1. What does it mean to have the 'holiday spirit'? On a scale of 1-10 how is yours this year? (10=off the charts, 1=still looking for it)
Shouldn't we always have the holiday spirit? Being kind and cheerful, right? I'd say mine is an 8 this year. I had an excellent Thanksgiving (you can read about it here). Things will never be the same, but there is some joy and getting back to the holiday routines going on. 2. What's your favorite character from a (December) holiday-themed movie, book, or TV special? Tell us why.
This is a tough one! Iris from The Holiday or Sybil from The Family Stone would be tops, for sure. I love that Iris found herself and stopped being a doormat, and I love Sybil and how she handled her family.
3. Do you like gingerbread? Are gingerbread houses part of your holiday tradition?
I am definitely a fan of gingerbread...eating it, not building houses with it.
4. Much of our vocabulary is determined by where we live or where we grew up. What say you-sprinkles or jimmies? lightning bugs or fireflies? soda or pop? sneakers, trainers, or tennis shoes? sub, hoagie, grinder, or hero? freeway, highway, or motorway? frosting or icing? sauce or gravy?
Being from the South, I'm sure people can already predict my answers!
Sprinkles, lightning bugs, coke (not soda or pop, although I have learned to say "soda" instead of coke), tennis shoes, sub, highway/interstate, frosting, gravy.
5. Share a favorite holiday memory from your childhood.
Here's one I don't think I've shared before:
Growing up, we didn't have a fireplace where we could hang our stockings; we put them on our bedposts instead. It was so exciting to go to bed with empty stockings & wake up with them full of candy. There were no presents in them, only candy and a tangerine at the bottom.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
We also celebrated St. Nicholas' feast day, but with a little twist. We didn't put our shoes out for St. Nick; we would put plates around the table. Probably because my parents didn't think it was sanitary to put candy in stinky, dirty shoes! I continued that tradition with my boys. They would each get some kind of coloring book or reading book, a Santa chocolate, and a Christmas movie to share.
