1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper. I like to watch others rip.
2. Real tree or artificial? Fake, fake, fake. Like Deniz, we have a Christmas tree-scaling cat, and plastic tree = no mess.
3. When do you put up the tree? After my son's birthday, on 30th November. Haven't quite got there yet.
4. When do you take the tree down? It has been known to still be standing in February. Working on that.
5. What do you do with your tree after you take it down? Try to shove it back in the box from whence it came. NEVER fits.
6. Favourite gift ever received as a child? A shiny, lime-green bike. Hey, it was the '70s!
7. Hardest person to buy for? My brother. An electronic engineer who takes fussy to a whole new level. And I drew him again in our family Kris Kringle this year, dammit!
8. Easiest person to buy for? My daughter. She's four, and still loves anything that comes wrapped up with a bow.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, a ceramic one, which the children have hammered. Joseph's beard has snapped off, Mary will no longer walk without a limp, and none of the wise men have heads. Time for a new one, methinks.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, email, text message - whatever works!
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? A "Casey and the Sunshine Band" cassette tape. I still bear the scars.
12. Favourite Christmas movie? Home Alone.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? After Child #1's birthday. So any day now. Yikes!
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Nope.
15. Favourite thing to eat at Christmas? Prawns with lemon juice and tartar sauce. Mmm.
16. Lights on the tree? No - my children would find a way to burn down the house with them in thirty seconds flat.
17. Favourite Christmas carol? Silent Night.
18. Travel at Christmas? Apart from two family members, all my family lives in the same city. "Travel" on Christmas day just involves suburb-hopping. Nice!
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Not a chance!
20. Angel on the tree top or star? Does a porcelain cat, with gold wings, halo and harp, count as an angel? (g)
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Since Father Christmas still visits our house, definitely the morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? I think the saying "you can choose your friends, but not your relatives" sums up my position on this quite nicely.
23. Favourite ornament theme or colour? Red, silver and white.
24. Favourite for Christmas dinner? Since it's usually way too hot for traditional Christmas fare Down Under, I look forward to fish - snapper rubbed with lemon butter and stuffed with wild rice is sooo good.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? New pyjamas so I no longer terrify the neighbours when I go out to collect the morning papers; and, of course, books. :-)
1 comment:
ooh, I forgot about Home Alone!
And pyjamas and books would be nice too - with some hot cocoa. Although I will settle for the wild rice stuffed fish :-) Yum!
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