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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids' cousins in CA get a full week off for Thanksgiving and are off starting this Monday for Christmas. They don't end earlier for the summer and go back later in the fall.[/quote]

I grew up in California, post-Prop 13.

Yes, we got a lot of time off. We also got to take our lunch every day (no cafeteria), we could study Spanish or French only until Level II (freshman year if you started in MS), and we had our choice of 3 whole AP classes -- with enrollment capped at 30 students each per year.[/quote]

I also grew up in California, pre- and post-Prop 13.  We always had two weeks off at Christmas even before Prop 13.  I am also the youngest of 5 kids, the oldest being 15.5 years older than me, and they all also always had two weeks off at Christmas.  I was stunned when my daughter started school at MCPS and only had a week off.  My husband is from Texas, so we are travelling either to Texas or California for Christmas.  Texas isn't so hard to pull off because the flight is shorter and the time difference is only one hour, but California is really hard because the flight is longer and the time difference is 3 hours.  By the time my kids have adjusted to the time, it is time to go home.  Maybe California has just traditionally had more people with extended family in far away places, so there is an expectation of a long Christmas break for visiting that they have accommodated.  Though the DC area is similar--lots of people from lots of places.  I don't understand.  We end up taking off a few days before Christmas to extend our trip.  She is only in 1st grade now, so it has not been a problem.[/quote]

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