Our first Northern Christmas
We were both sad that we weren’t able to spend the holidays with our family and friends. I do have to admit that I loved the slow paced, relaxed Christmas we celebrated here. No busy shopping malls, no Christmas music playing since October, no running from here to there to see everyone that is important to us.
Etienne worked Christmas Eve day, so I spent it cleaning. I know, not very exciting, but it was nice to know that I was able to Celebrate Christmas in a clean house. We invited one of our friends over for dinner and I roasted a chicken. It was a very nice, low-key evening.
Even though it was Christmas day, there is still work to be done. So Etienne had to work a few hours in the morning. We were finally able to open our gifts around 10:30. Our families totally spoiled us this year. We are all prepared for a long, cold winter. We received a tonne of books, DVD’s and even Pictionary.
For a while, I have said that I wanted to start scrapbooking our experiences up here. I was given a wide variety of wonderful scrapbooking stuff. Now, I definitely need to get off my butt and start. I have never done it before, so if anyone has any tips, suggestions or words of wisdom, I will graciously accept them!
Cisco even got a couple of presents. One on them was an edible Christmas Card! Thanks Jack!
After gift opening, we were initially going to head over to the Naja Isabelle home for a Christmas lunch. Since Etienne and I had been up most of the night for work, we decided to just hang out at home. We are helping take care of a neighbors dog while they are on holidays. I went over and picked her up and let her and Cisco play outside for a while. It was a gorgeous day out. Clear blue skies, sunny and only -24ºc. Once they were done, we brought them in and relaxed for a bit.
Etienne bought me Mario Brothers Wii for Christmas so we decided to try it out. All I have to say is that it is totally addictive. It’s a great game cause we both play together. No one has to sit around waiting to get a turn. We ended up playing right to the point where we were due to head out for Christmas dinner.
We then went next door for turkey dinner. The night wouldn’t be complete without a little bit more Wii. Everyone took their turn at Bowling. It was very entertaining.
Instead of the typical Boxing Day shopping, we spent the day playing Wii. That’s right, we spent the entire day playing. All in all, it was a wonderful Christmas this year. I don’t even think I put on the typical 10 pounds. It was nice not to have all those holiday temptations. I think I could get used to this kind of Christmas 
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The above photo is me and her. You probably had it all figured out anyways. We are about to live a once in a lifetime experience, The Great White Canadian Arctic. We have decided to create this blog to keep our friends, families and curious strangers abreast of our adventures. I'm sure a few misadventures as well. All while living in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut. Read on to see what it's all about!
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Oh! And by the way, this is Cisco, our dog. Even though she likes to puke a lot, she's still part of the family and will partake in our adventure to the North. She'll be sure to keep us on our toes and keep the polar bears at bay! She's also good for a few laughs in between leg humping sessions. We still haven't figured out how to stop that...
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December 27th, 2009 at 16:00
Love the edible card! I do digital not paper scrapbooking but if you want layout ideas there are lots on scrapgirls.com. They have a newsletter that they send you every day (if you sign up) and it always has 3-4 pages you can use for inspiration.
December 27th, 2009 at 16:08
Awesome!! Thank you so much. I’ll have a look at it.
December 27th, 2009 at 17:53
Missed you guys this year for Christmas at our place it was anything but quite !!!!!! You know what it’s like Uncle Al was a pretty good Boy !!!
When you come in March we will have to do some scrapbooking shopping.
If you thing of things you need let me know and I can look for some good deals.
can’t wate for march !!!
December 27th, 2009 at 18:21
Missed u guys for Christmas!! We tried out the super Mario bros for wii too on xmas day…how did u play all day??!?!!! my thumb was sore after a few hours!! hahaha it is pretty addictive tho! just like the old one….
December 28th, 2009 at 20:52
Glad you enjoyed your relaxed Christmas!
Etienne, j’espère que tu as été impressionné de la boite ds laquelle j’ai fitté ton cadeau!! Je pensais jamais que ça rentrerait ds une si petite boite ;o)
December 28th, 2009 at 21:18
Oui, pas mal impressionné. Il me fait très bien en plus! Je t’envois une photo bientôt.