Holiday fun
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Egg Nog
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? unwrapped
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? I don't decorate with lights, but I do like to see tasteful ones in the neighborhood
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No, I just grab people and kiss them anyway
5. When do you put your decorations up? the day after Thanksgiving; I also buy all of my gifts by Thanksgiving day
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? broc and cheese or dressing
7. Favorite Christmas memory as a child? the year that my grandpa made me a Barbie sized doll house; It was a replica of my house and the roof lifted off, so you could look into the house from the top instead of the sides like other dollhouses. It was fully furnished with a piano, a working stereo, working lights, a christmas tree, crocheted afghans (done by my grandma), a framed picture of me, china and silverware, a stocked refrig with ice cubes in the tray The only problem was that there wasn't a toilet in the bathroom. that always bothered me, so I went to some store like Cracker Barrel and bought a wooden outhouse that I stuck in the bathroom. Yes, it was a redneck dollhouse.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Santa's not real? Really, though, some classmate told me that the tooth fairy wasn't real one day, and I came home, rushed into my parents' house, and screamed, "So I guess Santa and the Easter bunny are you, too, huh?" My dad sat me down and told me some Virginia there is a Santa Claus story, but I was still pissed.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, 1/2 on the eve and 1/2 on the day
10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? I always ate all the cookies. There weren't any left for Santa. I'd write him a thank you note, though
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it even when it turns black and nasty. I MISS SNOW!
12. Can you ice skate? Yes, two years ago when I lived in Chicago, I took my first ice skating lessons (I'd always wanted to take them, but my parents wouldn't send me). I was the tallest in a class of 6 year olds but I learned to swizzle and hop and skate in an arabesque and do a simple turn and most importantly, to stop without hitting the wall.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? the aforementioned dollhouse and my sesame street little people village thing
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? taking in all the details--the sights, the smells, the energy in the air; being with people I love; also, we usually do some sort of service project as a family, and I look forward to that every year
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? sweet potato pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? my cousin and I always sort the gifts. we weren't ever allowed to sort until we finished our meals, so even now, I rush through my food or hardly eat so that I can sort the presents into neat little piles by person; I know, I'm anal. another tradition was that my aunt would buy my cousin and me PJs. That tradition stopped when she died, but now that my cousin has a baby, I bought the entire family pjs this year.
17. What tops your tree ? varies from year to year. This year it's a plaid bow
18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving ? Giving. I really prefer to guess my gifts more than I do receiving them.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Adeste Fideles and Carol of the Bells
20. Candy canes? MMM, though I'm a little overloaded this year from all the ones given to me by students
21. If you could spend Christmas with one person who would it be? I don't like this question
22. Favorite Christmas movie? Movie: Narnia Short animated flick: Peanuts or Grinch
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? unwrapped
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? I don't decorate with lights, but I do like to see tasteful ones in the neighborhood
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No, I just grab people and kiss them anyway
5. When do you put your decorations up? the day after Thanksgiving; I also buy all of my gifts by Thanksgiving day
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? broc and cheese or dressing
7. Favorite Christmas memory as a child? the year that my grandpa made me a Barbie sized doll house; It was a replica of my house and the roof lifted off, so you could look into the house from the top instead of the sides like other dollhouses. It was fully furnished with a piano, a working stereo, working lights, a christmas tree, crocheted afghans (done by my grandma), a framed picture of me, china and silverware, a stocked refrig with ice cubes in the tray The only problem was that there wasn't a toilet in the bathroom. that always bothered me, so I went to some store like Cracker Barrel and bought a wooden outhouse that I stuck in the bathroom. Yes, it was a redneck dollhouse.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Santa's not real? Really, though, some classmate told me that the tooth fairy wasn't real one day, and I came home, rushed into my parents' house, and screamed, "So I guess Santa and the Easter bunny are you, too, huh?" My dad sat me down and told me some Virginia there is a Santa Claus story, but I was still pissed.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, 1/2 on the eve and 1/2 on the day
10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? I always ate all the cookies. There weren't any left for Santa. I'd write him a thank you note, though
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it even when it turns black and nasty. I MISS SNOW!
12. Can you ice skate? Yes, two years ago when I lived in Chicago, I took my first ice skating lessons (I'd always wanted to take them, but my parents wouldn't send me). I was the tallest in a class of 6 year olds but I learned to swizzle and hop and skate in an arabesque and do a simple turn and most importantly, to stop without hitting the wall.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? the aforementioned dollhouse and my sesame street little people village thing
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? taking in all the details--the sights, the smells, the energy in the air; being with people I love; also, we usually do some sort of service project as a family, and I look forward to that every year
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? sweet potato pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? my cousin and I always sort the gifts. we weren't ever allowed to sort until we finished our meals, so even now, I rush through my food or hardly eat so that I can sort the presents into neat little piles by person; I know, I'm anal. another tradition was that my aunt would buy my cousin and me PJs. That tradition stopped when she died, but now that my cousin has a baby, I bought the entire family pjs this year.
17. What tops your tree ? varies from year to year. This year it's a plaid bow
18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving ? Giving. I really prefer to guess my gifts more than I do receiving them.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Adeste Fideles and Carol of the Bells
20. Candy canes? MMM, though I'm a little overloaded this year from all the ones given to me by students
21. If you could spend Christmas with one person who would it be? I don't like this question
22. Favorite Christmas movie? Movie: Narnia Short animated flick: Peanuts or Grinch
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