need the break...
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acroyear1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate, or better still, Tea.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Hides them behind the bar, tosses them in a magnetic box or a gift-bag w/ tissue-paper, and loads the car to take them along 'cause we rarely do stuff in the house right now.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
white, built-in to the tree. we have some externals but they got so tangled up taking them down from our first one at the house (heck, they didn't even come down 'til April!) that they'e never been out since, other than some were used as decorations for an MSFB.
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No, excepting occasional plastic stuff. Having pets usually meant no real plants in the house.
5. When do you put up your decorations?
About once every 3 or 4 years. Knowing we're not going to be home kinda puts a damper on it, and usually the performance season after fest is so busy (3 weddings, 2 out of town, plus business trip, plus revels) that faire itself hasn't been put away by the time the holiday arrives.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Christmas ales.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?
When the holiday is on a saturday, having 90 minutes of only snow and christmas related Looney Tunes cartoons on TV while we opened the stockings and waited for the 'rents to get up for breakfast.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Never really a definitive time. I just sort of eased out of caring about "the truth", as I went from waiting for santa to "being" santa. I still use "Santa" and "Rudolf" as a "from" person for the lesser gifts that are to the house as a whole (e.g., DVDs and the like).
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Not really, but that's 'cause we usually went to late services. The rule was stockings opened immediately upon waking up, then wake the parents (at a reasonable time) to show off, and after breakfast gather for the tree.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
A combo of stuff of mine that used to be on my parents' tree, and stuff of Cyd's that used to be on her parents', and a few odds n sods...though I just got a GREAT idea for an ornament, but I'm not going to say so here. Watch this space after the holidays.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love Love Love, even the crazy like last year. I make it a point of making sure "work from home" is an option so I can park with the computer, the coffee, and some music, and just hack away in sweats. I *REALLY* hate years without snow, particularly a few years back where the entirety of Feburary was below freezing (for HIGH temps) but not a single snow flake the entire time. Suffering without any rewards, in my opinion.
Our first Christmas in the house (and the only one we hosted for both families at once) was 2002. It was also my first "white" Christmas ever. :)
12. Can you ice skate?
Not at all.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
I couldn't say what a fav was anymore. After 40, they start to fade a little...
14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
General atmosphere. Nothing specific, though I'll notice if something's missing.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Christmas ales. Didn't we ask this already?
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Based on the past few years, "driving" would be it if someone were to objectively look at it, as we spend time at both 'rents. Maybe someday we'll have the time to host our own again. MUST catch A Christmas Story during the 24 Hours marathon at least once.
17. What tops your tree?
A star of some type. Haven't pulled the tree out in a few years to know (see point above).
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?
Both. :)
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. "Skating" from A Charlie Brown Christmas. "Snow" by Lorenna McKennitt. Several tracks from the out-of-print Celtic Heartbeat Christmas. My most recent rediscovery is George Winston's Holly and the Ivy.
On the other hand, any song I hear more than 3 times in a single day while shopping or sitting in a restaurant has simply got to go. "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" has made the "I hate you this year" list several times running (including this year). The "White Christmas" movie version of White Christmas I can do without - I prefer the version from Holiday Inn.
20. Candy Canes?
Not really.
21. Do you feel Christmas is too commercialized?
No more than anything else in this society.
22. Real tree or artificial?
Artificial, and pre-wired. Allegies, the overwhelming smell, needles everywhere, the need to water, the need to keep cats OUT of the water, all add up to "no thank you" for real trees.
23. Do you put lights up on the outside of your house?
We did our first year. See above (they didn't come down 'til April or May, and they're still tangled up)
24. Do you do a Christmas Dinner or Supper and who cooks?
Usually our mom's cook at each of their respective houses. I cook any time we host.
25. Is your family the everyone unwraps gifts at once sort or do you do it one gift at a time as the others watch?
Everybody is handed out one, we all open at the same time, show everybody, and repeat. Nobody opens another 'til everybody's opened the current set.
26. Do your pets share in the festivities?
Max did. Viv kept her distance. The rabbits stayed in their cages, usually.
Adding a question:
27. What's your fav holiday movie?
An American Christmas Carol, starring Henry Winkler. Transposes the story from industrial revolution Britain to early depression Concord, MA, and emphasizes the "dying unloved and unremembered" better than the original book (and most of the films) did, though the Patrick Stewart comes close. A Christmas Story is a darn close second, of course.
