Random Christmas Stuff for the Bored.

[sara1998]

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Okay,
here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Just
copy (not forward) this entire email and paste into a new e-mail that
you can send. Change all the answers so that they apply 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? Wrapping

2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial

3. When do you put up the tree? Day after Thanksgiving

4. When do you take the tree down? New Years Day

5. Do you like eggnog? Depends on if it has wiskey or not...

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Probably my stereo

7. Do you have a nativity scene? no

8. Hardest person to buy for? no one anymore, I only shop for the kids!

9. Easiest person to buy for? my girls

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail, when I do it

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Chia Pet

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Day after Thanksgiving

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? yep

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? pizza

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? colored

17. Favorite Christmas Song? Little Drummer Boy sang by Bob Segar

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? uhh... Dancer, Prancer, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Dasher, Vixen, and Rudolph!

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? angel

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? the music... i'm not into it

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? anything i have inherited

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? it's been pizza the past few years

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Prince Charming with a FAT portfolio (lmao! Me too Sherri!!)

26. Favorite Childhood Christmas Memory/Memories? waking up before everyone else and jumping on the waterbed to wake them

27. Favorite Christmas cookie: Grandma Myers snickerdoodles

28. Do you like sledding? Well yeah!

29. Do you decorate your car at Christmas? Hell no, it's brand new, I don't want to scratch the clear coat!

30. Christmas Greeting for those reading this. I miss some of you and love all of you. Have a great Christmas!!!

[danax6]

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Paper.

2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial. But it looks very real.

3. When do you put up the tree? Day after Sinterklaas. Dec 6th.

4. When do you take the tree down? January 6th.

5. Do you like eggnog? Ugh, no.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Bike.

7. Do you have a nativity scene? Lord, no.

8. Hardest person to buy for? My dad's best friend.

9. Easiest person to buy for? My sister.

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? A mop.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Weekend before Christmas.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Nope.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Fondue.

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear. Less is more.

17. Favorite Christmas Song? Happy Xmas (War is Over)

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Maybe if I was American.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? None. We use a piek.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas Eve.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? The fukcing stores.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Everything is silver and dark purple here.

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? Fondue.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Tickets to see The Police.

26. Favorite Childhood Christmas Memory/Memories? My mom waking me up to unwrap presents.

27. Favorite Christmas cookie: I don't do cookies.

28. Do you like sledding? Sure! If we actually got some decent snow.

edit: Didn't see these two last questions.

29. Do you decorate your car at Christmas? WTF? No.

30. Christmas Greeting for those reading this: Hi.

[Sarah]

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? - paper. i make a big deal out of my wrapping, actually. it's my favorite part of christmas.

2. Real tree or Artificial? - artificial.

3. When do you put up the tree? - first week/weekend of december, or whenever. some years not at all.

4. When do you take the tree down? - first week/weekend of january, or whenever.

5. Do you like eggnog? - gag. no.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? - oh man, i always got a ton of stuff. there was a little yellow car.. you had to pedal it, it had levers on the right and left for turning, and it looked like a race car. i always called it "my little yellow car".. i don't know what it was really called.

7. Do you have a nativity scene? - several.. handed down from my grandparents. they are just stored away. the days of excitement and decoration are long gone.

8. Hardest person to buy for? - my mother.

9. Easiest person to buy for? - my sister. she just tells me what she wants.

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? - mail

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? - my one aunt on my dad's side gave my sister and i crappy makeup kits like 5 years in a row. before that it was sweaters for a few. pajamas before that. what the hell, i see you once a year.. on christmas. you really don't have to buy me anything. -_-

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? - a christmas story. randy lay there like a slug. it was his only defense.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? as soon as i get my first gift idea.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? - oh yeah.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? - hm, i dunno. there's always so much good.. but we have different things each year.

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? - it depends on the tree. for the tree at my mom's house, clear, because it's got a very classic look. but at my aunt's house, she has like, a 9 foot tree with crazy ornaments and HUGE, round colored lights.. it's beautiful. I need to take a picture of it this year.

17. Favorite Christmas Song? - The Boston Pops doing LeRoy Anderson's A Christmas Festival.... classic. Kitschy traditional. I only want to hear it once, though. Not big on Christmas music anymore.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? - home in the morning, travel a short distance to see family, travel a short distance more to see friends, back at home at night.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? - yes... because of the Rudolph song.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? - neither. i don't know what it's called. our tree is antique ornaments and such.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? - morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? - stress

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? - i have eclectic tastes.

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? - as long as there's stuffing, macaroni, and mashed potatoes, i'm cool. there are always 500 different things... stuff that i don't even know what it's called.. but i have gots to have my stuffing, macaroni, and mashed potatoes.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? - i don't want anything. really. but my mother did make me choose a certain .. satchel.. i guess it's more like. i have to carry a ton of stuff all the time and my bag is getting kind of beaten up.

