If Eva should go to camp next summer

[conuly]

Poll #20271

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And if I should send her a Christmas card while she's there....

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Best idea ever!
29 (90.6%)

Worst idea ever!
3 (9.4%)

Comments

[moxie_man]

Time it for 7/25. Many camps do "Christmas in July" or at least they did up this way in Maine back when I attended as a youth and served on staff.

[conuly]

That ruins the wtf factor a little.

[monanotlisa]

...I must have missed this cultural phenomenon; is this a US-American thing? An American thing? An Anglo thing?

[conuly]

Well, Christmas in July is a thing I've heard of, but I was mostly just inspired by the optimistic box of Christmas cards we bought ages and ages ago and never mailed.

[archersangel]

only if you write "in july" after christmas anywhere it appears on the card.

[conuly]

Hm. Maybe I should dig up a Hanukkah card for that extra weird.

[pauamma]

Are you planning to send her to camp in the Southern Hemisphere, then?

[conuly]

Nope!

[agoodwinsmith]

Only if you include money in it. :)

[conuly]

Hm. I could probably get a small amount of foreign currency. A single euro, say.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

??? She's not even back from this year's camp yet, is she? So how can anyone (even her!) hold a valid opinion about whether she should go next year? Ask her next Spring and see how she feels about it then.

[conuly]

See, now, if you were on DW you would've seen the poll and given me an answer to the crucial question: Should I send her a Christmas card at camp?

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Alas, lately I'm barely even on Lj. You wouldn't believe the clusterfuck my life has become this past month - it's a damn good thing I give no credence to 'Mercury In Retrograde' or any such woo; else would I surely despair.

IMHO, all holiday cards pertain solely
to their designated holidays. Sending them out-of-season for the sake of humor or irony is a stale jest at best, and at worst an incomprehensible one. The only people with a legitimate claim to celebrate 'Christmas In July' are those who are unlikely to live to see December; everyone else can wait their proper turn.

[conuly]

You may be right. Maybe I'll just send her a potato.

*hugs* I hope things get better for you real fast.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* Thanks hon - we're all hanging in here as best we can.

So... why a potato?

[conuly]

Because I can.

(Actually, she didn't get any of our letters, so next year I'm not sending her a thing if I can help it.)

[conuly]

Also, I'm leaving to pick her up in six hours.