Christmas 2024/New Years Plans

[ZLoth]

What are your plans for Christmas and New Years in 2024? Too bad polling isn't enabled here, otherwise there would be a poll for:

• Stay put at home
• Staying within town
• Out of town day trip
• Out of town overnight trip

[hotdogPi]

Polling is enabled on this forum.

I won't be doing anything on Christmas or New Years, but I'll be taking a day trip to Hartford on the 26th just to see what's there, similar to my trip to Portland ME last June. It was initially planned for the 30th except that museums there seem to be closed on Mondays.

[1995hoo]

We're having my mother over for Christmas dinner and will spend New Year's Eve at home. Otherwise, TBD. I got an unexpected week off (Dec 24 thru and including Jan 1). We've thought about going snow tubing one day, but it'll depend on the weather, which isn't looking promising. I also have some things to fix around the house and I want to get to Arlington Crmetery to visit my father's columbarium niche while all the wreaths are still in place.

[Big John]

Besides work?

[Rothman]

Son's here.  Parents are coming on Christmas Eve.  Headed out to visit daughter the weekend after Christmas.

So, mostly staying put.  Took the week off.

[Hunty2022]

Staying within 5 miles for Christmas but hoping for a road trip on New Year's Day.

[epzik8]

I always prefer spending all of Christmas Day at home.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm heading up to Willits to ride the Skunk Train.  I want to ride the train and my wife wants to see the Christmas tree accessible along the line.

[snowc]

What are your plans for Christmas and New Years in 2024? Too bad polling isn't enabled here, otherwise there would be a poll for:

• Stay put at home
• Staying within town
• Out of town day trip
• Out of town overnight trip

Darn, I was going to post this, but you beat me to it! 
Staying put, simple as that.

[GaryV]

Staying home on the holidays themselves, but traveling on the Saturday between them.

[hbelkins]

Too broke to go anywhere, even for a day trip, until the 30th. I have a cardiologist appointment on Jan. 3 so I'll be going 17 miles for that. Otherwise, staying pretty close to home.

[NWI_Irish96]

Son and I are roadtripping to the Sugar Bowl.

[Roadgeekteen]

Son and I are roadtripping to the Sugar Bowl.

Georgia or ND?

For me, I'm staying at home but I have family coming up to visit.

[wanderer2575]

I'm planning to daytrip on Wednesday for some road sign photos.  I'm guessing traffic will be light.  After today, I'm off work until January 2nd and I'm planning to take another day for photos.  My New Year's Eve ritual is to go out for a dayhike, get home as it's starting to get dark, and stay in for the night.

[Henry]

Just made it to Chicago for Christmas week; will be back in Seattle to celebrate the New Year with my daughter and her fiancé, who will be visiting from L.A.

[GaryV]

Son and I are roadtripping to the Sugar Bowl.

Georgia or ND? 

You had to ask?   

[jmacswimmer]

Much different than I was planning in the best way possible - my wife & I were expecting our first in early January, but she wound up surprising us early just before Christmas. So instead of the usual holiday visits & dinners with extended family, we'll be hunkering down with our infant daughter for the rest of the year.

Unintended benefits of her early arrival is that I can use a little less PTO because of the paid holidays, and we can claim the dependent tax credit for 2024 now

[Voyager]

By myself sadly (family stuck in the snow in the Sierras). Any Chinese recommendations for Christmas Day on the SF Peninsula?

[bandit957]

There's really not much to do around here.

There's usually a public party on Fountain Square for New Year's, but it isn't much. People mostly just dance around to Michael Jackson records and chew bubble gum.

[akotchi]

The kids are coming in for Christmas -- Mass the night before, dinner on Christmas Day.  I am mostly homebound for a while longer, recovering from hip replacement surgery earlier this month.  Physical Therapy provides much of my excitement these days.  New Year's Eve will be watching Fiesta Bowl (Penn State fan and graduate) -- New Year's Day still up in the air.

[MATraveler128]

Will be staying local this year

[kurumi]

Much different than I was planning in the best way possible - my wife & I were expecting our first in early January, but she wound up surprising us early just before Christmas. So instead of the usual holiday visits & dinners with extended family, we'll be hunkering down with our infant daughter for the rest of the year.

Unintended benefits of her early arrival is that I can use a little less PTO because of the paid holidays, and we can claim the dependent tax credit for 2024 now

Wow, congratulations! I've heard reading the MUTCD aloud is a great way to help an infant get to sleep. :-)

For us, our nieces are big into gashapon, blind boxes, crane games, etc. One of them sewed about 15 different felt toys (things like animals, gadgets, etc.) and her sister made the blind boxes they'll be hidden in. And: we bought a little crane game from Target so that'll also be part of the activities. Staying in town for a family/friends get-together on xmas and NYE.

[Scott5114]

My wife has to work, I don't know anyone else in town well enough that I'd be comfortable trying to get involved in their Christmas, and my family is two time zones away, so I'm probably going to just stay at home and eat a turkey sandwich or something. If I leave the apartment, it will just be to move some stuff to the new house.

Going out for New Years in Las Vegas sounds like something only an insane person would do.

[02 Park Ave]

After hearing Mass tomorrow morning, we will be going to my sister-in-law's home for a festive dinner.

Boxing Day, the twenty sixth, is the big day at my house.  My son, from PA, and daughter, from FL, and their families will be here.  We will all be exchanging our gifts then.

Also, sometime during the Twelve Days we will be travelling to Cambridge NY to visit friends.  No firm date has been set yet for that journey.

Happy Christmas to all!

[DandyDan]

For Christmas, I have this week off and went to my parents in Omaha.

For New Year's, I have to work Dec. 29 and 30 night, then Jan. 1 and 2 night. This means I don't have anything planned yet for New Year's Eve, so unless someone from work invites me to their place, I will likely be home.