A Cheerful Christmas Meme
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sagefemme11; feel free to perpetuate this little piece of teh Interweb love.
Wrapping paper or gift bags? I mix it up. I love gift wrap but don’t have the manual dexterity to make it super crisp so over the years I have defaulted to non-traditional wrapping for presents. Bags bore me but I do use them if I can’t think of anything better or the gift is very oddly shaped.
Real or artificial tree? Real. I love the smell so much I have a big candle that smells like a Christmas tree that I burn all year long. It’s the thing I miss the most about not having a home? No tree
When do you put up the tree? Usually December 23 or 24.
When do you take the tree down? January 7, the day after Little Christmas
Do you like eggnog? I don’t like eggs, I don’t like dairy yet I like egg nog (in limited doses and liberally spiked with bourbon or rum)
Do you like Fruitcake? ACK! That would be no.
Favorite gift received as a child? I didn’t celebrate Christmas as a child. I didn’t get my first Christmas present until I was 16
Favorite gift received as an adult? For sheer material value, I would say a the new car I got for a 1st anniversary/Christmas present. For sheer sentimental value it would have to either be the set of dishes my sister bought me the first Christmas she and I spent together or the dresser Jim gave me last year.
Do you have a nativity scene? Yes I do.
Hardest person to buy for? The kids, I have *no* idea what’s age appropriate
Easiest person to buy for? The kids. My sister tells me what they need/want
Worst Christmas gift you ever received? A flimsy, pink, plastic bathroom cleaning set (toilet brush, bucket, cheap plastic waste basket) complete with the tag still on the bottom of the wastebasket. UGH. I got the short stick of the Office Secret Santa that year.
Mail or email Christmas cards? Christmas Cards
Favorite Christmas Movie? Meet Me in St Louis or Scrooged
When do you start shopping for Christmas? I make most of my presents but I try to be done with most of my shopping by early December
Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Of course, but never to or from people I really like.
Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Prime Rib or some other form of roasted meat
Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear lights, I like to leave the color to the ornaments
Favorite Christmas song? Nancy LaMott does an awesome medley of Bring the Torch Jeannette, Isabella and I Saw Three Ships. To sing? O Holy Night or Porpora’s Magnificat
"All Christmas/All the Time" station on the radio in the car? Sometimes
All time favorite Christmas album? I have this CD called God Comes Tomorrow that is one of the few that has music specifically for Advent as well as Christmas
Favorite Christmas TV Special? A Charlie Brown Christmas and A Wish for Wings That Work: They both make me weepy
Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel
If you could spend Christmas, even just once, anywhere in the world, where? In a well stocked, cozy bungalow with a fireplace, Someplace very snowy, with someone special who will probably be on the computer while I read.
Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes (Donner, Blitzen, Vixen, Prancer, Dasher, Comet, Cupit and sometimes Rudolph)
Tree topper? A Christmas bear
Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? Open one present Christmas Eve and the rest Christmas Day
Most annoying thing about this time of year? People who insist that Christmas is secular and people who insist The Holidays are religious. [Edited to read the way I meant it to read, thanks,tactisle]
Do you decorate your tree in any specific theme or color? Cranberry and Birch wood
What do/did you leave for Santa? My hearty thanks
[ETA: I've got to be more careful making posts this long after while I'm nipping at the egg nog. Shame on me, heh.]
sagefemme11; feel free to perpetuate this little piece of teh Interweb love.Wrapping paper or gift bags? I mix it up. I love gift wrap but don’t have the manual dexterity to make it super crisp so over the years I have defaulted to non-traditional wrapping for presents. Bags bore me but I do use them if I can’t think of anything better or the gift is very oddly shaped.
Real or artificial tree? Real. I love the smell so much I have a big candle that smells like a Christmas tree that I burn all year long. It’s the thing I miss the most about not having a home? No tree
When do you put up the tree? Usually December 23 or 24.
When do you take the tree down? January 7, the day after Little Christmas
Do you like eggnog? I don’t like eggs, I don’t like dairy yet I like egg nog (in limited doses and liberally spiked with bourbon or rum)
Do you like Fruitcake? ACK! That would be no.
Favorite gift received as a child? I didn’t celebrate Christmas as a child. I didn’t get my first Christmas present until I was 16
Favorite gift received as an adult? For sheer material value, I would say a the new car I got for a 1st anniversary/Christmas present. For sheer sentimental value it would have to either be the set of dishes my sister bought me the first Christmas she and I spent together or the dresser Jim gave me last year.
Do you have a nativity scene? Yes I do.
Hardest person to buy for? The kids, I have *no* idea what’s age appropriate
Easiest person to buy for? The kids. My sister tells me what they need/want
Worst Christmas gift you ever received? A flimsy, pink, plastic bathroom cleaning set (toilet brush, bucket, cheap plastic waste basket) complete with the tag still on the bottom of the wastebasket. UGH. I got the short stick of the Office Secret Santa that year.
Mail or email Christmas cards? Christmas Cards
Favorite Christmas Movie? Meet Me in St Louis or Scrooged
When do you start shopping for Christmas? I make most of my presents but I try to be done with most of my shopping by early December
Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Of course, but never to or from people I really like.
Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Prime Rib or some other form of roasted meat
Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear lights, I like to leave the color to the ornaments
Favorite Christmas song? Nancy LaMott does an awesome medley of Bring the Torch Jeannette, Isabella and I Saw Three Ships. To sing? O Holy Night or Porpora’s Magnificat
"All Christmas/All the Time" station on the radio in the car? Sometimes
All time favorite Christmas album? I have this CD called God Comes Tomorrow that is one of the few that has music specifically for Advent as well as Christmas
Favorite Christmas TV Special? A Charlie Brown Christmas and A Wish for Wings That Work: They both make me weepy
Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel
If you could spend Christmas, even just once, anywhere in the world, where? In a well stocked, cozy bungalow with a fireplace, Someplace very snowy, with someone special who will probably be on the computer while I read.
Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes (Donner, Blitzen, Vixen, Prancer, Dasher, Comet, Cupit and sometimes Rudolph)
Tree topper? A Christmas bear
Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? Open one present Christmas Eve and the rest Christmas Day
Most annoying thing about this time of year? People who insist that Christmas is secular and people who insist The Holidays are religious. [Edited to read the way I meant it to read, thanks,
tactisle]Do you decorate your tree in any specific theme or color? Cranberry and Birch wood
What do/did you leave for Santa? My hearty thanks
[ETA: I've got to be more careful making posts this long after while I'm nipping at the egg nog. Shame on me, heh.]
