Word: tahiti
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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People ask me all the time what Christmas in Tahiti is like, and I'll be honest with you: I don't know quite what to tell them. Never having been to Tahiti myself, you understand, in general or at Christmas in particular. But let's level with each other: I don't think it's a very big deal. I mean, for one thing, it's probably eighty degrees in Tahiti at Christmas time, and for another, they're probably not even used to celebrating it. So my guess is that people kind of play Christmas...
...even know if they have Christmas carols in Tahiti, to tell you the truth. Even if they do, again, I doubt anybody makes any big deal about it. I mean, little kids probably don't carol in front of the governor-general's house, although my reading of the whole thing is that the govenor-general and his kids probably slip in a few carols on Christmas eve, without making a bog deal of it or anything. Maybe they have a little Christmas tree, nothing pretentions, but if I know my governor-generals they don't just...
Maybe the governor-general's friends are jealous of him for being in Tahiti and all. He's got a pretty sweet deal, right? Nice weather, not much to do, a big white mansion, beaches, all that stuff. Who's to say there isn't even a little fooling around on the side? Anybody's got to admit there would be worse things than being governor-general...
...never been there myself, but I think I've got as good an idea as the next guy about what the general situation is down there. Take my brother-in-law, for example. When he was in the Navy he had a buddy who'd been down to Tahiti, and this guy could confirm the whole thing, detail for detail--the palm trees, the beaches, the governor-general, everything...
...moderately priced; Manzanillo, on Mexico's Pacific Coast, promises to become the world's next deep-sea fishing capital. Nicaragua and Colombia are also enjoying a vogue. For the gregarious, the biggest bargains in the sun are probably the French-accented Club Mediterranee resorts, from Guadeloupe to Tahiti...