Yep, for 3 weeks. I come back on Jan 2nd. I'm going from Ohio to Chicago, Chicago to Japan (a 4 hour lay over, yay for authentic sushi!), and Japan to Taiwan.
The jet lag is gonna be awful
Taiwan is a day ahead, so I think I lose
a day of sleep? 
The only down side is that I haven't spent Christmas in the U.S. for about 5 years so far. I've always been out of the country. I think 5 years
ago I was in Europe; Slovakia, to be exact. I don't really feel like going to Taiwan, I'm bored of it. 
So, in a few days, I'll be saying hello from Taipei, Taiwan!
AE
And I know how you feel about not being
home for Christmas. It hasn't happened to me for the last...yeah, 5 years too I think 
