Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be aSCROOGE!!! Just copy (not forward) this entire email and paste into anew e-mail that you can send. Change all the answers so that theyapply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know,INCLUDING the person that sent it to you......Tis the Season to be NICE!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags??? Gift bags, always. Sometimes I use brown paper lunch bags and stamp them or write nice quotes on them, then staple the suckers shut.
2. Real tree or Artificial??? Artificial, alas. Real ones make me congested.
3. When do you put up the tree? I always used to put it up on Thanksgiving weekend, but now that I live alone, I do less and less decorating of any kind. The tree usually goes up before Christmas, though there have been a couple of years without a tree at all. However, I did come out of that deep funk eventually. Last year I didn't even decorate it - the beautiful white lights were enough for me. We will see what 2017 brings.
4. When do you take the tree down? after January 7th. Sometimes MONTHS after January 7th!
5. Do you like egg nog?? Yes, I love it, even though I got a wicked hangover from Melvin's "special homemade" eggnog a couple of years ago. I think he "made" it in the bathtub.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? My annual box of 64 Crayola crayons
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Multiple ones!
8. Hardest person to buy for? I have few people to buy for. Usually I give a small token gift to choir members and readers, and my daughter and now, her fiance Joel. Money is tight this year, so I think I'll skip the choir and just give to my kids. So, this year, Joel is the hardest person to buy for, since I don't know him like I know my daughter. I've got some good ideas, though.
9. Easiest person to buy for? DD - I always come up with something that she loves. It helps that our interests and taste intersect a lot.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards?? I don't do cards of any type - never have - though I like getting them. How is that for hypocrisy, eh? I will send email cards on occasion. friends and family who don't have an email address, or who are not on Facebook, are out of luck.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I don't remember any, truthfully
12. Favorite Christmas movie? Hm.... I think its probably A Christmas Story or Love, Actually. I almost wet my pants the first time I saw A Christmas Story.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?? When I can't avoid it anymore
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present??? Yes
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas??? Panettone, stuffed artichokes, and pizzelle
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree??? Clear lights that don't blink. The more the better. When I turn my tree on, there should be a brown out in my neighborhood, or I haven't don't it right.
17. Favorite Christmas song?? Most favorite is Lo, How A Rose Ere Blooming, and second favorite is O Holy Night in French - I can still hear Uncle Len and Auntie Nita singing it.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home, but sometimes I think it would be fun to go somewhere unexpected, like a cabin in the snowy mountains, or somewhere on a warm beach
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? No, but I can name all the Von Trapp children. There are seven of them. I can also name all the B Street children - there are 15 of them, not counting me, Ro, Terry or Ethel. Does that count?
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? I always have both. The star is on the tippy top with an angel immediately below it
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?? When I was a kid, we always opened them at night after midnight mass, but once I was a mother, I saw the wisdom of Christmas morning gift opening. Now, I open my gifts with my daughter via skype after I get home from morning liturgy.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year??? Office gift exchanges. Not having a gift ready to reciprocate when someone gives you a gift. Actually, I kinda think the whole gift giving thing is out of hand in our culture. I'm happy with just our Christmas stockings full of little things and candy.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color??? I used to have enough ornaments for half a dozen trees with different themes and color schemes; I think I had 14 or 15 huge tubs of decorations. I severely decluttered my decorations a few years ago. I kept only the special ornaments that I've collected over the years. Each ornament is a memory of places I've been, events, people, pets. Unfortunately, most of these special ornaments are breakable, so I haven't put them up for a while because my damn cats are so destructive. I do have some non breakable ornaments that I love. I always layer my tree: first layer deep in the tree are the white lights. Next layer deep in the tree are the foundational red balls. Usually I hang two balls together - one shiny deep red ball with a satin bright red ball. Then I put the garland on - a white pearl garland is my favorite. Then the white ornaments which includes frosted glass balls and teardrops. Next, nearer the edges, I arrange my favorite heirloom ornaments. Last, are the many crystal icicles and elves. There is a star on the top of the tree, and below it is an angel. I have a special bee ornament and a flying pig ornament and a grandmother ornament for my mother. I've got a special fisherman ornament and a frog ornament and a grandfather ornament with a tool box for my father. I have camel ornaments for Jerry. I have ornaments for my daughter that commemorate her age and various events in her life. I have ornaments from places I've lived and places I've visited.The special ornaments tell the story of our life. I like to have a lot of white and lot of red in my ornaments - I love how that looks with the multicolored heirloom ornaments - and white lights. Geez, now that I've typed all this, I'm too exhausted to decorate my tree this year!
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner??? My favorite Christmas dinner exists in my memory: chicken in wine, stuffed artichokes, ravioli, bracciola and pork roast cooked in gravy, salad, chocolate chestnut pizza. Nowadays, I prefer to keep things much more simple. Sometimes I spend Christmas with the Kochers. So far, I've never spent it alone, but this may be the year. One year, DD and I went to the Chinese buffet and we loved that! It was delicious, inexpensive, and no effort at all. I may do that again this year.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? I want the deepest desire of my heart. God knows what that is. Other than that, less work, more money, peace on earth, and Trump/Pence/Ryan/McConnell; Hatch;the entiire Cabinet, Republican leadership and every single Trump relative except for Barron, Tiffany and Melania behind bars. Permanently behind bars.
26. Person most likely to respond to this email? everyone responds to MOI
27. Who is least likely to respond to this? see number 26
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