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Now that I am back from warm places, I see it's time for the annual Christmas memeing. So...
24 Questions Christmas Quiz:
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Depends on the gift. Sometimes both. :-) I've been known to spend as much on the wrapping as on the gift. But I totally enjoy making them spiffy on the outside.
2. Real tree or artificial? I haven't had a real tree since I was about three. When the very first artificial trees came out (they were more like tinsel trees than the 'toilet brush' ones) my mom got one. With both my brother and me highly allergic to the real ones, she decided that the benefits of not being faced with two whiny kids with constantly running noses far outweighed the need for a real tree. For me, the 'scent of Christmas' is the old-fashioned bayberry candle.
3. When do you put up the tree? If one gets put up, it's sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. With two cats, both young, the last two years have had a tree with no ornaments, only lights.
4. When do you take it down? Easter eggs look awfully nice on the tree, don't you think? And those red, white and blue ribbons? They're good for Flag Day and Independence Day!
5. Do you like eggnog? I tried it once when I was very young, didn't like it, and am infinitely capable of carrying a lifetime grudge against foods I thought were icky as a kid, heh.
6. Favorite gift? I don't know that I could name a 'favorite gift ever.' My favorite overall type of gift to get is something totally frivolous and silly.
7. Doyou have a nativity scene? Yes, I do. The first one I got for myelf is in a pop-up book. Based on the 18th century Neapolitan creche at the Met. I also have the small one that's been in my family since forever.
8. Hardest person to buy for? People who won't drop any hints as to what they might like because they think it's somehow unmannerly. Over the years I've gotten used to this and they get the ubiquitous gift cards. Or the person who routinely thanks you for the gift and then proceeds to tell you about the bigger/better one they saw somewhere. But they aren't really 'hard to buy for', they're more 'hard to give to'.
9. Easiest person to buy for? My smallest nephew, who is four. At the moment, if it has Thomas the Tank Engine on it, it'll be good.
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Can't remember getting a 'gee, how interesting, wherever did you find this' kind of gift. The funniest one was from my brother one year. He asked what I wanted. In my best breathless and excited six-year-old voice (I was in my mid-twenties), I told him "I want a Rainbow Brite and and and a Transformers and and and a Castle Greyskull and and and a Masters of the Universe Action Set and and..." (All the things being touted on Saturday morning). He got me a Rainbow Brite. After he went home, I looked at it and then at my mom. She said, "You wanted the Transformers, didn't you?" "Yes." What I learned? Even when I'm being facetious, make sure I put the right thing at the top of the list because you never know.
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, when I do them. Which is, sadly, not all that consistent. I have been known to make an e-card and post it in my journal.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Oh, lord. ALL of them! It's A Wondeful Life (1946). Miracle on 34th Street (1947). A Christmas Carol (1938-Reginal Owen) and (1951-Alistair Sim). A Christmas Story (1983). Holiday Inn (1942). White Christmas (1954). Going My Way (1944). Meet Me in St. Louis (1945). The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Not to mention A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and on and on and on
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Oddly enough, except for the smallest one (whose 'most favorite thing' can change over the course of months) I Christmas (and birthday) shop all year 'round. I have a 'presents box' that I put everything in. This way I get the things when I see them and stop wishing I had months later when the events come around.
14. Have you ever recycled agift? Not that I can think of.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Mashed potatoes that don't have a shaker full of pepper dropped in them. (Yes, there's a story behind that. And I live to tell it. But you don't want me to bore you with it, do you?)
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? On the tree, they have to be colored. And lots of them. On other things they can be more artsy.
17. Favorite Christmas Song? To sing? It Came Upon The Midngiht Clear. I like the lyrical quality of the music. To hear? The Hallelujah Chorus done well. Or the DairyMart radio commercial version of Carol of the Bells, done by a choir singing only "Moo moo moo moo. Moo moo moo moo..." That one never fails to make me smile. And I still like hearing the carols sung in Latin.
18. Travel for Christmas or stay home? Seems to change every year.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Of course.
20. Angel on the tree top or a Star? I have both. (Is that a clue to multiple trees?) My favorite is a blown-glass star I found in a little store in Arlington, Virginia.
21.Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Oddly enough, as a child it was always Christmas morning. Presents didn't even appear before then. But by the time I was in high school, and my brother was a fireman, Christmas would happen when we could all be together. Sometimes it would be Christmas Eve, sometimes the day after, sometimes it would even be Christmas Day. Having everyone there was the most important thing.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Ads. Who thinks that so many people will buy a Mercedes for Christmas that it warrants an advertising push? Though if anyone wants to buy me a Mercedes-Benz, all my friends have Porsches and I must make amends.
23. What I love most about Christmas? The shiny, the sparkly, playing my Music Box Christmas CDs, everywhere being all spiffed up.
24. What I love least about Christmas? Hmmm... having to surf around all the cable channels to find the movies and specials? It was so much easier when there were only three channels.
A Christmas Quotes Quiz:
And to add an extra proof that when I said "ALL of them" I meant ALL ofthem:
Cossposted.
