Yule Rules
The Xmas meme comes via Scott
Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Cannot bear egg. Ugh! So it will have to be Hot Chocolate, although I’d prefer mulled wine or a winter beer. (Something like double chocolate stout will do nicely!)
Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Have to be wrapped. This is the reason why all presents must be rectangular, and nothing non-Euclidian in shape is allowed. That wooden rocking horse many years ago cost me an awful lot of SAN.
Coloured lights or white on tree/house? Coloured ones.
Do you hang mistletoe? Haven’t for many years.
When do you put your decorations up? Last Sunday before. That way the needles on the tree last until the traditional January 6th.
What is your Favourite Christmas dish (excluding dessert)? Christmas dinner with turkey and everything else; especially the brussel sprouts. (Well, not just the brussel sprouts).
Favourite Christmas memory as a child? Dragging a christmas stocking down the stairs with the words “Father Christmas did come! {Bump} Father Christmas did come! {Bump}”
When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I can’t actually remember that one.
Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Used to many years ago.
How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Tinsel, lights, baubles and one really kitsch white mouse that my mother absolutely hates. There used to be a Teletubby (Po), but she disappeared one January 6th and was never seen again.
Do you know how to ice skate? No. Never actually tried, but since I’m Mr Absolutely No Coordination Whatsoever it’s probably best that I haven’t.
What’s the most important thing about the Christmass for you? Family.
What is your Favourite Christmas dessert? Christmas pudding and brandy butter.
What is your Favourite Christmas tradition?. Eating toast at one o’clock in the morning after coming home from midnight communion on Christmas Eve. I’m not quite sure how that tradition got started.
What tops your tree? A star.
Favourite Christmas Song? Got to be traditional carols like Hark the Herald Angels Sing, O Come All Ye Faithful and Silent Night. Didn’t get the last of those on Sunday’s carol service, but I am expecting to hear it performed at the Mostly Autumn Christmas show at Crewe on Wednesday. As an unrepentant prog-rock fan I can make room for Greg Lake’s I Believe in Father Christmas, but I share Scott’s dislike of tacky drivel like Grandma got run over by a reindeer.
December 22nd, 2006 at 8:19 am
“When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?”
About five years ago - the Sunday Sport published an interview with the boy’s parents.
December 22nd, 2006 at 8:21 am
“Do you hang mistletoe?”
I used to, but these days my beer-gut would obscure it.
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:34 am
*When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Nowadays the learn it in school…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6198385.stm
*Do you know how to ice skate?
Tried it once - found I didn’t enjoy falling on by butt repeatedly for an hour…swore I’d never do it again, and as for having to pay for the priveledge?
Happy Christmas Tim!