'Tis the season
My SP9 hostess, Shelby, just posted this Christmas meme in her blog.
(Wait a minute--it's almost Christmas already?)
1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Um, does egg nog have chocolate in it? Didn't think so. So it's hot chocolate, hands down.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just leave them under the tree?
There's no lazy Santa around here. Santa wraps everything or else no one's leaving cookies out for him!
3. Colored lights or white lights on the tree/house?
I don't trust myself to use colored lights tastefully without turning my home into a baroque masterpiece that looks like it should be in a Liberace theme park. I play it safe and stick to just white lights.
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
I never have. Where do people find that stuff, anyway?
5. When do you put up your decorations?
Usually the first weekend of December or thereabouts. That gives us time to recover from Thanksgiving and still be able to enjoy the decorations for several weeks.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
(You mean there are holiday dishes other than dessert? Are you making that up?)
Tofurky with extra tofurky gravy. ("Extra"? Who am I kidding--my ideal is to have a whole trough of the stuff on the side!)
7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Santa Claus and one of his "assistants" visited my house in mid-December to ask my little brother and me what we wanted for Christmas. When I asked him about the Volkswagen Beetle parked in front of the house, he said that the reindeer were resting up for Christmas. I was in first grade at the time, so of course I totally believed him.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
No way! That's just wrong.
10. What kind of decorations are on your Christmas tree?
We have a few hand-me-down ornaments (mostly stuff that Jan grew up with), a few "filler" pieces (ornament balls from IKEA), and lots of stuff that we've gotten together. We make it a point to buy a couple of new ornaments every year (usually from a place like Ten Thousand Villages). And whenever we travel, we always get a souvenir ornament.
11. Snow: love it or dread it?
Love it!
12. Can you ice skate?
Is "without falling down" implied in that question? If not, then the answer is yes.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Not really. I'm always happy with the gifts I receive every year, but I rarely remember them. What really sticks in my mind is the whole Christmas-y ambiance: family, friends, lights, food, music.
14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Pausing to reflect about the past and the future. Thinking about where I've been over the year and where I'm going next year.
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Pretty much anything with sugar and fat in it. If pressed to name something that's made at this time of year, I'd say that I'm quite fond of a good buche de Noel.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Enjoying the homemade cinnamon buns (Rose Levy Berenbaum's recipe, natch!) that Jan makes on Christmas morning.
17. What tops your tree?
Nothing.
18. What is your favorite holiday book?
I don't really have one. But my favorite Christmas movie is Miracle on 34th Street--the original, black-and-white version, of course.
19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
"Sleigh Ride"
20. Candy canes?
Only the red-and-white ones. And only in moderation.
(Wait a minute--it's almost Christmas already?)
1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Um, does egg nog have chocolate in it? Didn't think so. So it's hot chocolate, hands down.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just leave them under the tree?
There's no lazy Santa around here. Santa wraps everything or else no one's leaving cookies out for him!
3. Colored lights or white lights on the tree/house?
I don't trust myself to use colored lights tastefully without turning my home into a baroque masterpiece that looks like it should be in a Liberace theme park. I play it safe and stick to just white lights.
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
I never have. Where do people find that stuff, anyway?
5. When do you put up your decorations?
Usually the first weekend of December or thereabouts. That gives us time to recover from Thanksgiving and still be able to enjoy the decorations for several weeks.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
(You mean there are holiday dishes other than dessert? Are you making that up?)
Tofurky with extra tofurky gravy. ("Extra"? Who am I kidding--my ideal is to have a whole trough of the stuff on the side!)
7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Santa Claus and one of his "assistants" visited my house in mid-December to ask my little brother and me what we wanted for Christmas. When I asked him about the Volkswagen Beetle parked in front of the house, he said that the reindeer were resting up for Christmas. I was in first grade at the time, so of course I totally believed him.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
No way! That's just wrong.
10. What kind of decorations are on your Christmas tree?
We have a few hand-me-down ornaments (mostly stuff that Jan grew up with), a few "filler" pieces (ornament balls from IKEA), and lots of stuff that we've gotten together. We make it a point to buy a couple of new ornaments every year (usually from a place like Ten Thousand Villages). And whenever we travel, we always get a souvenir ornament.
11. Snow: love it or dread it?
Love it!
12. Can you ice skate?
Is "without falling down" implied in that question? If not, then the answer is yes.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Not really. I'm always happy with the gifts I receive every year, but I rarely remember them. What really sticks in my mind is the whole Christmas-y ambiance: family, friends, lights, food, music.
14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Pausing to reflect about the past and the future. Thinking about where I've been over the year and where I'm going next year.
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Pretty much anything with sugar and fat in it. If pressed to name something that's made at this time of year, I'd say that I'm quite fond of a good buche de Noel.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Enjoying the homemade cinnamon buns (Rose Levy Berenbaum's recipe, natch!) that Jan makes on Christmas morning.
17. What tops your tree?
Nothing.
18. What is your favorite holiday book?
I don't really have one. But my favorite Christmas movie is Miracle on 34th Street--the original, black-and-white version, of course.
19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
"Sleigh Ride"
20. Candy canes?
Only the red-and-white ones. And only in moderation.
1 Comments:
"Sleigh Ride"!? How did I not know this about you? Leroy Anderson is the kitschy music devil incarnate. Gah! Homesquirrel, this is stunning news to me. I must go soak my head.
Fondly,
Bede
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