Every year right around the Christmas holiday, my grandparents
gets everyone in our family from all over Canada together in Trail, British Columbia
to spend some quality time with each other. We do lots of activities including
ice fishing, tobogganing, snowmobiling, shopping and just talking, but no
matter what it is we were doing, it was always enjoyable. One of the most
memorable activities we had was a few years back when we visited a frozen over
lake just outside of my grandparent’s home town. We ended up getting a nice
party going just off the shore where the little kids would run around sliding
along the ice while the adults would chat around the propane barbeque. My uncle’s
friend brought an ATV to the gathering, and let us drive it on the ice. We had
fun taking turns doing donuts around the lake and catching up with distant
family, and we even got a hole drilled into the ice for some ice fishing. We
ended up creating a very delicious makeshift Christmas Eve lunch on the ice
that day; we had venison, fish, green beans, potatoes, turkey and gravy all out
on the lake for what was one of the best meals I’ve ever had. We ended up
packing everything up and heading home for an even better Christmas Eve dinner,
and slept soundly due to all the Tryptophan we took in while eating turkey. The
morning after was also great with everyone gathering to give and receive presents
while creating small talk about the weather and such, and gathering for another
amazing meal at the end of the day. Even years later, I remember how fun that
day on the lake was.
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