26. Favorite Childhood Christmas Memory/Memories? - happiness.

27. Favorite Christmas cookie: - any and all.

28. Do you like sledding? - yes, but it hasn't snowed like that in years.

29. Do you decorate your car at Christmas? - absolutely not.

30. Christmas Greeting for those reading this. I miss some of you and love all of you. Have a great Christmas!!!

[mylittledemon]

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both

2. Real tree or Artificial? Real. You cant be that douglas fir smell

3. When do you put up the tree? Weekend after Thanksgiving usually

4. When do you take the tree down? New Years Day or New Years Eve

5. Do you like eggnog? Evan Williams makes a nice "spiked" bottle

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Death of Superman comic book

7. Do you have a nativity scene? no

8. Hardest person to buy for? Mama

9. Easiest person to buy for? Brother, sister

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail, when I do it

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Socks?

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story, Nightmare Before Christmas, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually around THanksgiving

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? yep...of course

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? ham, baked potatoes, cheesecake or banana nut bread

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? white

17. Favorite Christmas Song? Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Christmastime is Here

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Both

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? I can, yeah

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel usually but Santa is up there this year

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? One on Xmas eve, the rest on Christmas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? The rudeness of shoppers, large crowds at the mall

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? a paper mache (sp?) Santa thats about 25 yrs old

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? Whatever mama used to make

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? peace on earth

26. Favorite Childhood Christmas Memory/Memories? staying up all night and hiding in the closet with my brother

27. Favorite Christmas cookie: oatmeal raisin

28. Do you like sledding? havent done it in a looooong time

29. Do you decorate your car at Christmas? Ummm...no. thats tacky.

30. Christmas Greeting for those reading this.
Joy and not sadness.

[estranged4life]

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping

2. Real tree or Artificial? Real

3. When do you put up the tree? The first of December

4. When do you take the tree down? New Years Eve

5. Do you like eggnog? No

6. Favorite gift received as a child?

7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes

8. Hardest person to buy for? Relatives

9. Easiest person to buy for? Myself (Music only - thank you!!!)

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Email

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Socks

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? In July to avoid the rush

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Subway sandwiches

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Colored

17. Favorite Christmas Song? Thank God It's Christmas - Queen

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph!

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas eve

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Rude people shopping

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? My late Mom's cooking...I SADLY miss it!!!

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Queen's 8 disc boxed set "The Crown Jewels"...Well, well, well, look to my right guess Christmas arrived today for me

26. Favorite Childhood Christmas Memory/Memories? When my parents were alive, probably Christmas 1976

27. Favorite Christmas cookie: Homemade sugar cookies

28. Do you like sledding? Yes

29. Do you decorate your car at Christmas? No

30. Merry Christmas to those of the Christian faith...
Happy Hanukkah to those of the Jewish faith...
Happy Kwanzaa to our friends of color...
Happy Winter Solstice to our friend of Alternative beliefs...
And good luck to every one else!!!

[jannieC]

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? - Usually both.

2. Real tree or Artificial? - This is our first year with an artificial tree. I'm not sure how I feel about it.

3. When do you put up the tree? - Usually the first week/week-end of December.

4. When do you take the tree down? - January 2

5. Do you like eggnog? - I don't think so- I haven't had any in years. I'm thinking of getting some for our Christmas Eve party, though.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? - I got a kit of paper dolls that I loved when I was a kid.

7. Do you have a nativity scene? - No.

8. Hardest person to buy for? - My brother-in-laws.

9. Easiest person to buy for? - My step-son.

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? - Mail, when I do it.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? - My ex-husband bought me a large jewelry box one year. I had NO jewelry at the time.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? - A Christmas Story and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Neither of which I have seen this year!!!

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually on the 23rd- that's our anniversary, too. I have picked up a few things this year, but I'll finish up this week-end.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? - Definitely and it's always been out of necessity (lack of money).

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? - I don't really associate food with Christmas.

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? - Funny you should ask this. The artificial tree we bought this year is pre-lit and has multi-colored lights. My husband loves it- I'm not sure how I feel about it. I love white twinkly lights (and have them elsewhere in the house).

17. Favorite Christmas Song? - O Holy Night, Silent Night, Happy Xmas, Father Christmas (The Kinks)

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? - Home, though I would love to go to NY and be with my family again for Christmas.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? - No.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? - Angel.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? - morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? - Traffic, never enough money to buy stuff for people.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? - There's all kind of stuff on our tree.

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? - Again, I really don't care. I'm more interested in desserts this time of year, which is odd because it's the *only* time of the year that I even like to eat sweets.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? - I really want a GPS. I'm a social worker/therapist intern (hence the no money business) and I'm doing in-home therapy right now. I am CONSTANTLY getting lost. I won't get a GPS for Christmas but I'd like one.

26. Favorite Childhood Christmas Memory/Memories? - Getting up so early and running down the stairs with my brother and sister. Being allowed to open our stockings before my parents got out of bed. The excitement of Christmas Eve.

