I can only compare Thanksgiving with el puente de la Inmaculada (the Immaculate Holiday, isn't that a great name). In Spain, December the 6th and 8th are holidays, but the 7th isn't. That means that schools normally close down for week to three days, everyone thinks teachers have more holidays that they deserve and some lucky ones go skiiing. Most people take it as another symptom of the national laziness.

And here I am, in Cornell University, which is going to close down for five days, libraries included (those close for two days only), right before exam time. Everyone is going to visit family in the other end of the country, even with essays due really soon. I like that. I cannot relate to the celebration but it's good to see people looking forward to a break.

I need to tell everyone at home that we're not the only ones to go on holidays immediately before exam time. So much for the national laziness myth.

Bueno, en referencia a las vacaciones de los profesores, ¿qué me dices de las navidades? Eso es otra muestra de cómo, con un pie puesto en los parciales, una puede pasarse entre quince y veinte días en la calle, en el cine, en los bares, en fiestas y con la familia. Y el diecinueve de enero, el primer parcial de alguna asignatura te pilla desprevenida :P Así que puede que aún nuestra "laziness" supere a la americana...

Tenía la intuición, desde que vi el post de Gaiman, de que eras Laprofe además de Laguiri, y sólo he tenido que mirar tu lista de deseos en Amazon para corroborarlo. ¡Menuda sorpresa! Cualquiera diría que el foro se está trasladando a estos lares ;)