I've long held an unspoken rule that this space would be meme free, however with the approach of the holidays I felt an exception could be made for this sweet little piece of self-aggrandizement. From the ever-charming Boogiemum.
1. Eggnog or hot chocolate?
Eggnog, please.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree?
Presents wrapped by me. Santa doesn't do squat. I mainly bake for everyone anyway. This year this a lot of knitting being done as well.
3. Colored lights or white?
None for a long time. I like strings of one coloured light, though. May do something this year.
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Never. I have a cat of very little brain who will eat anything green.
5. When do you put your decorations up?
Haven't decorated for years. That's going to have to change now that I have spawned. The Evil Dwarf will be expecting it.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Lamb. (We're Armenian. It's what we do. Although we did upset my grandmother in years past by teasing her about eating the lamb of god at Christmas {the lord is very tasty with pilaf}. She was not amused.)
7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Lying on my back under the baby grand piano at my grandmother's house while my mother played Chopin. Also going down to Union Square, San Francisco, with my grandmother to look at the holiday windows in all the big department stores. We'd do that every year.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Santa was never a big deal. I think I always knew. There was a different one at Emporium every year we went to have photos taken, so that was a dead giveaway.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
We open all our presents on Christmas Eve. And then have a second Christmas gathering (sans gifts) on Armenian Orthodox Christmas (6 January)
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
I haven't had a tree in years. It's the cats, see. Again, we'll have to change this soon, what with the Sprog and all.
11. Snow! Love it or dread it?
Love it.
12. Can you ice skate?
Yep.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
A six foot tall, styrofoam, assemble-it-yourself tyrannosaurus rex skeleton from my Uncle Ben. I *LOVED* that thing. Eventually the pieces disintegrated.
14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Family. It was really horrid for a while there, but as time passes and people as well, it's getting nice again.
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Bourma, khadayiff and kurabia (Armenian, remember?) . Also, my mother's peach pie rocks!
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Dickens Fair.
17. What tops your tree?
No tree.
18. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving?
Giving.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Carol of the Bells. Followed closely by The Holly and the Ivy and The Wassail Song (I love the pagan symbolism and origins of these carols).
20. Candy canes?
Okay.
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1 comment:
Well, I am glad you posted the meme. I enjoyed getting to know you a little bit better. Its funny how things come full circle, huh? In my younger years I couldn't stand to be near my family around the holidays. Now that I have kids, I miss the extended family not being near.
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