Hot Chocolate, or better still, Tea.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Hides them behind the bar, tosses them in a magnetic box or a gift-bag w/ tissue-paper, and loads the car to take them along 'cause we rarely do stuff in the house right now.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
white, built-in to the tree. we have some externals but they got so tangled up taking them down from our first one at the house (heck, they didn't even come down 'til April!) that they'e never been out since, other than some were used as decorations for an MSFB.
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No, excepting occasional plastic stuff. Having pets usually meant no real plants in the house.
5. When do you put up your decorations?
About once every 3 or 4 years. Knowing we're not going to be home kinda puts a damper on it, and usually the performance season after fest is so busy (3 weddings, 2 out of town, plus business trip, plus revels) that faire itself hasn't been put away by the time the holiday arrives.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Christmas ales.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?
When the holiday is on a saturday, having 90 minutes of only snow and christmas related Looney Tunes cartoons on TV while we opened the stockings and waited for the 'rents to get up for breakfast.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Never really a definitive time. I just sort of eased out of caring about "the truth", as I went from waiting for santa to "being" santa. I still use "Santa" and "Rudolf" as a "from" person for the lesser gifts that are to the house as a whole (e.g., DVDs and the like).
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Not really, but that's 'cause we usually went to late services. The rule was stockings opened immediately upon waking up, then wake the parents (at a reasonable time) to show off, and after breakfast gather for the tree.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
A combo of stuff of mine that used to be on my parents' tree, and stuff of Cyd's that used to be on her parents', and a few odds n sods...though I just got a GREAT idea for an ornament, but I'm not going to say so here. Watch this space after the holidays.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love Love Love, even the crazy like last year. I make it a point of making sure "work from home" is an option so I can park with the computer, the coffee, and some music, and just hack away in sweats. I *REALLY* hate years without snow, particularly a few years back where the entirety of Feburary was below freezing (for HIGH temps) but not a single snow flake the entire time. Suffering without any rewards, in my opinion.
Our first Christmas in the house (and the only one we hosted for both families at once) was 2002. It was also my first "white" Christmas ever. :)
12. Can you ice skate?
Not at all.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
I couldn't say what a fav was anymore. After 40, they start to fade a little...
14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
General atmosphere. Nothing specific, though I'll notice if something's missing.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Christmas ales. Didn't we ask this already?
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Based on the past few years, "driving" would be it if someone were to objectively look at it, as we spend time at both 'rents. Maybe someday we'll have the time to host our own again. MUST catch A Christmas Story during the 24 Hours marathon at least once.
17. What tops your tree?
A star of some type. Haven't pulled the tree out in a few years to know (see point above).
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?
Both. :)
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. "Skating" from A Charlie Brown Christmas. "Snow" by Lorenna McKennitt. Several tracks from the out-of-print Celtic Heartbeat Christmas. My most recent rediscovery is George Winston's Holly and the Ivy.
On the other hand, any song I hear more than 3 times in a single day while shopping or sitting in a restaurant has simply got to go. "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" has made the "I hate you this year" list several times running (including this year). The "White Christmas" movie version of White Christmas I can do without - I prefer the version from Holiday Inn.
20. Candy Canes?
Not really.
21. Do you feel Christmas is too commercialized?
No more than anything else in this society.
22. Real tree or artificial?
Artificial, and pre-wired. Allegies, the overwhelming smell, needles everywhere, the need to water, the need to keep cats OUT of the water, all add up to "no thank you" for real trees.
23. Do you put lights up on the outside of your house?
We did our first year. See above (they didn't come down 'til April or May, and they're still tangled up)
24. Do you do a Christmas Dinner or Supper and who cooks?
Usually our mom's cook at each of their respective houses. I cook any time we host.
25. Is your family the everyone unwraps gifts at once sort or do you do it one gift at a time as the others watch?
Everybody is handed out one, we all open at the same time, show everybody, and repeat. Nobody opens another 'til everybody's opened the current set.
26. Do your pets share in the festivities?
Max did. Viv kept her distance. The rabbits stayed in their cages, usually.
Adding a question:
27. What's your fav holiday movie?
An American Christmas Carol, starring Henry Winkler. Transposes the story from industrial revolution Britain to early depression Concord, MA, and emphasizes the "dying unloved and unremembered" better than the original book (and most of the films) did, though the Patrick Stewart comes close. A Christmas Story is a darn close second, of course.
