark beers to appear, so there's that.
I hate, hate, hate mince pi…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie "Inform,. Educate, Entertain" is not my tagline. It should be, but someone beat me to it LOL (*) #pttravel
(* by about 90 years!)
kate_frankie
replying to @RTWBarefoot
@RTWBarefoot I'm also not a mince pie fan. Anyone else?
While we're on, really dislike Oreos.
#PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie #pttravel A5: songs. songs. Hm. See, Christmas music falls into three categories: hymns, trad classic, and cheese pop. But almost without exception, their subject matters are things that don't resonate with me. And they're way too cheerful. Like, they're cool, but not my onions.
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie "Inform,. Educate, Entertain" is not my tagline. It should be, but someone beat me to it LOL (*) #pttravel…
aok_NW
A5 #PTTravel Whatever the season has to offer. I bought a mulled wine at this market in Dresden, Germany. I’m not sure what was in it, I just remember needing to go back to the hotel room to lie down for a while.
NomadKeith
A5 #PTTravel Glühwein!
We also had a custom in the Air Force, where the Officers and Sergeants served the troops their Christmas dinner ... usually dodging a hail of bread rolls.
It was a measure of your popularity whether the roll got dipped in the soup or not!)
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A5: songs. songs. Hm. See, Christmas music falls into three categories: hymns, trad classic, and c…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @RTWBarefoot
@kate_frankie #pttravel one of my best friends was visiting last week and she really loves Christmas music, but more of the trad-classic style. I can't imagine her blasting out Wizzard, for instance.
Idk if Wizzard were ever popular in Minnesota, tbh.
RTWBarefoot
RT @aok_NW: A5 #PTTravel Whatever the season has to offer. I bought a mulled wine at this market in Dresden, Germany. I’m not sure what w…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @aok_NW
@aok_NW #pttravel eeep, hope it was just alcohol content and nothing actually bad inside it.
Tbh, I've never liked mulled wine much anyway. I had some last month that had amaretto, and another with whisky, and they were tolerable.
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
A2 I've done two Christmas Days in slightly weird places - a town famous for its silver mine in Bolivia and Antarctica.
We sang Christmas songs (including Feliz Navidad in Bolivia) and had a nice meal but its family time for me. Felt strange.
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie #pttravel overplayed. It's cool, & on my wavelength, so, close I guess.
My favourite Christmas songs are: "Santa Claus is on the Dole" by Spitting Image, & "I hate Christmas Parties" by Matthew Thiessen/the Earthquakes.
You don't hear either very often, for...different reasons!
kate_frankie
#PTTravel
NYE however - 8 years of trips over that period until pandemic. First one to start them back up this year is Canada!
Can't wait 🥳
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q6 What advice do you have for travellers wanting to go on trips during this major holiday period (in many countries)?
aok_NW
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot I think it was just a strong liquor of some kind. I felt much better after a couple of hours & was able to see the Striezelmarkt in the evening. #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie yeh, I'm not a family enby, so Christmas always feels weird in that respect, because everything in the UK at least is geared/marketed towards family get-togethers and I ... don't. #pttravel
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A5 #PTTravel Whatever the season has to offer. I bought a mulled wine at this market in Dresden, Germany. I’m not sure what w…
NomadKeith
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel I used to be able to sing 'Silent Night' in German, but I can't recall all the words now.
RTWBarefoot
replying to @NomadKeith
@NomadKeith @kate_frankie #pttravel what amuses me is the carol "Oh Christmas Tree" ('Oh Tannenbaum' in the better (original?) German).
Because the tune for that ... I do not associate with Christmas. At all. Quite the opposite in fact. :D
aok_NW
A6 #PTTravel Decide what you want to see & where you want to go. Make sure you can get from one city to another in a timely manner. I did the Xmas Markets by train, make sure the train will actually get you where you want to go.
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: A5 #PTTravel Glühwein!
We also had a custom in the Air Force, where the Officers and Sergeants served the troops their C…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @aok_NW @aok_NW yeh, that's a good outcome. I guess you didn't have another one on your visit! #pttravel