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From: rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Holidays for gays
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 18:15:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 18:15:46 1984
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IMy lover and I celebrate the holidays differently every year.
This is not really by choice, but more by circumstance. He's a
nurse and is normally expected to work either Christmas Day or
New Year's Eve - he seems to alternate from year to year. As
both our parents are dead and our siblings are widely scattered,
there is really no question of our joining *family* for the
season, so we tend to have a mix of quiet-evenings-together and
festive-parties-with-friends.

We sometimes throw a Christmas Party; one time we went to see
"Meet Me In St Louis" at the Castro Theatre, followed by
Moo Shoo Pork at the Chinese Restaurant across the street;
another time, we went to a black tie party in London; another
time was snowbound in Tahoe with a hot-tub and a bottle of
champagne. We've made a tradition of breaking with *tradition*.

The one *tradition*, which now seems  to be one without which
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas, is the Tree Trimming Party at
our friend Bill's. Every year, Bill invites 10-20 people to
help adorn his tree - he believes in hanging at least one light
and one ornament from every twig to create an affect described
by one regular invitee as Very Italian. The theme of the party
varies from year to year - we've had Irish Coffee Evenings,
Egg Nog Afternoons, Champagne Brunches - but the tree is always
the same. The same people always make the same tacky comments
about the same ornaments ("that angel looks like he's just..."
or "I thought plastic snowflakes went out with the hula hoop")
and the affair always ends with Christmas Carols around the
piano and disparaging comments about anyone with the temerity
to leave early.
-- 

Rod Williams
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