A Christmas Meme I'm stealing from Amy:
1.) Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Egg Nog with Rum. Yum.
2.) Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Fucker better wrap. Unless they're too big. Then he better put a bow on them, hide them and leave a trail of clues.
3.) Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored. I have those old-fashioned colored bulbs on the tree and Hershey's Kisses red and green ones on the mantel and staircase.
4.) Do you hang mistletoe? I did once in college. It's a long story and a very funny one (to me). Maybe I'll share it later today.
5.) When do you put your decorations up? I'm not allowed, by Post Marital Law, to put them up until the day after Thanksgiving. However, I sneak them out before to test his powers of observation. Thor sucks with the domestic details. I could put a Christmas tree in the bathroom and he probably wouldn't notice. But he's got that Law, by golly, and he's gonna quote it!
6.) What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Mashed potatoes. Not those damned Calico Beans my family is always insisting on making at the holidays, even though, in the Real World, Calico Beans are just for summer picnics. Stupid summer picnic Calico Beans at Christmas. How tacky is that? I think my family lived a former life in a Trailer Park. I've already warned the people bringing the food that if they bring Calico Beans over for Christmas Eve, they'll be eating them outside, on the porch. Where the summer food goes!
7.) Favorite Christmas memory as a child? When I was a kid, I loved Christmas Eve at my maternal grandparent's house, with some of our cousins. But now when I think back, I loved those Christmas Days at my paternal grandparent's house, where it stunk of lutefisk and there was always corn on my retarded Uncle's chin and you just hated to open the gifts because they were usually nothing a kid would ask for.
8.) When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Probably the day my big brother broke it to me. Wouldn't surprise me if I was 3 when the fucker did just that. Man, if he were alive now, I'd thump him on his melon. Santa-stealing big brother. Don't even get me started on how he tormented me when I got my first bra!
9.) Do you open a gift on Christmas eve? Oh kids, we have the best Christmas Eve ever. My extended family comes over and we play "Let's Make a Deal" complete with too many presents/prizes to open. After everyone goes home, we each open one gift then save the rest for Christmas morning. Now that the kids no longer believe in Santa Claus, I don't have to stay up way too late to sneak presents from him under the tree. Thank God for the Death of Santa.
10.) How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Big old fashioned colored lights and just about every ornament we own. No theme other than Overload.
11.) Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it Love it Love it! It keeps the old people home! Bring it on!
12.) Can you ice skate? Absolutely. And I spin. To stop. That's the only way I know how.
13.) Do you remember your favorite gift? One Christmas, I think I was about 13, I got a bunch of office supplies. Including a hippo-shaped stapler. That was awesome. I am weird.
14.) What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Gorging on food. Second is time spent with my family.
15.) What is your favorite holiday desert? Lefse. Although, technically it can be considered more than just desert! Depends on what you roll inside of it.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? The Christmas Eve family Let's Make a Deal Game. I'm going to try and talk them into a Family Talent Show for next year.
17.) What tops your tree? The ceiling. We got a pretty tall one this year.
18.) Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? Getting. Ain't I awful?
19.) What is your favorite Christmas Song? The 12 Days AFTER Christmas. We sang it when I was in junior high school. I'll type the words out for you another time.
21.) Favorite Christmas Movie? White Christmas. Or Holiday Inn. Which one has Danny Kaye? White Christmas. That one.
6:59 a.m. - December 05, 2006
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