Christmas Around the World(not really)

 ♫ It's the most wonderful time of the year

It's the hap-happiest season of all--♫   

We are so sorry we can't finish the song for you because we forgot the rest of the lyrics. But let's not dwell on that, after all it is the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas was a few days ago but we can still feel the joy it brought! Let's see how potatoes from around the world spent their day! 

Gabriela; Half-potato; somewhere in Canada: 

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas. (yes I realize it passed) 
Everyone celebrates Christmas differently and I'm no exception. This Christmas was pretty much like all my other Christmases. 

On the first day of Christmas (Christmas Eve) Gabriela had dinner with her household. If there are any Polish potatoes reading this they'll get it. On Christmas Eve I gathered with my family to have supper. There are 12 different foods on the table, you have to have a bit of each. (you get full really fast). After supper we went to church and opened presents. Yes I got to open all of them.

On the second day of Christmas (Christmas Day) Gabriela had dinner with family. I went over to my uncles house and had a dinner there with family. (there's so many of us) after dinner and dessert, we open presents. (woo more presents) After all this and some catching up with the family, we headed home.

On the third day of Christmas (Boxing Day) Gabriela had family friends come over for dinner. While everyone fights in stores for the best deals, I sat at home and chilled with some friends. The parents partied upstairs while we dominated the basement. Eventually the party animals left and I got time to sleep.

For the rest of the holiday, my plans are bonding with my sisters, hanging with friends and chilling outside like the crazy person I am. (i kinda went outside in shorts with some friends...dont judge) That's my Christmas!


Camille; Half-potato; a different somewhere in Canada:

Merry Christmas! 
This was probably my most uneventful Christmas yet but I don't really mind. On Christmas Eve I went to Church with my family. After, we ate a nice dinner. Later on, at around midnight, we opened our presents. I spent my Christmas with my loved ones and that is also how I plan on spending the rest of my holidays. 


A bunch of random potatoes; Potatoes; A bunch of random places:

There is a tradition that we full potatoes no matter where we are in the world have. It is giving each other something important that we just got on that year. This shows that we truly care about each other, that we care more about other potatoes than some material object. Other than this potatoes spend their Christmas differently. There are some that like to sing carols. Many have a huge lunch with their family and friends that involve special holiday food like cakes. Some like to put on  Christmas themed plays and some like to watch these plays. However the potato spends their day it is sure to be joyful because everyone is surrounded loving and caring potatoes. 


So now you all have an idea of how different potatoes celebrated the wonderful, wonderful day of Christmas! What about you? How did you spend the wonderful, wonderful day? 

Oh and once again... WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS! (shh...yes we know this is a late greeting) 

FREEDOM(just for a bit)

so for the next two weeks THERE'S NO SCHOOL

WE ARE ON CHRISTMAS VACATION

Many humans spend their break doing things like sledding, skating, playing the flute and going away to different countries. There are even some that go to different countries just to play the flute while sledding. Full potatoes are on vacation just like us. Potatoes spend their vacation in a slightly different way. Many start to prepare for Christmas since there wasn't much time earlier due to school and work. They start to decorate their house, buy presents, and plan everything that they are going to do on Christmas. There are also some potatoes that like to just lay around all day after such tiring months and this contributes to the whole "couch potato" thing. The school break is a great time to enjoy the weather. Potatoes do things like roll around in the snow to become a snowball. If there are a lot of them they come together to build a fort while others have a snowball fight. Sometimes they also like to build a snowman while they are in snowball mode. Potatoes also go sledding, only they use baskets or whatever else they find on the farm. The potato version of skating is sliding around the ice and this is very popular among the young potatoes. The farthest most potatoes go during their break is across the road, as travelling takes a very long time and relatives usually aren't far away. 

So yeah that's what's happening. How about you? Are you on Christmas vacation too? If so, tell us what you're doing! 

HOT HOT HOT

Have you ever wondered about whether or not it's considered cooking yourself if you're a potato that goes to a hot tub? Well we have. Plenty of times actually. Since we are half humans and can't really understand the effects of a hot tub on a potato we asked several potatoes about their experiences and why they did it. Here are some responses: 

"When I was a young potato I sneaked into a hot tub to show off to my friends that I can do something adults can. At first it was great and  I became some great leader that my friends followed. They even followed me to the hot tub. We all pretended that we were being cooked in a soup. That was a bad idea because a human saw us and thought that her son was being lazy and tried to cook us there instead of going through a long procedure in the kitchen. The human did not approve of this so she took us to the kitchen to cook us. That was when we realized that the hot tub must have been broken or it's only called a hot tub to initimidate many because it wasn't really hot especially when you compare it to the pot in the kitchen. We weren't even in the pot yet but we could already feel the heat. Luckily, the human was called for an emergency meeting so we were able to escape. We were young and reckless back then so we went back to the hot tub for a bit even though there was the danger of being captured again. As for the dangers the hot tub brings to our health, I don't think there are any since we look like healthy potatoes."

- Bop Botato 

"Going to a hot tub is the reason why Iook older than those my age. When I was younger I hated how I looked more like my baby sister than those my age so I went to a hot tub to mature a bit. It took a few hours but it worked and I loved it! I ended up looking a bit more mature than those my age and this made those potatoes who made fun of me envy me! However, now that I'm older, I regret it because I now wish I looked younger but unfortunately there's nothing that helps with that. I definitely suggest that you all think about this before going in a hot tub"

- P. Otato

"One time for Halloween I wanted to be the scariest potato out there so I decided that I would be a witch. I realized that I didn't look too scary since I didn't look old enough to be like those witches you see in movies. This made me go try out the hot tub a few blocks away so that I would get wrinkly. After many hours it worked! I finally looked scary enough or Halloween! I got a good laugh after scaring so many children. Unfortunately, the wrinkles do not wear off so I'm now known as the local witch that everyone avoids. Always think things through because you might just end up like me."

- Ms. Patatolatogous

So based on these responses we can conclude that a short period of time in a hot tub won't really affect potatoes but it is better to stay away from them because if you lose track of time you might just regret it. 

ALWAYS STAY SAFE WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Shakey plane and opening cabins

I'm pretty sure those things where you put your luggages on a plane are called cabins but if not, I am terribly sorry for calling it by the wrong name. 

Anyways... I believe that either the pilot was not a potato or the weather has some anger towards potatoes on my flight back. The plane was always shaking and so I was uneasy but the worst part of my flight was about after 5 hours after taking off. It was bad enough that it was dark and the plane was shaking but then suddenly some of the the cabins opened by themselves and one of those was the one right above me. It was like those potato horror movies where you just know that the tomato is just going to jump out at in the middle of the chaos. It frightened me quite a bit and it made me realize how much I hate planes and I plan on not going on one anytime soon. Maybe my dislike is just some potato thing because obviously potatoes weren't meant to be up that high from their home, the ground. 

Unfortunately, I did not meet any potatoes there so I cannot compare those potatoes to the ones I know or tell you about how amazing they are. However, I did meet a lot of relatives. None of them were potatoes. I believe they were all full humans. It was nice to see some of my cousins but I felt quite uncomfortable with older relatives that told me they haven't seen me since I was a baby or something along those lines because it seemed that they've known me forever while I saw them as complete strangers. I can conclude that humans are harder to socialize with than potatoes. 

P.S. If you haven't noticed by now, I, Camille, am back from the Philippines!!!

Tell me if you're a potato living in the Philippines and I missed you during my vacation? 

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