I have been fortunate to have few homesick feelings over the past year, one would guess that I have been so busy there isn’t really enough time to feel homesick. I love Newfoundland, I think it is amazingly beautiful, the people are extraordinary, the culture is continuously intriguing and well my friends and family are there. If the population wasn’t so small and the snow wasn’t so heavy I would consider moving back. Sadly I don’t think either of these will change that much, even with global warming.
This Christmas season truly made me miss all that Newfoundland has to offer. I thought summer was my favourite time to be home, but now that I think of all of the parties, birthdays, activities that fall around the holiday season at home I am really starting to miss the place. I don’t know if anywhere celebrates like Newfoundland does, it is basically a week full of events. It saddens me greatly that in Vancouver no one knows what “Tibbs eve” is.
When I asked what some typical Vancouver things to do for Christmas are no one really had an answer. It is one of those places that has so many people from elsewhere that there doesn’t appear to be much that is distinctively ‘Vancouver.’ It’s a good and a bad thing, because of all the different groups there are plenty of great multi-cultural events and activities. Year round this is really amazing, Christmas I think I prefer Newfoundland.
On a whole I would say it was my weirdest Christmas to date. Last year was so totally different that I can’t compare but here just felt like a random week off. Stores only really close on Christmas day here and the only thing that you hear much about are the Boxing Day sales. I thought it would feel more Christmassy in Canada…
The saving grace of Christmas and New Years were two delicious meals. I was lucky to go over to Matt and Heathers for an amazing turkey dinner on Christmas day… mmm makes me hungry again just thinking about it (as well, they even had savory in the stuffing, hard stuff to come by in BC). And New Years I got to hang out with a couple of people I know from Newfoundland and some friends from Australia.
I have no big ideas or expectations for the New Year. My first priority is to find a place to live, after that who knows.
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