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[fajrdrako]

Christmas meme that I got from jfc013, even though I should be working or

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? I'll take both. I suppose I slightly prefer hot chocolate, but it's Christmas, why skimp?

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree If you're lucky.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Red, all red. Or all amber. Something like that. A pretty monochrome.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No. I'm not making magic potion! Besides, it would be frustrating, with no one here to kiss.

5. When do you put your decorations up? Not before December, but early in December. I like to do it on the day of the Ottawa Little Theatre Annual General Meeting, which is today. I don't think I'll do it today. I take them down right after Boxing Day.

6. What is your favourite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Roast duck. I like goose, too.

7. Favourite holiday memory as a child? On Christmas morning when I was three, I got up to find a stocking hanging on my bedroom door, with a small stuffed bear in it. I was thrilled. His name was Brownie.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Truth? What truth?

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? With old fragile decorations that belonged to my mother, and toys, and little plastic comic book action figures.

11. Snow! Love it or dread it? Both. It's pretty, but it's hard to walk in. Slippery.

12. Can you ice skate? I used to. I like to think that with practice I still could, but last time I tried, I could only skate on one foot, which meant I went around in little circles. I'd be embarrassed to have anyone see me do that.

13. Do you remember your favourite gift? I had a different favourite gift each Christmas all through my childhood. Brownie when I was three, Punkinhead when I was four, a doll house when I was five....

14. What's the most important thing about the holidays for you? Honouring the pleasurable side of life.

15. What is your favourite holiday dessert? Plum pudding with rum hard sauce.

16. What is your favourite holiday tradition? Christmas carols, and candles.

17. What tops your tree? A star.

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving? Both. Wrapping and unwrapping, maybe!

19. What is your favourite Christmas song? In the Bleak Midwinter - the UK version, not the American version.

20. Candy canes, yum or yuk? Pretty.

21. Favourite Christmas memory? Too many to name. Like: setting the kitchen on fire the year I dropped the goose is one. Singing Christmas carols while my mother played the piano is another.

22. Fondest wish on Christmas, 2006? A renewal of hope.

Comments

[waltzie.livejournal.com]

We have a red and gold themed tree this year, and an Iron Man ornament from hallmark!! We briefly thought about putting a Warren Worthington II action figure on the top but realized we'd have to like...strap him to the branches and that wouldn't look very festive.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

an Iron Man ornament from hallmark

How wonderful! This makes me consider... if only I had enough action figures... I could put the Iron Man side of the Civil War on one side of the Tree, and the Captain America side on the other, and Spider-Man on top of the tree instead of the star!

The only good Warren Worthington III action figure I have is the blue-skinned version, and he doesn't look very festive, either. Dawnstar from the Legion of Super-heroes would fit the bill nicely, but I don't have a figure of her, either! Hmm, wish I had one of those Neil Gaiman/P. Craig Russell sexy angels...!

And on a purely aesthetic note, I like red and gold together.

[waltzie.livejournal.com]

My roommate has almost every Marvel Legends (I think that's the series) figure there is so we have multiple versions of everyone. Our Angel is wearing red and white with really huge white wings.

MAN A CIVIL WAR THEMED TREE WOULD BE AMAZING!!!! I bet we could do it, too. Except the figures are really heavy.

It's so fun having you on my flist, you're really the only one I can always comment about comics with. :D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Our Angel is wearing red and white with really huge white wings.

Oh, wonderful - perfect for Christmas.

My comic-based action figures are fairly small, and plastic, and not very heavy. I don't think I have many of the Civil War characters, though. Maybe this could be a project for next year!

Yes, isn't it fun to have someone who understands about comics?