How Do You Holiday?

[mrs.daytona]

We are going to do a major change this year.

For the past 30 years, we have always had a fairly quiet Christmas at home with enchiladas on Christmas Eve and a traditional meal on Christmas Day.


This year, however, my (now very small) family will be spending the Christmas holidays in Lake Tahoe. Not sure yet on the food, but the traditional meal will not be served.


Tahoe's probably not a big deal for you Cali folks....but we are all from Texas, so it's a major shift.

Sounds perfect. Tahoe is absolutely beautiful in the winter!!! Every year we talk about spending the holidays up there. We only live 96 miles away and still haven't done.

[nowski]

Sounds perfect. Tahoe is absolutely beautiful in the winter!!! Every year we talk about spending the holidays up there. We only live 96 miles away and still haven't done.

Harvey's Casino has a restaurant on the top floor of the hotel. The view of Lake Tahoe from up there is breath taking...

[mrs.daytona]

Harvey's Casino has a restaurant on the top floor of the hotel. The view of Lake Tahoe from up there is breath taking...

We usually eat at the top of Harrah's at their steak house, Friday's Station. We haven't tried 19 Kitchen~Bar in Harvey's yet. But yes, the view of the lake from up there, especially at sunset, is amazing!

[FormulaZR]

Is this Holiday going to include Snow Skiing Or Snow Boarding??? Gun Barrel at Heavenly was one of my favorite runs with Lake Tahoe in the background...

If we ski this year, it'll probably only be 1 or 2 days. We went to Tahoe last year...but 2 weeks before Christmas and skied for 3 days. Enjoyed Heavenly...it was...well...heavenly. Also enjoyed the Himmel Haus across the street (German style restaurant with some great German beer on tap). Sadly, though...at only 30 years old I have a horrible knee - not sure I'm confident enough to push it as hard again this year.

Sounds perfect. Tahoe is absolutely beautiful in the winter!!! Every year we talk about spending the holidays up there. We only live 96 miles away and still haven't done.

It sure is beautiful. So...my sister-in-law and her husband have been renting a cabin at Zephyr Point for many years. We went last year with them, but it was 2 weeks before Christmas. Absolutely beautiful. We decided to spend Christmas there this year after losing some family that makes a Christmas at home seem somewhat sad. Invited my mom...who surprisingly happily agreed to come. We'll be there for a week.

Another change is...this year we will be driving up from Lubbock, TX - we're going to leave a few days early and make a mini-vacation out of the drive also. We'll be within 100 miles of Havasu, so I'm sure we're going to have to stop there. Hope it'll be as fun as it sounds.

[mrs.daytona]

It sure is beautiful. So...my sister-in-law and her husband have been renting a cabin at Zephyr Point for many years. We went last year with them, but it was 2 weeks before Christmas. Absolutely beautiful. We decided to spend Christmas there this year after losing some family that makes a Christmas at home seem somewhat sad. Invited my mom...who surprisingly happily agreed to come. We'll be there for a week.

Another change is...this year we will be driving up from Lubbock, TX - we're going to leave a few days early and make a mini-vacation out of the drive also. We'll be within 100 miles of Havasu, so I'm sure we're going to have to stop there. Hope it'll be as fun as it sounds.

Sorry to hear that. Sometimes a change of pace can be a good thing. Enjoy the trip with your family, sounds like a lot of fun to me!