{"id":1876,"date":"2008-11-19T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T15:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2008-11-19T11:03:49","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T15:03:49","slug":"in-the-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2008\/11\/19\/in-the-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not a gloater*, so I’ll just provide\u00a0two sentences describing Scrabble night yesterday. Here goes: We played two games and I won both. I also managed to get the highest score for a single word that I’ve ever gotten; using 4 letters I spelled “quiz”, with the “q” on a double-letter, the “z” on a triple-word, and the\u00a0‘I’ forming a second word (“irate”), resulting in 101 points.<\/p>\n

Now, Randy sent me an email chain-letter about the holidays and since I’m such a holiday freak, I decided to just post my results on my blog instead of an email. Enjoy! (and if you’re so inclined, copy\/paste the text below and email your responses to me).<\/p>\n

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  1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?<\/strong> I prefer wrapping paper.<\/li>\n
  2. Real tree or artificial?<\/strong> Fake – less clean up, less fire hazard, less money.<\/li>\n
  3. When do you put up the tree?<\/strong> As soon after Thanksgiving as possible (it used to be Thanksgiving night, but Randy is away so I now impatiently wait).<\/li>\n
  4. When do you take the tree down?<\/strong> Depends. If I’m traveling, it might be Christmas night. But usually no later than New Years.<\/li>\n
  5. Do you like egg nog?<\/strong> Love it (but without alcohol).<\/li>\n
  6. Favorite gift received as a child?<\/strong> The one I remember most is the Weebles Haunted Mansion.<\/li>\n
  7. Hardest person to buy for?<\/strong> Everybody! I love the idea of gift giving but suck at coming up with gift ideas. I’d probably say my mother is the most difficult. Like me, she has no hobbies and doesn’t “need” anything.<\/li>\n
  8. Easiest person to buy for?<\/strong> Me! I’m never shy about saying that I want something.<\/li>\n
  9. Do you have a nativity scene?<\/strong> Hell no!<\/li>\n
  10. Have you ever recycled a Christmas gift?<\/strong> Of course!<\/li>\n
  11. Lights on a Christmas Tree?<\/strong> Of course, but they must be white…and NOT blinking or musical.<\/li>\n
  12. When do you start shopping? <\/strong>Usually November.<\/li>\n
  13. Favorite Christmas song?<\/strong> It’s not necessarily a Christmas song, but “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.” I’m also rather fond of “White Christmas”.<\/li>\n
  14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?<\/strong> As a child, raviolis. I also love those white\/pink cookies shaped like candy canes.<\/li>\n
  15. Mail or email Christmas cards?<\/strong> Mail! I’d be so offended if I got an email Christmas card…how lazy.<\/li>\n
  16. Worst Christmas gift you received?<\/strong> My two front teeth. They were defective and came with a huge gap in the middle.<\/li>\n
  17. Favorite Christmas movie?<\/strong> Tough one…I love so many. For a laugh, I love Christmas Vacation. If I’m feeling sentimental\/traditional, White Christmas.<\/li>\n
  18. Travel at Christmas or stay at home?<\/strong> Well, does going to the Cape count as travel? If so, then I do travel. I also tend to head out on an actual vacation the day(s) after Christmas (this year, it will be Key West).<\/li>\n
  19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?<\/strong> Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph.<\/li>\n
  20. Angel on top of tree, or star?<\/strong> I have neither…I have a Santa Claus (you stick the tree up his butt).<\/li>\n
  21. Open gifts Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?<\/strong> I’ve almost always opened them Christmas Eve (or earlier)…even as a kid. Now I open the bulk before Christmas, then a handful while at my parent’s place on Christmas morning or Christmas Eve.<\/li>\n
  22. Most annoying thing about this time of year?<\/strong> Lines.<\/li>\n
  23. Favorite ornament theme or color?<\/strong> I don’t get the question, but for Christmas lights, I prefer all white. For ornaments, I prefer fun\/tacky\/nostalgic (like my pornament). For general holiday colors you can’t go wrong with red and green.<\/li>\n
  24. Favorite for Christmas dinner?<\/strong> I liked my childhood ones. Everybody on my Mom’s side of the family married Italians so we always had turkey and\/or ham, but we always had ravioli, too.<\/li>\n
  25. What do I want for Christmas this year?<\/strong> I have no freaking clue, which essentially makes question #8 a lie.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *Yes, that was a lie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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