27. Favorite Christmas cookie: - Any kind usually works for me, but I really got into some Christmas chocolate mint bark last year. It was SO good..

28. Do you like sledding? - Yes, but no snow in The South.

29. Do you decorate your car at Christmas? - No.

30. Christmas Greeting for those reading this. - Happy Holidays, Ledgies. Hope you all have a great holiday season.

[SteveMacD]

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Combination of the two.

2. Real tree or Artificial? No tree. I'm single, damnit.

3. When do you put up the tree? No tree.

4. When do you take the tree down? I don't put one up.

5. Do you like eggnog? Yes.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? My Mickey Mouse watch.

7. Do you have a nativity scene? no

8. Hardest person to buy for? My mother.

9. Easiest person to buy for? Myself

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail, if I do them at all.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Socks. It even sounds like sucks.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Two days before the big Christmas party.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Breakfast.

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? No tree.

17. Favorite Christmas Song? Christmas In Prison by Jay Bennett.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? No.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? None now. Star in a previous incarnation.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas Morning, though also one on Christmas eve.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? EVERYTHING! New Year's is way better. There's alcohol and football involved, not a bunch of annoying people you have to pretend to like for up to seven hours.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Plaid. Go figure...

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? The ham, green bean, sweet potato thing. Good food goes beyond season.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? An original pressing of the GBV album Propeller. But, I don't have about $1500 to spend. What makes it weird is I kinda know Bob, Mitch, Greg, and Don. And a few others who've been in that band.

26. Favorite Childhood Christmas Memory/Memories? Being the first up and cranking the Christmas records on Christmas morning at my grandparents place in Florida. They'd get up and we'd all dance in a circle. Funny to think about now. It's a sweet memory that starts off with me cranking out music and not getting in trouble! How effing sweet!

27. Favorite Christmas cookie: Gingerbread men.

28. Do you like sledding? Hell yes I like sledding.

29. Do you decorate your car at Christmas? I'm lucky if I put those Ohio State car magnets on during football season. And I care about Football season.

[rubytuesday]

Originally Posted by sara1998

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? it's been pizza the past few years

That's quite unusual. Do you make them?

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by rubytuesday

That's quite unusual. Do you make them?

Nope. We order them! We decided since I host both Thanksgiving and Christmas, I don't have to cook for both of them. We really enjoyed our pizza night last year, and I'm looking forward to it tonight. It's just so much easier with all the holiday rush going on, it's one last thing we don't have to worry about.

[xdreamsunwindx]

I'm increcibly drunk right now - lets see if I can do this without making a total ass of myself/

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? WRAPPING PAPER. I llllllllllooooooooooovvvvvvvvveeeeee wrapping gifts

2. Real tree or Artificial? Real

3. When do you put up the tree? Xmas eve lol

4. When do you take the tree down? May hahaha

5. Do you like eggnog? No, my Xmas cocktail will always be screwdrivers

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Barbie dreamhouse

7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, complete with Godzilla

8. Hardest person to buy for? everyone

9. Easiest person to buy for? my non-sexual life partners

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? neither for my non-yuletide ass

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? LOTS AND LOTS

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story!!!!!! & Merry Christmas Mr. Bean

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Like Xmas eve lol

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Tons of times

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Ham and scalloped potatoes

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? colored, on GREEN wire

17. Favorite Christmas Song? "Father Christmas" by The Kinks, "2000 Miles" by The Pretenders, "Christmas Wrapping" by The Watiresses

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home, although I am traveling this year

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Dasher, dancer, prancer (the gay one), vixen (the whore), comet (the commie), cupid, donner, blitzen (the punk rocker) & rudolph da drunk

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? STAR

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Depends on how Italian the family is feeling

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? pretty much everything

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I like it eclectic

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? Ham n potaters

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Money, a man, a band, and more money

26. Favorite Childhood Christmas Memory/Memories? Bitching at everyone that Santa had already shown up and we missed him

27. Favorite Christmas cookie: Anything Grammy made <333

28. Do you like sledding? On a trashcan lid white trash, y'all

29. Do you decorate your car at Christmas? I said we was white trash but we isn't that white trash

30. Christmas Greeting for those reading this.
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all shut the hell up." - Peter Griffin

jk jk. LOVE YOU ALL!

[rubytuesday]

Originally Posted by sara1998

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? uhh... Dancer, Prancer, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Dasher, Vixen, and Rudolph!

Pointless info really but interestingly Rudolph is assumed to be male (the song refers to it as a male) but Rudolph can only be female because it has antlers and males don't have antlers in winter, only the females do. So he is really a she.

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by rubytuesday

Pointless info really but interestingly Rudolph is assumed to be male (the song refers to it as a male) but Rudolph can only be female because it has antlers and males don't have antlers in winter, only the females do. So he is really a she.

Well duh! Do you think a man could get Santa around the world in one night without getting lost??? Of course Rudolph's a female!!!