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Christmas Meme
17 years ago
1. Real tree or Artificial Tree? -- A real one, this year.
2. Italian lights, LED lights, or Old fashioned bulbs on your tree? -- Old-fashioned ones, if and when we can get them untangled.
3. Do you prefer Tinsel or Garland? -- Both; Christmas is a time to be gaudy.
4. What kind of ornaments are on your tree? -- Ornaments collected over my lifetime.
5. Do you have a favorite? -- There's a Snoopy ornament that I've always been fond of.
6. Angel on the tree top or a star? -- A star.
7. When do you take the tree down? -- When we can no longer stand the smell of pine.
8. Do you have a Nativity Scene (Creche)? -- We used to, not anymore.
9. Where do you set the Nativity Scene up? -- When we had it up, on the coffee table.
10. Do you celebrate Advent before Christmas? -- No.
11. Do you celebrate the Feast of the Three Kings? -- No.
12. Do you celebrate other faith holidays during this season? -- No.
13. Is there a special thing you do (or have done) with your family at Christmastime? -- We go to the movies, since it usually isn't packed on Christmas Day.
14. Do you go to church on Christmas, watch it on TV, or nothing at all? -- Church hasn't been a focus of our lives for at least the last decade.
15. Have you ever put out cookies and drink for Santa? His reindeer? -- For Santa, yes...not for his reindeer.
16. Did you ever try to stay up and see Santa? -- A couple of times.
17. Do you still believe in Santa? If not, when did you stop? -- No; about age 12, I became disillusioned about a lot of things.
18. What is your funniest memory of Santa? -- A department store Santa losing it when a kid wet himself on his lap.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? -- "You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen...Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen..." and Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all.
20. Who are "Hardrock, Cocoa, and Joe?" -- Not a clue.
21. Do you like it to snow at Christmas? -- Yes.
22. What is your favorite Animated Christmas movie on TV? -- My new favorite is the often-overlooked "A Wish for Wings That Work", a joint effort between Amblin and Berke Breathed.
23. What is your favorite Non-animated Christmas movie on TV? -- "It's a Wonderful Life".
24, Who is your favorite "A Christmas Carol" ghost? And why? -- The Ghost of Christmas Past; the past is where I spend most of my time.
25. What is your favorite Christmas song (religious)? -- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
26. What is your favorite Christmas song (secular)? -- "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
27. What is your favorite Santa Christmas song? -- The one from the Futurama episode "Xmas Story".
28. What is your favorite holiday drink (alcoholic or non)? -- EGGNOG!
29. What is your favorite holiday snack food? -- Cookies!
30. Do you prefer hot cocoa or Eggnog? -- Ooh...hot cocoa.
31. What is your favorite Christmas cookie? -- Gingerbread.
32. What do you love to eat at your Christmas dinner? -- Mashed potatoes.
33. What's your favorite Christmas dinner dessert? -- Pie.
34. Do you string up your Christmas Cards, Put them in a card bin, or set them up on a table? -- I don't get Christmas cards.
35. Do you (have you) ever go (gone) Christmas caroling? -- No and no.
36. Have you ever been kissed under the Mistletoe? -- No.
37. Have you ever dressed your pet up for Christmas? -- No.
38. What is your most favorite Christmas story? -- "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
39. What is your most favorite Christmas memory? -- Christmas in Disneyland, age 7.
40. If you were a "Christmas Character," who would you be? -- The Yeti from the Claymation "Rudolph"
41. Do you open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? -- In the morning.
42. Do you all take turns, or just "dive in" and scramble? -- We take turns; greed is no reason not to be civil.
43. Do you like to give or get presents? -- Both.
44. Best Christmas gift you ever received? -- A keyboard, when I was 8.
45. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? -- "Lester the Unlikely", when I was 9.
46. Were you gracious about receiving it? -- No.
47. Most Favorite gift received as a child? -- A shirt from my grandmother; Wile E. Coyote on one side, "Genius Wear" on the other.
48. Hardest person to buy for? -- My mom.
49. Easiest person to buy for? -- My sister.
50. Have you ever made a Christmas gift for someone? -- Yes.
51. Have you ever "re-gifted" a Christmas present? -- No.
52. What you hate most about shopping for Christmas gifts? -- "All the lines, lines, lines, lines!"
53. What is your favorite "scent" during the holidays? -- Peppermint.
54. Do you go to your company's Holiday Party? -- I did this year.
55. Most wonderful thing about this time of the year? -- The cold.
56. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? -- The frenzy.
57. Do you do something for a complete stranger at this time of year? -- Not in general, no.
58. Do you do something special for yourself at this time of year? -- Never.
59. What do you want for Christmas this year? -- To be happy.
60. If you had one wish to give to anyone this Christmas, what would it be? -- I wish I didn't feel so alone.
2. Italian lights, LED lights, or Old fashioned bulbs on your tree? -- Old-fashioned ones, if and when we can get them untangled.
