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I was tagged to do this by...somebody.
Name 5 of life's simple pleasures that you like most, then pick 5 people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used. Tag 5 people on your list.
I'm not going to tag anyone. Do it if you feel you want to.
1. Finding a book I haven't read yet, by a favourite author, in a secondhand bookshop.
2. Cats that climb on to my knee.
3. Chocolate!
4. Clean sheets and a hot-water bottle.
5. Wakening up in the night and seeing that there are 3 more hours before I need to get up.
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angel_gidget
1.What is your favorite Christmas carol/song? -- I like Silent Night as long as it's not jazzed up. especially in the original German. Song—I'm partial to Fairytale of New York.
2.White lights or multiciolored? -- multicoloured
3. Do you have a cut tree, live tree or an artificial tree? -- Artificial. They were talking about getting a live one this year.
4. Eggnog, mulled cider, or hot chocolate? -- Hot chocolate.
5. Do you decorate your house with lights? -- Just the tree.
6. Do you write a Christmas letter? -- A Christams email is about all they'll get.
7. Do you like receiving Christmas letters/photos? -- I'm not fussed.
8. What is your favorite Christmas story/movie? -- Ack. They'll mostly cheesy. Oh, I know! Run Away Home. The cleverness of me!
9. Have you ever made a gingerbread house? -- No.
10. Poinsettias or holly? -- Holly. I don't even know what poinsettas are.
11. Do you display a nativity scene? -- We have a little terracotta one.
12. Do you bake Christmas cookies? -- No, cake.
13. Ham or turkey? -- Turkey. I don't eat pork.
14. In what languages can you wish someone a Merry Christmas (without cheating)? -- Four.
15. Do you know all the words to Jingle Bells? -- Yes.
16. Do you put presents under the tree? -- Yes.
17. How do you eat a candy cane? -- Suck it till it comes apart. But I've only ever had about two in my life.
18. What is your biggest holidays pet peeve? -- Relatives. No, seriously, all this 'Happy holidays' business, and workplaces banning Christmas decorations. Come off it; Christmas as celebrated by the vast majority of people in the UK is entirely secularised; it's a commercial festival. And I should have thought that whatever your religion was, an opportunity to party, get presents and eat lots at a dismal time of year would be welcome.
19. What is your favorite Christmas tradition? -- Presents.
20. What was the best present you ever got for Christmas? -- Hmm. I think the one which gave me the most pleasure at the time was something called a Super Optic Wonder; it was a little pair of binoculars that had a compass and a tiny sextant and magnifying glass and I don't know what all else. I carried around with me for about three years after that.
Name 5 of life's simple pleasures that you like most, then pick 5 people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used. Tag 5 people on your list.
I'm not going to tag anyone. Do it if you feel you want to.
1. Finding a book I haven't read yet, by a favourite author, in a secondhand bookshop.
2. Cats that climb on to my knee.
3. Chocolate!
4. Clean sheets and a hot-water bottle.
5. Wakening up in the night and seeing that there are 3 more hours before I need to get up.
The Christmas meme, gakked from
angel_gidget1.What is your favorite Christmas carol/song? -- I like Silent Night as long as it's not jazzed up. especially in the original German. Song—I'm partial to Fairytale of New York.
2.White lights or multiciolored? -- multicoloured
3. Do you have a cut tree, live tree or an artificial tree? -- Artificial. They were talking about getting a live one this year.
4. Eggnog, mulled cider, or hot chocolate? -- Hot chocolate.
5. Do you decorate your house with lights? -- Just the tree.
6. Do you write a Christmas letter? -- A Christams email is about all they'll get.
7. Do you like receiving Christmas letters/photos? -- I'm not fussed.
8. What is your favorite Christmas story/movie? -- Ack. They'll mostly cheesy. Oh, I know! Run Away Home. The cleverness of me!
9. Have you ever made a gingerbread house? -- No.
10. Poinsettias or holly? -- Holly. I don't even know what poinsettas are.
11. Do you display a nativity scene? -- We have a little terracotta one.
12. Do you bake Christmas cookies? -- No, cake.
13. Ham or turkey? -- Turkey. I don't eat pork.
14. In what languages can you wish someone a Merry Christmas (without cheating)? -- Four.
15. Do you know all the words to Jingle Bells? -- Yes.
16. Do you put presents under the tree? -- Yes.
17. How do you eat a candy cane? -- Suck it till it comes apart. But I've only ever had about two in my life.
18. What is your biggest holidays pet peeve? -- Relatives. No, seriously, all this 'Happy holidays' business, and workplaces banning Christmas decorations. Come off it; Christmas as celebrated by the vast majority of people in the UK is entirely secularised; it's a commercial festival. And I should have thought that whatever your religion was, an opportunity to party, get presents and eat lots at a dismal time of year would be welcome.
19. What is your favorite Christmas tradition? -- Presents.
20. What was the best present you ever got for Christmas? -- Hmm. I think the one which gave me the most pleasure at the time was something called a Super Optic Wonder; it was a little pair of binoculars that had a compass and a tiny sextant and magnifying glass and I don't know what all else. I carried around with me for about three years after that.
