I saw a 200-question meme on a couple of different blogs, so I whittled it down to 101 questions . . .

Favorite Christmas . . .
1. Non-Jesus-related song? “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” [Dean Martin]
2. Jesus-related song? “For Unto Us a Child Is Born” [Handel]
3. Santa-related song? “(It Must’ve Been Ol’) Santa Claus” [Harry Connick Jr., When My Heart Finds Christmas]
4. Fictional character? Ralphie
5. Dinner’s main course? Duck, duck . . . or maybe goose
6. Dinner’s dessert? Lemon meringue pie
7. Scent (pine, gingerbread, candles…)? Cinnamon and nutmeg
8. Animated movie? A Charlie Brown Christmas
9. Non-animated movie? A Christmas Story
10. Personal memory? The year my grandfather dressed up as Santa Claus for the little kids.
11. Story/Fairy Tale? Linus reciting the biblical Nativity story from Luke on the Charlie Brown Christmas special.

This or That
12. Candy cane or peppermint patties? The soft kind of peppermint pillows/sticks
13. Sugar or gingerbread cookies? Sugar cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar (technically speaking, Snickerdoodles)
14. Tinsel or beaded strands? Garland
15. Multi-colored or same-colored lights? White
16. Flashing or still lights? Still
17. Wreaths or mistletoe/holly? Wreath on the front door
18. Rudolph or Frosty? Rudolph
19. Sledding or snowball fights? We don’t get snow in Louisiana, Arkansas, or Tennessee
20. Snow or ice/icicles? Snow
21. Snow hat or earmuffs? Scarf
22. Getting or giving? Giving
23. Snow days or plow trucks? Snow days, because that means I don’t have to worry if the plow has been through or not.
24. Stockings or presents? Presents
25. Cookies & milk or letter to Santa? Letter
26. Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Christmas Day
27. Log Burning Channel or real thing? Real thing (but I don’t have a fireplace).
28. Cards or emails? E-mails
29. Shoveling or cleaning off the car? [See Snow Days above]
30. Hot cocoa or eggnog? Cocoa.


Yay or Ugh
31. Holiday shopping? Ugh
32. Icy roads? Double ugh
33. Limited driving visibility? Had to deal with this going and coming home at Thanksgiving—triple ugh!
34. Christmas carolers. Yay.
35. Mall Santas? Ugh.
36. Salvation Army Santas? Ugh.
37. Blizzards? Ugh. [See, Erica, again, this is why I don’t live any further north than I do.]
38. 24/7 Holiday radio? Ugh—selected favorite artists downloaded onto the MP3 player—Yay.
39. Freezing cold? Yay—if I get to stay inside.
40. Setting up the tree? Yay. (except this year when I never got around to it)
41. Wrapping presents? Yay.
42. Visiting/seeing family? YAAAAAAAAAY.
43. Ad-Lib on “Rudolph…” (like Monopoly!) Fun the first time.
44. Free mint red/white candy? Yay to any free candy.
45. Belief in Santa Claus? Eh—I didn’t believe long enough to even remember believing.
46. Advent calendar? We had one once that my dad brought back from Germany
47. Peeking at your gifts (or by accident)? Nope
48. Making out with Santa under the mistletoe? Eww.
49. Decorated houses? Yay.
50. Extreme decorated houses? Yay (as long as it’s not one of my neighbors)
51. White Christmas morning? While it’s nice to dream, I know I won’t get it where I’ll be spending Christmas.
52. Searching for ornaments in the attic? Nope—keep all of my Christmas décor in the storage bins in the base of my sofa.
53. Santa knowing when you’re sleeping and awake? Creepy.

First Thought That Comes To Mind When You Hear . . .
54. Snowflake! Quick, get some sweetened condensed milk and let’s make snowcream!
55. Pinecones! Squirrels
56. Elves! Legolas (Yes, I’m still trying to read LOTR)
57. Sleigh! Jingle bells.
58. Presents! Wrapping.
59. Cookies! Chocolate chip.
60. Misletoe! Nargles.
61. Rudolph! Aflac!
62. Blizzard! Laura Ingalls Wilder
63. School’s Canceled! Great—not as many idiots out driving around on the icy roads while I’m going to work.
64. Ice Skating! Ow, my ankle!.
65. Santa’s Lap! Screaming children. [Calgon, take me away!]
66. Black Friday! Huh-uh, it’s PURPLE Friday—LSU vs. Arkansas
67. God’s Son! “For unto us a child is born . . . Unto us . . . a Son is given . . .”
68. Melting Snow! Mud.
69. Lumps of Coal! Barbecue!
70. Nutcracker! Ooh, walnuts or pecans?
71. Ho Ho Ho! A bowl full of jelly.
72. North Pole! Alaska.

Grade/Rate Holiday Movies A – F
73. A Christmas Story. A+++++++++++++++++
74. How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The original animated version, B+; the remake with Jim Carrey, F
75. The Santa Clause. B+
76. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. C
77. Frosty The Snowman. C
78. Home Alone. F
79. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. F
80. Elf. C-
81. Miracle on 34th Street. B-
82. A Charlie Brown Christmas. A
83. It’s a Wonderful Life. F
84. White Christmas. B—If I’d seen the film version before the stage version (A+) this might be higher.
85. Holiday Inn. B

The ____ Present You’ve Received?
86. Most expensive? Lasik Surgery
87. Ugliest? ?????
88. Worthless? Probably some trinket I ended up with at a White Elephant exchange
89. Most-wanted (personally)? New computer (got last year)
90. Most-wanted/popular (media frenzy)? DVD player several years ago
91. Unwanted? Scented candles I’m not going to use and am most likely allergic to anyway.
92. Never-used? Candles
93. Exchanged for something else? Clothes that didn’t fit
94. Biggest (size)? Washer/dryer
95. Most meaningful? Lasik Surgery

Christmas in General . . .
96. Christmas Eve bedtime is before/after midnight? My normal bedtime is around midnight, so why should Christmas Eve be any different?
97. Wake-up is before/after 7am? Before—because of the niece and nephews.
98. Go/don’t go to church on Christmas? Usually attend a Christmas Eve service; if Christmas Day is on Sunday, will go to church on Christmas Day.
99. Pray & sing Happy Birthday/do nothing before bed? Pray—this is just me, but singing “Happy Birthday” to Jesus really annoys me. We’re celebrating His coming, not His actual birthday (which was probably some time in April).
100. Have you ever left cookies/milk for Santa & reindeer? No
101. Have you ever gotten everything you wanted for Christmas? Yes