Christmas meme

1. What is your favorite Christmas carol? One? Are you kidding? Um probably “We Three Kings” though “Carol of the Bells” is great too.
2. What is your favorite fun Christmas song? They’re ALL fun! Okay, fine. “Grandma Got Run OVer By A Reindeer”has a special place in my heart. Also “Christmas Tree Hung With Tears” though I don’t know if it’s “fun”. But it’s not traditional, that’s for sure. Think “Miss Havisham’s fave carol.”
3. Who’s your favorite reindeer? Vixen, natch. Also Blitzen.
4. What’s your favorite Christmas food? Poppyseed roll, but only the kind made by the baker who retired from Publix and ruined my holiday for all time.
5. What’s your favorite “day” of Christmas? Probably five golden rings, though there’s just something about that pear tree…
6. What’s your favorite Christmas special? A Christmas Story. Does that count? It was made for TV…
7. What is your favorite Christmas movie? Favorite? Forget it. I narrowed down my Xmas carols, but this I will not do. The Ref? I’m going to hell. I also really like Santa Claus, the Movie. And Holiday Inn. And any version of A Christmas Carol. I don’t care which one it is. I’ll take ’em all. Including Scrooged.
8. Do you prefer Frosty or Rudolph? Are we talking claymation or song versions? I’m thinking Rudolph. Frosty is too tragic. Plus, he’s made of snow. Snow and I are enjoying an uneasy truce. (Note to self: do not make the too-easy “Cold War” pun.)
9. What’s your least favorite Christmas movie? Well, I don’t think I’ve seen most of the modern ones (Like the Ben Affleck one or anything) but I’m going to have to go with White Christmas here.
10. Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Day of course, who does the other one? That’s crazy.
11. Where’s your favorite place to celebrate Christmas? Well, “home” is the obvious answer, but I really had a blast at the Brown Kiwi in Auckland in 2003. Sailor Boy and I had just checked in on Xmas Eve, and there was a huge sign at the desk that said, sign up for our Xmas barbecue for $10. So we did, thinking tha it would be a couple of sausage rolls and gatorade, but it was better than nothing, and if it sucked, we were only out seven (US) dollars. But it was the most incredible feast. There was ham and chickens and yams and kumara and casseroles and fruit salad and cherries and veggies and salads and this traditional Kiwi dessert called Pavlova which is this cake/meringue, fruit, whipped cream concoction, and crates and crates of methode traditional (NZ champagne, which is frickin’ phenomenal). We all sat out on these picnic tables under umbrellas and it was a whole bunch of Kiwis from the very cute and artsy (read: gay) neighborhood where the hostel was, and a bunch of young adults from all over the world. Christmas dinner with Israelis and Spaniards and Brazilians and Americans and Australians and Kiwis and English and Irish and Germans and everything else. And we talked abotu how we do Christmas “back home.” And we talked about the world, and Peace On Earth, and Goodwill Towards Men, and all that stuff that you’d think Jesus would want you to talk about on his birthday. And I don’t think anyone there was religious, or at least they weren’t religious in the Christian persuasion, but I think the point was made anyway. I want every Christmas to be like that. No presents. Just a lot of meringue and chicken and champagne and really good conversations about how people all over the world like to have feasts and think about the goodness in humanity’s heart. The Brown Kiwi people are really, really Good People.
12. What’s your favorite Christmas memory? Ah, that’s private. 😉