Nom de Plume

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1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate. Egg nog is just gross.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? We don’t really do the present thing so much anymore, although the mothers do. When I was a kid, Santa wrapped. So did the cat, the dog, and whatever undead goldfish I had at the time. Strangely, the gift tags all bore my mother’s handwriting.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Our neighbor Adam accused me not too long ago of “having to do everything differently.” It’s not intentional. We had white lights up last year, liked them so much we never took them down, and then they died. So no lights at all this year.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? I would if I weren’t so lazy. The thought of kissing Steve senseless under it appeals. He, no doubt, would shudder in horror.

5. When do you put your decorations up? What decorations?

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Roast beef with yorkshire pudding.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Trimming the tree. Every year. I loved it. Taking the tree down? Not so much.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? It was more of a slow dawning realization. As I said, Santa’s writing resembled my mother’s.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No, but we always opened stocking presents before breakfast. My stocking was WONDERFUL. It was enormous. It finally broke under the accumulated weight of years of overloading. One of the great sadnesses of my life.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? I’m so proud; we managed to get a tree this year. No ornaments in sight; I stuck hair accoutrements on it instead.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? LOVE!

12. Can you ice skate? Not for years.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Hmmm. Not really.

14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Staying away from families–always traumatic.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? I have no idea.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? The music

17. What tops your tree? This year? A big pink hair clampy thing. Hey, there was nothing else.

18. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving? I’ve been trying to get away from the holiday gift-giving for years. It all seems so silly; people rushing around buying crap that no one wants or needs. This year, I’m giving away soap (shock), and also flocks of geese to families in developing nations in person x’s name.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Not really a song, but The Messiah. The whole darn thing. It’s just not Christmas unless you’re sick and tired of it.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? It’s sugar, so yum.