'Tis the Season...
Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!
Yes, it’s one of those personal question and answer things, and Hearts hit me first on this…
Answer the questions, post it in your journal and then pass it on.
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Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper... or sometimes the Sunday comics.
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Tree; Real or Artificial? Get real! Real.
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When do you put Christmas tree up? When we get around to it.
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When do you take the tree down? When the needles start turning color...
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Like eggnog? Eggnog is awesome!
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Do you have a nativity scene? No, because we have mostly humorous decorations.
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Favorite gift received as a child? A genuine Buck Rogers Sonic Ray Gun... it was really nothing more that an elaborate flashlight, but it made weird noises and allowed a kid to zap alien invaders (like my younger brother) before they had a chance to even think twice.
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Hardest person to buy for? My son, when he juggles his wish lists on Amazon.com or gets caught up in the Lego catalog, trying to decide what he wants.
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Easiest person to buy for? My son, when I juggle his wish lists on Amazon.com or get caught up in the Lego catalog, decide what he's going to get... and he loves it.
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Worst Christmas gift? Worst Christmas gift ever received was a Zippo lighter and a carton of Chesterfield unfiltered cigarettes, and that was only a few weeks after I had quit smoking.
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Mail or e-mail a Christmas Card? E-mail more and more each year, 'cause most geeks do that. Then there are the relatives who proclaim (loudly) that it's being 'cheap' when someone doesn't send a paper card in the mail, so they get paper cards... sometimes.
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Favorite Christmas movie? Easy... A Christmas Story
, the 1983 version which was co-written and narrated by the late Jean Shepherd, and it's loaded with his characteristic comical one-liners and hilarious dialogue. The backups to this are A Charlie Brown Christmas, the touching Miracle on 34th Street, and Frank Capra's classic It's a Wonderful Life.
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When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually in the beginning of November, and ending with truly frenzied searching for last minute gifts as late as Christmas Eve.
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Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes, a Zippo lighter and a carton of Chesterfield unfiltered cigarettes. See #10 above.
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Favorite food to eat on Christmas? Turkey with stuffing. Home-made candied orange peel, some old-fashioned Southern fruit cake from Georgia, or nice home-baked Christmas cookies. See #23 below... hint, hint!
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Clear or colored tree lights? Usually colored, though my son prefers clear because they remind him of stars.
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Favorite Christmas Song? “Silent Night” or "Joy to the World." If it comes to playing Christmas music CDs, some of the old classics, always some Handel's Messiah, a lot of Mannheim Steamroller, but for comic relief we always include the Dr. Demento Christmas CD, which has some hilarious tracks.
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Travel during Christmas or stay home? Stay at home.
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Store bought or homemade gifts? Like doing homemade, but this year it's mostly things purchased on the Web, and mostly from Amazon.com or ThinkGeek. I love the 'Net!
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Angel or Star on tree top? Star or angel, depends on the year. One year it was an angelic chicken, but that's a story into itself.
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Open presents on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve? Both, one on Christmas Eve and the rest on Christmas Day.
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Most annoying thing about this time of year? Discourteous, ill-mannered, boorish, offensive, rude, and nasty shoppers pushing and shoving in the stores... and a Merry Christmas to you, too!
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Bake at home or Buy? We buy, but being two very appreciative and hungry guys, we really do enjoy nice home-baked Christmas cookies and goodies like that... hint, hint!
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Lights outside? When we can... and those are always clear ones.
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Mistletoe? Depends on who’s in the room, but have to agree with Jenn in the idea that mistletoe would make a fantastic belt buckle. Might have to try that…
In any case, some of you will get tagged, and I truly hope that you'll do your own in celebration of the Holiday Season!
Uh, yeah, where can I get a belt like that???
All you need is:
1. A belt
2. Mistletoe
3. String (or duct tape)
Seriously. I'm actually surprised more people don't do this. Maybe that would account for all the scrooges and grumpy gusses. Release the tension people!
It seems that this year the 2nd Annual Global Orgasm for Peace will occur on December 22nd... just click on the link for all of the details, and you can follow their online countdown clock for the exact time as to when this will take place. They list their 3 reasons for the big Global-O as:
Peace - sounds good to me. Wouldn't you do anything for peace?
Gender & Social Justice - would be glad contribute and share for that reason.
Global Warming - wouldn't this contribute to global warming?
They explain it all better than I'm willing to here, so check it out for yourselves.
Wonder if a unified effort among Buzznet members would help the cause...
Thank you for the tag! :)
and the mistletoe belt is awesome! lol
i'll do the list as soon as i can!