It's Holiday Time!



VCC Baking Department's Gingerbread House

 There are a lot of things to do around Vancouver this month. If you go downtown, you can visit the Gingerbread Lane display at the Hyatt Hotel on Burrard Street. It's free.


Gingerbread is a kind of cookie from Europe. A tradition started of building houses from gingerbread at Christmas time. Many Canadians make or buy a small one to keep at home. But the houses on Gingerbread Lane are huge! And fancy!
If you want to know about some other events around the city, click here.

On the other hand, if you miss your English class and want to study, you can go to one of the Outreach ESL Learning Centres in the public libraries. All of them close on Tuesday, December 21 and open again on January 4, 2011. The learning centres are free and you can drop in any time they are open. For addresses and schedules, click here. 

Merry Christmas - and have a wonderful holiday.

Some VCC students will soon have U-Passes

Last week, many students voted 'Yes' or 'No' - to have a U-Pass at VCC or not. A U-Pass is a student bus pass that is only $30 per month for all zones.

This pass will only be available for students who study 12 hours each week or more. Most Outreach students don't study 12 hours. But if a student takes two classes, they might get a U-Pass.

We will have more information in January about the new program.

It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas

This weekend many families will begin decorating for Christmas. If the weather is good, they might put lights outside their homes. Even a few lights look bright and cheerful. (For information about how to put up lights, safety and energy-saving lights, click here.)

Some families have an Advent Calendar. Each day of December, one person (usually a child) opens the door on the calendar for that day. Sometimes there is a chocolate inside! Everyone is counting the days until Christmas.