A Christmas Meme
Ali tagged me for this Christmas Meme.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper.
2. Real tree or artificial? No tree.
3. When do you put up your tree? See above - but with Mum & Dad it was always 1 December, their wedding anniversary.
4. When do you take the tree down? Hard to take down something you don't put up!
5. Do you like eggnog? Never tried it, but the thought of drinking eggs turns my stomach.
6. Favourite gift received as a child? I seem to remember birthday gifts more clearly than Christmas ones, although I am pretty sure my blue bike with the stremers coming out of the handlebars and basket on the front being a Christmas present from when I was about 8.
7. Do you have a Nativity scene? Yes. A hand-made one by my creative friend Karyn.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Mum & Dad - they have everything they need and don't like 'stuff'.
9. Easiest person to buy for? My brother - he can always use another Hawaiian shirt.
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Hotel stationary - you know, the complimentary stuff you get when you stay somewhere, all wrapped up!
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, but probably won't get to sending them this year so an email might have to do.
12. Favorite Christmas movie? I cried during 'Miracle at Christmas' ... hopeless I know!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Generally start during the January sales. It's a habit I get from my mum, who delivered our extended family presents, all wrapped, in March. I think she has already finished shopping for next year.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes.
15. Favorite things to eat at Christmas? I don't really eat most of the traditional Christmas food - no pudding or cake for me, I don't eat turkey or seafood ... but I love the summer fruits, especially Mangoes and Cherries.
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? No tree - but clear lights.
17. Favorite Christmas song? This year it is 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'. Although I'll have to say that Emma Pask singing 'The first Noel' with James Morrison on the piano was pretty impressive, but I'm not sure that your favourite song can be somthing you've only heard once.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? 3 yearly rotation with Mum, Dad and Kevin - a year in Qld (last year); a year off (this year, staying in Sydney); a year in Sydney (next year)
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes (embarrasing I know!).
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? These questions all presume you have a tree! But if I had one it would be a star.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? I managed to convince Mum & Dad when I was about 18 that if I got home from church on Christmas Eve after midnight that we could each open one present, because it was actually Christmas day ... but really we do all the pressies in the morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? That people seem to have lost the sense that Christmas is actually all about CHRIST.
23. What is the "corniest" family tradition you do, or miss doing? We always got our stocking as a pillow case at the end of the bed, full of wrapped presents. Kevin and I always got an equal number of presents in total, and the often matched - when I got a book about Sam Riley, he got a hardcover Batman book. But we also always got an orange and chocolate coins. Mum & Dad kept up the tradition of the stockings even after we moved out for a number of years. I remember being most distressed when they forgot the orange one year (I think I was 26 at the time!)
24. Ugliest Christmas Decoration ever invented? Reindeer made of lights that go on the top of the house.
25. Which looks the best, theme trees or homey trees? Homey trees.
26. What does Christmas mean to you? Matt 1:21 "She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
I'll tag Byron; Michael and Ros
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper.
2. Real tree or artificial? No tree.
3. When do you put up your tree? See above - but with Mum & Dad it was always 1 December, their wedding anniversary.
4. When do you take the tree down? Hard to take down something you don't put up!
5. Do you like eggnog? Never tried it, but the thought of drinking eggs turns my stomach.
6. Favourite gift received as a child? I seem to remember birthday gifts more clearly than Christmas ones, although I am pretty sure my blue bike with the stremers coming out of the handlebars and basket on the front being a Christmas present from when I was about 8.
7. Do you have a Nativity scene? Yes. A hand-made one by my creative friend Karyn.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Mum & Dad - they have everything they need and don't like 'stuff'.
9. Easiest person to buy for? My brother - he can always use another Hawaiian shirt.
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Hotel stationary - you know, the complimentary stuff you get when you stay somewhere, all wrapped up!
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, but probably won't get to sending them this year so an email might have to do.
12. Favorite Christmas movie? I cried during 'Miracle at Christmas' ... hopeless I know!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Generally start during the January sales. It's a habit I get from my mum, who delivered our extended family presents, all wrapped, in March. I think she has already finished shopping for next year.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes.
15. Favorite things to eat at Christmas? I don't really eat most of the traditional Christmas food - no pudding or cake for me, I don't eat turkey or seafood ... but I love the summer fruits, especially Mangoes and Cherries.
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? No tree - but clear lights.
17. Favorite Christmas song? This year it is 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'. Although I'll have to say that Emma Pask singing 'The first Noel' with James Morrison on the piano was pretty impressive, but I'm not sure that your favourite song can be somthing you've only heard once.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? 3 yearly rotation with Mum, Dad and Kevin - a year in Qld (last year); a year off (this year, staying in Sydney); a year in Sydney (next year)
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes (embarrasing I know!).
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? These questions all presume you have a tree! But if I had one it would be a star.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? I managed to convince Mum & Dad when I was about 18 that if I got home from church on Christmas Eve after midnight that we could each open one present, because it was actually Christmas day ... but really we do all the pressies in the morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? That people seem to have lost the sense that Christmas is actually all about CHRIST.
23. What is the "corniest" family tradition you do, or miss doing? We always got our stocking as a pillow case at the end of the bed, full of wrapped presents. Kevin and I always got an equal number of presents in total, and the often matched - when I got a book about Sam Riley, he got a hardcover Batman book. But we also always got an orange and chocolate coins. Mum & Dad kept up the tradition of the stockings even after we moved out for a number of years. I remember being most distressed when they forgot the orange one year (I think I was 26 at the time!)
24. Ugliest Christmas Decoration ever invented? Reindeer made of lights that go on the top of the house.
25. Which looks the best, theme trees or homey trees? Homey trees.
26. What does Christmas mean to you? Matt 1:21 "She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
I'll tag Byron; Michael and Ros
posted by Mandy at
Monday, December 10, 2007
4 Comments:
Thanks for thinking of me, but can I weasel out of this one by pointing out that I posted answers to a very similar meme (with a similar tree fetish) last year?
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byron smith, at Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:15:00 am
Mandy, not sure what you felt about the Blue Like Jazz book craze across the U.S., but after reading your blog, i just have to recommend a book to you and your readers for the new year. It is Brown Like Coffee. Kind of wacky but real challenging. I found it at brownlikecoffee.com . It seemed kind of like a response to BLJ. I would love to get your response to both books.
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Anonymous, at Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:40:00 pm
okey i've had enough!! stop trying to convert me in to something i dont wont u piece of shitbag.
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Anonymous, at Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:14:00 pm
People are trying to persuade us to do all kinds of things all the time, whether we want them to or not. I'm afraid we don't get a choice about it. Of course, in your case, it would be quite easy to stop reading.
But it sounds like you'd actually like to talk about it, since you bothered to write a comment. What has been your experience of Christian things in the past?
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byron smith, at Friday, February 01, 2008 3:20:00 pm
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