White Christmas?

The day before the day before christmas and I found this. I hope we get more. It's been a long time since we had a white christmas.

Holiday Meme

Found through Knitting Iris. Feel free to do this meme on your own blog...

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Silk soy nog. This is the best stuff ever. I've had it for a few years now and have turned a lot of other friends on to it as well. I do love a nice hot chocolate mostly when it's really cold outside. It's great after sledding.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? Actually, Santa doesn't bring presents. In our house, Santa fills the stockings and parents buy the gifts.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? I'm a white light girl. Colors seem very distracting to me and many times they steal the show from the ornaments. We only do tree lights.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Yes, it's between the kitchen and dining room so it get a lot of use.

5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually on or near December 1st. We keep them up till Jan 1st.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? I'm always tasting new and great foods during the holidays. Ummm my mom's sugar cookies w/icing and probably mash potatoes.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? I remember we were really lacking in funds after my brother was born and we made a tin foil start for the top of the tree. I always thought that was the coolest to make do and find ways to approach a problem in a different way.

8 . When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don't remember. I kinda think I heard some rumours at school and asked my mom. She said that Santa would still come as long as I kept believing in him.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No, but, being from a divorced home, we had two holidays. The one with our father's family was usually a week or so before the holiday.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? It's a mish-mash of found, gifted, and made ornaments.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I really like snow especially when I don't have to go anywhere.

12. Can you ice skate? Yes. I didn't learn until I was a teenager though.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? I got lots of great stuff as a kid. I remember a stereo one year and this Barbi that had lipstick and a button on her back you would push and she would make a kiss sound.

14. What's your favorite thing(s) about the holidays? I like being with my kids and husband. Seeing my family and just laying about with no agenda.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? I like pumpkin pie a lot.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Decorating the tree and driving around to see all the neighborhood lights.

17. What tops your tree? This year it's a silver pipe cleaner snowflake

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving? I kind of like both.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song? "Baby, It's Cold Outside"-Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting and "Christmas Waltz"-Frank Sinatra and "Mistletoe and Holly"-Frank Sinatra OH! and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"-Frank Sinatra and "I'll Be Home For Christmas" Bing Crosby and "Christmas Time is Here"- Vince Guaraldi Trio

20. What is your favorite holiday book? "The Night Before Christmas"- Illustrated by Tasha Tudor and "A Christmas Carol"- Dickens

21. Candy canes yuck or yum? Yum if they're fresh, yuck if they're a year old. Also, I'm kinda partial to the little tiny candy canes that can be finished in one go.

21. What's number one on your Christmas list this year? I'd really love world peace. If I can't have that then maybe end the war on terror. Since that is probably not going to happen, I'd just love to have a wonderful uneventful holiday for me, my friends, and family.

The Best New Music Ever ~ Jonathon Coulton

I have just found the coolest new artist ever!!!

Jonathon Coulton

Oh my, he so rocks.

You can go here to check out his music.

Songs we love:

Tom Cruise Crazy

Re: Your Brains

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You ruined everything

W's Duty

Code Monkey

Baby Got Back (with Banjo you gotta love it)

This guy is so clever! He should be famous!

Spread the word...

BONUS!
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I almost forgot!!!

Oh my goodness!

I almost forgot Leslie Harpold's Online Advent Calendar.

Enjoy!