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Heading home to see family or visiting the in-laws just doesn’t seem to be Justin Trudeau’s style.

The PM jetted off to Costa Rica on Friday to start his Christmas vacation.

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Well, given that his public calendar says “personal,” we have to hope that it means it’s a vacation and that we won’t see Trudeau and his family parading around the country in traditional Costa Rican garb. I can see it now, the PM wandering the streets with a white linen shirt open almost to his belly button, a red handkerchief tied around his neck.

I’m sure he’s learned some choice Spanish phrases to make sure he doesn’t embarrass us.

But as I said, hopefully this is a vacation and not a trip to serve as another national embarrassment, like India or even his recent trip to the NATO summit where he was caught on camera mocking Donald Trump with other world leaders at Buckingham Palace.

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Yet even Trudeau vacations can lead to bad headlines, embarrassing stories and investigations. We all remember the trip the PM took to Bell Island, the private retreat of his “friend” the Aga Khan.