I feel like that cold that's been stalking me is finally here, alas. Anyway, I bring you a Christmas poll, just for fun:
What goes on top of the Christmas tree?
Star
29(64.4%)
Angel
7(15.6%)
I don't do Christmas trees
1(2.2%)
I don't do Christmas
1(2.2%)
Christmas songs:
Love 'em
21(50.0%)
Hate 'em
10(23.8%)
Only if it's Nat, Bing, Frank, Ella or Perry
4(9.5%)
Only if it's one of my fave contemporary bands
0(0.0%)
Best kiddie Christmas Special:
A Charlie Brown Christmas
8(19.5%)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
7(17.1%)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated version)
10(24.4%)
Frosty the Snowman
1(2.4%)
A Year Without a Santa Claus
0(0.0%)
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
1(2.4%)
Something else
6(14.6%)
Best classic holiday flick:
It's a Wonderful Life
15(45.5%)
Miracle on 34th Street
5(15.2%)
Christmas in Connecticut
1(3.0%)
Holiday Inn
1(3.0%)
White Christmas
3(9.1%)
The Shop Around the Corner
0(0.0%)
The Bishop's Wife
0(0.0%)
Best Scrooge:
Reginald Owen (1938)
0(0.0%)
Alastair Sim (1951)
3(7.3%)
Albert Finney (1970)
3(7.3%)
George C. Scott (1984)
1(2.4%)
Michael Caine (1992 -- Muppet Christmas Carol)
11(26.8%)
Patrick Stewart (1999)
3(7.3%)
Scrooge McDuck!
6(14.6%)
Never seen any of 'em
6(14.6%)
Best holiday drink:
Eggnog, plain
2(4.4%)
Eggnog, spiked
3(6.7%)
Spiced cider
5(11.1%)
Mulled wine
4(8.9%)
Hot buttered rum
0(0.0%)
Hot cocoa
10(22.2%)
Irish coffee
2(4.4%)
Starbuck's stuff
5(11.1%)
Just cuz I'm curious - Eggnog is...
Yummy!
15(37.5%)
Yucky!
25(62.5%)
I am done with my Christmas shopping:
Yes
11(23.9%)
No
1(2.2%)
Almost
18(39.1%)
*laughs hysterically, then weeps*
12(26.1%)
- Current Mood:
listless
- Current Music:Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World
Comments
I think I want to go buy Holiday Inn right this second and watch it.
Anyway, feel better! *snuggles*
Bill Murray is an awesome Scrooge.
A Christmas Story rocks, but White Christmas is the best. [Though I do adore It's a Wonderful Life...].
My favorite kiddie show -when I was a kid- was the John Denver and Muppets Christmas special.
*tosses your poll into complete dissarray*
:D
I'm sorry you're feeling so poorly. :( *hugs*
I meant to put Bill Murray in there, darn it! That is a pretty funny movie, isn't it? ;)
And y'know, I've never seen A Christmas Story! (I know, I should be exiled from the land!)
At least I don't have much going on this week/weekend, so it's not so bad feeling under the weather but there are definitely things I want to get done!
And yes, YAY for Pagan Holiday Hoopla! \o/
*adjusts head wreath of holly and mistletoe*
Scrooged is one of my favorite holiday movies. Bill Murray adds a brilliant mean edge to that role. And there's so much TV cheese. The Solid Gold Dancers! Mary Lou Retton as Tiny Tim! Hee. :D
I don't think you should be exiled from the land - heck, you live allll the way on the other side of the country as it *is*. Now, if you were from the mid-west and hadn't seen it, the situation might be different. :) I do recommend it - there's some pretty classic material in there.
It's good you don't have a case of the life-crazies to go along with your Ick. The timing is still Bad Form, though. Hmmm... how about Miso broth with lovely cubes of tofu and scallions? It's cozy, sublime stuff.
Blessed Be!
Blessed be and Bright Blessings for the Darkest Night!
Also, I'm slightly embarrassed that I don't remember what I used to watch on Christmas when I was a kid - though it wasn't one of those you put in the poll. But among the ones I associate with Christmas now, there's "Trading places" with Eddie Murphy and Dan Ayckroyd. I think I could recite it by heart. :)
and yay for Scrooge McDuck! The one and only ;)
And I don't get in the Christmas mood until mid-December, usually. Before Thanksgiving is too damn early!
I don't know my classics (in movies and in music), I didn't watch the same kid specials (for me it's re-runs of old Asterix cartoon movies, just watched one with the boys now in fact, they have played in december since the 70's!) and... I think I never tried eggnog! (really pretty sure)
as for the shopping, I did it all one week ago, but since my mom told me she could not find the gift for my husband, so I'll do it for her, plus there is my elusive brother to shop for... but I don't need that before I go to Montreal around the 29th, so I should be ok :)
And eggnog makes me gag. It's got the consistency of melted ice cream, really thick and ... not my thing! But then I don't drink milk either.
Good luck getting all the shopping done. There's always that one person (usually a guy) who's impossible to shop for!
I left #1 blank because I have an old fashioned Santa on top of my tree....I have used both stars and angels in the past though.
Yay for Scrooge McDuck! That adorable old miser. :)
Hope you'll get better soon! *hugs*