To the (theoretically) anonymous person who tagged me with this Christmas meme

[dianeduane]

You didn't disguise your identity as thoroughly as you may think you did. I will have my revenge.

Meanwhile:

1.What is your favorite Christmas carol/song?
"Fairytale of New York", the Pogues.

2.White lights or multicolored?
White.

3. Do you have a cut tree, live tree or an artificial tree?
Artificial.

4. Eggnog, mulled cider, or hot chocolate?
Eggnog. And only one possible recipe, the one passed to me by the divine Miss S. Mulled cider?? You have to be kidding. Optional alternative: Gluhwein (see this video for one of the best places to see it made.)

5. Do you decorate your house with lights?
Only on the inside.

6. Do you write a Christmas letter?
Nope.

7. Do you like receiving Christmas letters/photos?
Don't mind.

8. What is your favorite Christmas story/movie?
A Christmas Story.

9. Have you ever made a gingerbread house?
Yes. Sometimes repeatedly.

10. Poinsettias or holly?
Holly.

11. Do you display a nativity scene?
No.

12. Do you bake Christmas cookies?
Sometimes, usually ones from Festive Classics: Holiday Baking in the Swiss, German and Austrian Traditions.

13. Ham or turkey?
Turkey.

14. In what languages can you wish someone a Merry Christmas (without cheating)?
Merry Christmas
Frohe Weihnachten
Feliz Navidad
Joyeux Noel
Nollaig Shona

15. Do you know all the words to Jingle Bells?
No.

16. Do you put presents under the tree?
No.

17. How do you eat a candy cane?
Only under duress. That ribbon candy, though, I really like that. Probably a good thing I can't find it around here. :)

18. What is your biggest holidays pet peeve?
Not being able (without consequences) to run down the street shrieking "Io Saturnalia!" and insisting that major public officials swap jobs with me for the day.

19. What is your favorite Christmas tradition?

Recovering from it.

20. What was the best present you ever got for Christmas?
A Patty Play Pal doll.

(And I'm adding two questions:)

21. What's your favorite holiday TV special?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

22. What's your favorite fictional holiday TV special?
The Six Tasks of Snowman Hank.

(sigh) OK, that's over with.

(Disclaimer: None of the above should be taken as evidence of adherence to any personal religion, discipline or belief system. Void where prohibited by natural law. Etc etc.)

Comments

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

All right, I shall have to make some Gluhwein.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

1.What is your favorite Christmas carol/song?
"Fairytale of New York", the Pogues.

Yay. Nice to see I'm not the only one answers that question thusly. :)

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Same here. Actually, I'm very partial to the cover by The Stars.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

Egad. Just from the title alone, I think I can see how The Six Tasks of Snowman Hank would play out... in puppet animation, of course!

[dorfird.livejournal.com]

Did you just make up that title, or is it referred to in some other fiction somewhere?

[dduane.livejournal.com]

It appears in a Kim Possible episode. (http://www.tv.com/kim-possible/a-very-possible-christmas/episode/262527/reviews.html?review_id=52014) (Transcript here. (http://www.kpfanworld.com/transcript/36))

As the book says, "There's a song, too." :)

[dorfird.livejournal.com]

Cool! Now I'm going over to Netflix to see if I can get me some Kim Possible.

Google failed. The title is right there on the transcript page but when I googled it I got nothing.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

This is what I get for not watching the Disney Channel... I thought you made that up. :)

[dduane.livejournal.com]

Oh, and see also here. (http://kptvtome.hostrocket.com/Episodes/A_Very_Possible.htm)

[batyatoon]

18. What is your biggest holidays pet peeve?
Not being able (without consequences) to run down the street shrieking "Io Saturnalia!" and insisting that major public officials swap jobs with me for the day.

... I would love to see that.

Though oddly enough, that's one religious holiday tradition I can't advocate adopting in the US. At least not with actual major public officials. Separation of church and state, don't you know.

[kengr]

That ribbon candy, though, I really like that. Probably a good thing I can't find it around here. :)

I haven't looked this year yet, but last year Rite-Aid had it in *cans* of all things.

Same for some of the other old fashioned "colored & flavored sugar" candies.

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

Oh, Snowman Hank. If you can bring good and evil together in a terribly odd musical number in an arctic escape pod, there's no task you can't accomplish!

[shadowmaat.livejournal.com]

*huggles Snowman Hank*

Diane, I know you know this, but you are awesome!

[aerynvale.livejournal.com]

Hah! Fairytale of New York! It's the only Christmas song I can consistently remember how to play. Unfortunately I've never had anyone else to sing it with so it always sounds like I'm talking to myself. c.c

Oh and hello, I found your journal by a comment you left in my wife's LJ. :)

[dduane.livejournal.com]

:) You're most welcome.