3. Do you prefer Tinsel or Garland? -- Both; Christmas is a time to be gaudy.
4. What kind of ornaments are on your tree? -- Ornaments collected over my lifetime.
5. Do you have a favorite? -- There's a Snoopy ornament that I've always been fond of.
6. Angel on the tree top or a star? -- A star.
7. When do you take the tree down? -- When we can no longer stand the smell of pine.
8. Do you have a Nativity Scene (Creche)? -- We used to, not anymore.
9. Where do you set the Nativity Scene up? -- When we had it up, on the coffee table.
10. Do you celebrate Advent before Christmas? -- No.
11. Do you celebrate the Feast of the Three Kings? -- No.
12. Do you celebrate other faith holidays during this season? -- No.
13. Is there a special thing you do (or have done) with your family at Christmastime? -- We go to the movies, since it usually isn't packed on Christmas Day.
14. Do you go to church on Christmas, watch it on TV, or nothing at all? -- Church hasn't been a focus of our lives for at least the last decade.
15. Have you ever put out cookies and drink for Santa? His reindeer? -- For Santa, yes...not for his reindeer.
16. Did you ever try to stay up and see Santa? -- A couple of times.
17. Do you still believe in Santa? If not, when did you stop? -- No; about age 12, I became disillusioned about a lot of things.
18. What is your funniest memory of Santa? -- A department store Santa losing it when a kid wet himself on his lap.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? -- "You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen...Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen..." and Rudolph, the most famous reindeer of all.
20. Who are "Hardrock, Cocoa, and Joe?" -- Not a clue.
21. Do you like it to snow at Christmas? -- Yes.
22. What is your favorite Animated Christmas movie on TV? -- My new favorite is the often-overlooked "A Wish for Wings That Work", a joint effort between Amblin and Berke Breathed.
23. What is your favorite Non-animated Christmas movie on TV? -- "It's a Wonderful Life".
24, Who is your favorite "A Christmas Carol" ghost? And why? -- The Ghost of Christmas Past; the past is where I spend most of my time.
25. What is your favorite Christmas song (religious)? -- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
26. What is your favorite Christmas song (secular)? -- "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
27. What is your favorite Santa Christmas song? -- The one from the Futurama episode "Xmas Story".
28. What is your favorite holiday drink (alcoholic or non)? -- EGGNOG!
29. What is your favorite holiday snack food? -- Cookies!
30. Do you prefer hot cocoa or Eggnog? -- Ooh...hot cocoa.
31. What is your favorite Christmas cookie? -- Gingerbread.
32. What do you love to eat at your Christmas dinner? -- Mashed potatoes.
33. What's your favorite Christmas dinner dessert? -- Pie.
34. Do you string up your Christmas Cards, Put them in a card bin, or set them up on a table? -- I don't get Christmas cards.
35. Do you (have you) ever go (gone) Christmas caroling? -- No and no.
36. Have you ever been kissed under the Mistletoe? -- No.
37. Have you ever dressed your pet up for Christmas? -- No.
38. What is your most favorite Christmas story? -- "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
39. What is your most favorite Christmas memory? -- Christmas in Disneyland, age 7.
40. If you were a "Christmas Character," who would you be? -- The Yeti from the Claymation "Rudolph"
41. Do you open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? -- In the morning.
42. Do you all take turns, or just "dive in" and scramble? -- We take turns; greed is no reason not to be civil.
43. Do you like to give or get presents? -- Both.
44. Best Christmas gift you ever received? -- A keyboard, when I was 8.
45. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? -- "Lester the Unlikely", when I was 9.
46. Were you gracious about receiving it? -- No.
47. Most Favorite gift received as a child? -- A shirt from my grandmother; Wile E. Coyote on one side, "Genius Wear" on the other.
48. Hardest person to buy for? -- My mom.
49. Easiest person to buy for? -- My sister.
50. Have you ever made a Christmas gift for someone? -- Yes.
51. Have you ever "re-gifted" a Christmas present? -- No.
52. What you hate most about shopping for Christmas gifts? -- "All the lines, lines, lines, lines!"
53. What is your favorite "scent" during the holidays? -- Peppermint.
54. Do you go to your company's Holiday Party? -- I did this year.
55. Most wonderful thing about this time of the year? -- The cold.
56. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? -- The frenzy.
57. Do you do something for a complete stranger at this time of year? -- Not in general, no.
58. Do you do something special for yourself at this time of year? -- Never.
59. What do you want for Christmas this year? -- To be happy.
60. If you had one wish to give to anyone this Christmas, what would it be? -- I wish I didn't feel so alone.
