Do Tell: Your Unexpected Holiday Celebrations
The holidays are all about traditions that bring family and friends together for quality time. But sometimes people use the break to do something other than just celebrating and gathering with family. This month, Moonshine Ink photographer Jared Alden asked community members:
What unexpected things will you do to celebrate the holidays this winter season?
Sean Whelan, Tahoe City
Developer and dad
I am going to test my patience and turn the kitchen over to my two teenage kids for Christmas dinner!
Bob Mizak, Tahoe Donner
Engineer
Since we just relocated here from Bethany Beach, Delaware, where the chances of having snow on Christmas are zero, we will definitely be doing something in the snow — snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing.
John Chan, Albuquerque, NM
Safety supervisor at a trucking company
Usually, I’d expect myself to be home for the holidays, but unexpectedly this year I drove back out here to where I used to live, in the Reno/Truckee/Tahoe area, to visit my family and enjoy a few of my favorite spots.
Garrett Gledhill, Prosser Heights
Trout Creek Rec Center/Elements Snow Removal/TDRPD climbing instructor
I usually try to go against the holiday flow and work a lot, so I’ll be at the Tahoe Donner Trout Creek Rec Center front desk helping members and then setting up new climbing routes at the TDRPD Climbing Wall.
Preston Bruce, Reno
Wildlife biologist
I will travel from the snowy Tahoe area to somewhere subtropical.
