Omg, are you serious?? That's brutal!
Although I guess Christmas day isn't that big of a deal where you are? Or am I wrong?
I remember one year, I'd just finished my stats exam, and went back to our office (a small office next to my advisor's office that his RAs used) to get my things. I popped my head into his office to tell him I was leaving and happy holidays and all that, and he very casually said "oh, before you go, can you write 10 pages on your methods section, and get it to me by the 24th?"
OMG, WTFBBQ!!!! I said "um, Scott, it's like 4 days till Christmas, and I have a ton of stuff to do..." He was all "oh, I'm sure you can get it done."
I had NO time over the next few days, so I e-mailed him and told him I'd get it into him between Christmas and New Year. He replied "okay, that's fine."
We had to take four stats classes, plus three classes that focused on research methodology rather than statistical methods.
I was never very good at pure stats, had to work my ass off to get very average marks. Sarah glances at the work, and gets sickeningly high marks.
It's been better since late last night, the wind died down a bit. It's been minus in the teens, with windchills around minus low 20s. Right now it's -10, with a windchill of -16. I checked the other day and saw how bad it is where you are.
I suppose that's more normal for you, though?