24 Questions Christmas Quiz:
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Depends on the gift. Sometimes both. :-) I've been known to spend as much on the wrapping as on the gift. But I totally enjoy making them spiffy on the outside.
2. Real tree or artificial? I haven't had a real tree since I was about three. When the very first artificial trees came out (they were more like tinsel trees than the 'toilet brush' ones) my mom got one. With both my brother and me highly allergic to the real ones, she decided that the benefits of not being faced with two whiny kids with constantly running noses far outweighed the need for a real tree. For me, the 'scent of Christmas' is the old-fashioned bayberry candle.
3. When do you put up the tree? If one gets put up, it's sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. With two cats, both young, the last two years have had a tree with no ornaments, only lights.
4. When do you take it down? Easter eggs look awfully nice on the tree, don't you think? And those red, white and blue ribbons? They're good for Flag Day and Independence Day!
5. Do you like eggnog? I tried it once when I was very young, didn't like it, and am infinitely capable of carrying a lifetime grudge against foods I thought were icky as a kid, heh.
6. Favorite gift? I don't know that I could name a 'favorite gift ever.' My favorite overall type of gift to get is something totally frivolous and silly.
7. Doyou have a nativity scene? Yes, I do. The first one I got for myelf is in a pop-up book. Based on the 18th century Neapolitan creche at the Met. I also have the small one that's been in my family since forever.
8. Hardest person to buy for? People who won't drop any hints as to what they might like because they think it's somehow unmannerly. Over the years I've gotten used to this and they get the ubiquitous gift cards. Or the person who routinely thanks you for the gift and then proceeds to tell you about the bigger/better one they saw somewhere. But they aren't really 'hard to buy for', they're more 'hard to give to'.
9. Easiest person to buy for? My smallest nephew, who is four. At the moment, if it has Thomas the Tank Engine on it, it'll be good.
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Can't remember getting a 'gee, how interesting, wherever did you find this' kind of gift. The funniest one was from my brother one year. He asked what I wanted. In my best breathless and excited six-year-old voice (I was in my mid-twenties), I told him "I want a Rainbow Brite and and and a Transformers and and and a Castle Greyskull and and and a Masters of the Universe Action Set and and..." (All the things being touted on Saturday morning). He got me a Rainbow Brite. After he went home, I looked at it and then at my mom. She said, "You wanted the Transformers, didn't you?" "Yes." What I learned? Even when I'm being facetious, make sure I put the right thing at the top of the list because you never know.
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, when I do them. Which is, sadly, not all that consistent. I have been known to make an e-card and post it in my journal.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Oh, lord. ALL of them! It's A Wondeful Life (1946). Miracle on 34th Street (1947). A Christmas Carol (1938-Reginal Owen) and (1951-Alistair Sim). A Christmas Story (1983). Holiday Inn (1942). White Christmas (1954). Going My Way (1944). Meet Me in St. Louis (1945). The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Not to mention A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, Nestor the Long-Eared Donkey, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and on and on and on
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Oddly enough, except for the smallest one (whose 'most favorite thing' can change over the course of months) I Christmas (and birthday) shop all year 'round. I have a 'presents box' that I put everything in. This way I get the things when I see them and stop wishing I had months later when the events come around.
14. Have you ever recycled agift? Not that I can think of.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Mashed potatoes that don't have a shaker full of pepper dropped in them. (Yes, there's a story behind that. And I live to tell it. But you don't want me to bore you with it, do you?)
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? On the tree, they have to be colored. And lots of them. On other things they can be more artsy.
17. Favorite Christmas Song? To sing? It Came Upon The Midngiht Clear. I like the lyrical quality of the music. To hear? The Hallelujah Chorus done well. Or the DairyMart radio commercial version of Carol of the Bells, done by a choir singing only "Moo moo moo moo. Moo moo moo moo..." That one never fails to make me smile. And I still like hearing the carols sung in Latin.
18. Travel for Christmas or stay home? Seems to change every year.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Of course.
20. Angel on the tree top or a Star? I have both. (Is that a clue to multiple trees?) My favorite is a blown-glass star I found in a little store in Arlington, Virginia.
21.Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Oddly enough, as a child it was always Christmas morning. Presents didn't even appear before then. But by the time I was in high school, and my brother was a fireman, Christmas would happen when we could all be together. Sometimes it would be Christmas Eve, sometimes the day after, sometimes it would even be Christmas Day. Having everyone there was the most important thing.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Ads. Who thinks that so many people will buy a Mercedes for Christmas that it warrants an advertising push? Though if anyone wants to buy me a Mercedes-Benz, all my friends have Porsches and I must make amends.
23. What I love most about Christmas? The shiny, the sparkly, playing my Music Box Christmas CDs, everywhere being all spiffed up.
24. What I love least about Christmas? Hmmm... having to surf around all the cable channels to find the movies and specials? It was so much easier when there were only three channels.
A Christmas Quotes Quiz:
And to add an extra proof that when I said "ALL of them" I meant ALL ofthem:
Your Score: Holiday Cheermeister
You scored 10 out of 10.
Way to go. I really think you know Christmas Movies and the memorable quotes that come with them.
| Link: The Christmas Movie Quote Test written by mia3155 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
Cossposted.