Too bad it isn't around dec 29 - jan 2. A lot of people have company shutdowns during that time, and don't necessarily want to do christmas stuff that long ;).

But I understand that everyone else also has time off then, so the cost of everything is very expensive.

That'd also overlap with 31C3: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2014/wiki/Main_Page

Well seeing how it doesn't have to be a full 3 weeks, even doing it during that time would still be ok, since you'd miss the conference goers, but get the company shutdowners.

This is very cool - anyone here willing to share experience?

This sounds like a great opportunity, if only I didn't start school on the 5th.