J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by snowb4ndit

20 days and to stay upright in deep powder for more than 50 meters. :lol:

Lift pass
Mobile
Money
credit card
Camera (Most days)
Fags
lip balm/suncream dongle thingy

All in my pockets.

AllyG wrote:Ian,
Tony seems to think I'm on drugs already (after reading my posts). Can't think why :shock:

I've been tea-total for about 20 years, and never taken any drugs - these days I even drink de-caffeinated tea.

But I do know what it's like to be on drugs. As a family we accidentally ate some magic mushrooms once, when I was only nine, and they have the same effect as LSD. We were all hallucinating and found it very difficult to walk etc. - so I'm quite sure someone on LSD wouldn't be able to ski.

Ally

They wouldn't because they would be rolling around on the floor laughing at nothing. :wink:

RoseR wrote:I have wanted to be away at Christmas for years but as long as I am working in a retail environment its never going to happen. No holidays in December thats the contract rules for every-one. But I am sure I would treat it as any other ski day. Except a small gift each and a more luxurious dinner.

Yes that's exactly what we do and judging by the amount of people on the slopes that day I suspect it's what most people do.

You do see a few people skiing in Santa hats or outfits though.

On Christmas day we get up early open our one present each, have breakfast and then straight on to the slopes like any other day. At lunch time we find somewhere nice to eat and have a slap up meal. Then after skiing it's straight to the bar...a couple of drinks, a posh dinner somewhere and then a few more drinks. When we get back to the hotel we are all ready for bath and bed.

Decorating our rooms would be a waste really. Having said that, I don't do decorations at home apart from the Christmas tree if we're not going away.

No different from any other skiing day apart from the extra eating side of things.

ClipperJon wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:To be honest being in the mountains at Christmas is the best way to get away from all the tackiness of tinsel etc and the materialistic festival that xmas has become. (Obviously this is only my opinion) :wink:

I wouldn't ever allow tinsel in my house, but somehow inflicting a bit of english tat on the chocloate box idea of christmas seems like the right thing to do! Where can i get one of those shiny plastic fold out bell things?

Your nearest high street, they are everywhere right now and they weigh very little and fold completely flat! So ideal to pop in your case.

I didn't take mine when they were babies and to be honest I don't think I would hand them over to a stranger on a chat forum either.

I would have taken them if I had been able to find a neice or nephew that could come with us for babysitting purposes but I was the first one to have children in my family.

We used to go skiing every year for Christmas. We chose one small pressy each to open on the day and that was it. It's christmassy enough looking at the pine trees decorated with real snow. Then we always had family round on New Years day for a big dinner...which was very cheap because everything was half price including the turkey...and the Quality Street!

Like Tony said it was really good having all the pressies to look forward too after the holiday.

To be honest being in the mountains at Christmas is the best way to get away from all the tackiness of tinsel etc and the materialistic festival that xmas has become. (Obviously this is only my opinion) :wink: