Is this your serious response to a serious question? Or is the other post that you made on the same thread… the off topic post about getting married in Las Vegas?
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Its hard to come back…but ya gotta face reality! (My personal opinion)
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Where have you been, Megz? 
Back to sunny California?
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Ive been dealing with adjusting to life here!! Doing my very best to keep my sunshine spirit! Thank you for asking…how have you been??
Temps have really dropped here! -5 last night!!!
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My “awakening/awareness” of ”beingness” beyond the physical limitations of our 5 senses was a near death experience on the birth of my second daughter…
I agree though that what can be gleaned from such experiences have to be “bought back” and utilised to good effect in the playground of “reality” if we are to make a difference…x 
Naval gazing doesn’t hack it…x 
I think that’s what is known as being hoist with one’s own petard ! 
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Meghann,
I’ve wondered too, if you had popped back to Cali for some Christmas shopping & a top up tan.
Thought you’d be coming up with Christmas posts of all all sorts.
-5 in the North of Burgundy this morning & -6 forecast for 2nite, but a very warm +6 for tomorrow afternoon then temps rising a little for the week to come. Hoping for snow on Xmas eve but do so every Xmas.
If you want see something more Christmasey than the North of France, get a ticket for the South coast of England Folkstone, Ashford, Canerbury, Ramsgate, Margate, etc or London. in the last couple of weeks in December it’s all Christmas. But dress up warm it’s as cold & humid as the North of France.
Keep that sunshine spirit Cali Girl.
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Very tempted i have been to head home…but i dont like to lose life battles! I will do my best to stay here and conquer every obstacle that lies before me!
I did sell a book wreath to a lady in Lille…and of course im always finding ways to be creative!
Yogurt jars into candle holders!
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Much easier (and nicer) to drive to Germany.
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David,
I agree, I’ve have had some great times in Germany around Christmas & they certainly do Christams! But not sure Meganne speaks, so thought an English speaking country would suit. Frohe Weihnachten.
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Sould say But not sure Meganne speaks German.
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Ramsgate or Margate? Aachen or Ahrweiller? No choice really.
Plenty of English spoken in Aachen, Monchengladbach, Köln and Düsseldorf. Go to Bitburg or Trier and there will be plenty of Americans too.
Hey David,
Just thinking of an American girl in France which maybe a bit looking for a few homelies @ this time of year (language, Christmas culture, a few more decorations & a few things more Christmasie than you will ever find in France, the front of houses & store fronts lit up with decorations, flashing lights & good atmosphere in the pubs etc. HO Ho ho.
Les gouts et les couleurs der Geschmack und die Farben?
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We’ve normally got plenty of Christmassie ho ho ho…flashing lights/songs etc etc… but events over the past month have put rather a damper on things…
Two foreign countries, one with quality Christmas lights, markets and customs the other driven by commercialism and tat.
This is the funniest topic I’ve read in a long time 
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Peter,
lol, I can see y
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But Michael has a point, when looking for specific information it can be frustrating to scroll though tons of messages. Just sayin’ …
Ha ha… generally speaking the answers can be found in the first few replies… it is only after that (as a rule) that things can and often do… go haywire… hey, that’s life…