Getting to Know Me for the Holidays
I never do these things, but because its Christmas what the heck. Passed on to me by Musicchick2.
Directions: Change all the answers so they apply to you. Then, send this to a whole bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person who sent it to you.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrap, wrap, wrap. There is just no fun in opening a gift bag. Unless of course its for a young childs birthday (they dont care, they just want the gift)
2. Real tree or artificial? Normally real. But this year we dug out my bachelor days 6ft plastic tree. Kinda sad Charlie Brown looking thing but my girlfriend is awesome at decorating trees and it looks great. Hard to tell theres an ugly ass tree under all that decorating.
3. When do you put up the tree? Day after or around Thanksgiving. Helps us all get into the holiday spirit. Not that we need it when everything is already out in stores before Halloween. Friggin Walmart.
4. When do you take the tree down? New Years day or day after. Hung over as hell but we get it done because were sick and tired of staring at it by that time.
5. Do you like eggnog? Only with booze in it. But I must be honest, I have not had it in probably 15 years or so. Christ I'm old.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? A remote control black FireBird, yes the car from Smokey and the Bandit.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, I have 2 which my girlfriend and I have been swapping out every year. Doesnt hurt to have more than one though. And baby Jesus doesnt go in till Christmas day.
8. Hardest person to buy for? When we draw names for Santa gifts with my girlfriends family. I dont know them all on a personal level that well so whomever I get is really hard to buy for.
9. Easiest person to buy for? The pets. Dog (Roxie), bird(Gizmo), fish (Fred, Goldie, Blackie, and two other poor guys with no names yet)
10. Worst Christmas gift ever received? Jumper cables. My then wife got them for me on our first Christmas. What the hell woman!
11. Mail or email Christmas card? None. Stopped sending them out when my family never sent me any. I used to send out about 40 to 50 a year. Hardly ever got one in return.
12. Favorite Christmas movie? National Lampoons Xmas Vacation (also my favorite movie of all time) I watch it at least 20 times throughout December then it goes back into storage for next year. I wore out my VHS tape but my girlfriend bought me the DVD for Xmas last year. (LOVE YOU BABY!)
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Throughout the year. Find good deals on things, throw them into the closet. But Im slacking this year, way behind.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Ummm not yet, but I do have a few things given to me from when I was married (3 years ago) still in the box. Now who could I give that remote control, arm chair hangy thingy too?
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Food and tons of it. Not pickey. But I did grow up with my grandmother always making a huge batch of chicken stew every year. Her dumplings were off the hook!
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Colored, but hmmmmm.....kinda depends on the decorations. Some decorations look better with all white lights. Depends on the decorations. We try to change things around every year.
17. Favorite Christmas song? "That Spirit of Christmas" Performed by Ray Charles. Its the song you hear playing when Clark (Christmas Vacation) is stuck in the attic and is watching old christmas video footage of his family. It almost makes me cry when I hear it. I am such a wimp.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay at home? Stay at home now, since Im not married. We only have to go over to my girlfriends parents house which is about a mile away. Thank you lord, go tell it on the mountain!
19. Can you name Santa's reindeer? Well there was that one that crapped on my windshield last year (Donner or Comet, or was that a teradactyl? too big to know for sure)
20. Do you have an angel on top or a star? Angel. Always an angel. There is a great story on how the angel ended up on top of the christmas tree but thats for another blog.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? The girlfriend and I like to open gifts on Christmas day morning which is also when my 2 boys open gifts. Means more to them when they see us open gifts as well. Especially when my youngest still believes. Of course though, if you dont believe, you dont get gifts from Santa. Which is why my oldest still believes as well. As I, even though he never got me my Evil Kneival Stunt Motorcycle when I was 5. Friggin bastard!
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Too much Christmas music waaaaaayyyyy to early. It gets old very fast. Way to many cheasy songs out there as well.
Comments
There are far, far worse memes out there. Ones like these that let you put in your own short answers I will do since I think it allows people to tell about themselves.
I'll be doing this one, too, very soon.
Congrats on TIG/Explore page.