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on Saturday, November 25, 2006 7:37:49 AM
I was in Greece for the start of the 2003 Christmas season. It was a treat I’ll never forget for a variety of reasons. Most of us think about going home, and for the first time in my life, I got the chance to see how another part of the world celebrated this wonderful holiday.
After the long plane trip and a wake up shower, Fred took me out for a meal and a short stroll around so I could get a sense of direction in the area. He had been in Greece for several months working on the 2004 Athens Olympic games, so he had the basic ropes down fairly well.
I can remember going to some giant warehouse place not unlike Sam’s Club just after Christmas with Fred so he could stock up and maybe look for some Christmas gifts to send back to the states to his children. As we wandered through the aisles, I heard him thinking out loud, “I need a gift for Lois…what am I going to get her?” …more