Deby Dahlgren

Dear Friends,

My way to help my community in this time of the year is from my Restaurant Server/Bartender job.

From the beginning of november to New Year’s Eve, I worked in different fonctions in Catering and Dining room. As you know I have seen a lot of beautiful desserts and a lot of turkeys, that stayed behind including cheese.
Too much food have been order and at the end of the night my supervisor let me take the extra and I took the food home and I distributed to my neighbourhood.
I brought also some desserts to my favorite Trift Store, where I knew people get paid at minimum wage and they are amazing staff……The pleasure is for me too………I love to see their face when I brought those dessert.

Doing in the community is easy, just took me few minutes to pack turkey, cheeses or dessert every night.

JOYEUX NOEL et BONNE ANNEE

LINN BOUCHARD
Vancouver
OLYMPIC GAMES 2010

Dear ITMI Family,  One year many years ago, I was living in Europe.  For Christmas, I was in Bacoli, my grandfather’s ancestral home west of Naples. The relatives were of modest means, but as we visited house to house, we were always offered an aperitif and a sweet refreshment of some type.  Everyone was so hospitable because we were family.  That New Years, a friend and I went to visit a German friend in Dusseldorf.  We celebrated the new year in a local hotel.  I have never had more fun!  We ended up bunnyhopping around the hotel up and down the stairs and hallways.  The Germans sure know how to play when they celebrate.   I love the holiday traditions in Europe and the sense of friendship I found then and now when I visit these many years later.

Genie

Wishing all a very Merry Chirstmas and a Happy New Year.

I am in Germany for the holidays… was in Austria for a weeks skiing vacation.

Cheers to all

Lilia Burke