Balls and Walnuts
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Long time no meme?
From Tammy.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Paper, although the best gifts are 100% edible.
2. Artificial or Real tree? I keep thinking about A. Whitney Brown’s shtick about how he loved torturing trees. Now that was different humor. But really, Tam, you ask a nice Jewish boy artificial vs. real?
Real of course. I’m sure the artificial ones aren’t kosher.
3. When do you put up a tree? Every damn night, and it gets to be a bother sometimes.
4. When do you take it down? Whenever I get the chance.
5. Do you like eggnog? I used to. Do they make lactose-free eggnog?
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Typical: my favorite gift, and the memory is tainted. It was a collection of tiny little story books. (Remember that, Sis?) Why is the memory tainted? Because my mom gave me a few before Hanukkah arrived, one a day, and then my dad got wind of it, and then they had a big fight because he wanted it to be a surprise. And who felt guilty? Yours truly.
7. Hardest person to buy for? Karen. I keep wanting to give her a tree.
8. Easiest person to buy for? My mother. Big, baggy, touristy, pastel sweatshirt with sequins. Works every time.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? I understand I was quite a screamer. Does that count?
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Femail.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? We did a “secret Santa” gift swap during residency. Always disappointing when I would drop $25 and get some regifted piece of crap in return.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I’ll let you know when I start.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Chestnuts. Latkes.
16. Lights on the tree? Wouldn’t that burn?
17. Favorite Christmas Song? Nine Inch Nails’ Closer.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? Whose reindeer?
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Enough double entendres. Okay, if I HAD to have a tree, I SUPPOSE I would put a star on it. Happy now?
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Huh?
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Christmas music. Live-action creches. Feeling left out.
23. Favorite Ornament theme or color? Those formalin-pickled ears I saved from med school. (Kidding, kidding!)
24. Favorite dessert for Christmas dinner? I don’t think I’ve ever had a Christmas dinner. If I had, it would probably be pie. Pecan pie. Which gives me GERD from hell nowadays, so I have to be content with the memory of pecan pie.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Nice, warm gloves to wear on my morning commute.
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Lyvvie
27. Who is least likely to respond to this? Oh, I don’t know. Dean.
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I LOVE pecan pie!! OMG! OMG!!!
Thanks for playing along, Doug! 🙂
At the risk of repeating myself, my Christmas tree suggestion would be an oak tree decorated with small wicker cages with small wicker men inside. On Christmas Eve, take the tree outside, douse liberally with lighter fluid and torch it. Hey, that’s more traditional, isn’t it? 🙂
If I put a comment here, does that qualify as ‘responding’?
Just wondering.
Um . . . no.
You know how these memes work. Pass them on to seven people or you’ll get seven years of bad luck. Do it, and enormous riches will shower upon you.
(Right, Tammy?)
Exactly! That’s why I’m sitting here looking at my empty savings account and wondering how it all fizzled away. 😉
Oh, wait, that’s right! Christmas!
Now, if riches could be counted in the amount of pet-doody my critters create in an average week, I’d be flush, baby! lol
I would have thought I would have been selected as least likely to respond, considering I haven’t been here lately. Or did you forget about me already?
And, that reminds me, are you on Twitter yet? 😉
This meme sucks. Is that Scroogie enough for you? I have a 4″ glass Xmas tree somewhere that I am not bothering to even look for this year. Though I do like the food. Quote from my hubby, “I’m going to do something about my belly this year.” Umm, yeah. PEE-CAN PIE ROCKS!
LMAO, DOUG!!!Nine Inch Nails’ Closer. Me too! (But then, it’s one of my favorites for any season!)TWI never knew it was a tree that went up every night… I thought it was a tent pole!
Yes, Closer truly is a song for all seasons. I’m waiting for it to become grocery store musak.