Bah Humbug

This is a delightful holiday meme stolen from the darling sister of my heart Di, in an effort to try to drum up some holiday spirit. It would seem I have gotten a nasty case of the "I don't give a darns." and have subsequently, just been schooled in the commonly known law of Murphy...be careful what you ask for...Just days ago I was telling JJ that I just wanted this season to be over, That I would like nothing more than to treat this Friday like, exactly that... A Friday. Well, tonight the decision was made to move up our Christmas to Thursday, giving me one less day to get ready. BAH HUMBUG! Now I really don't care! It is what it is! I can only do so much! I'm tired of saying "next year will be better".... but, the eternal optimist in me objects to my saying that... even though, I really want to, full on, say, "screw this B.S."... I can't truly do that... it wouldn't be me...

Eggnog or hot chocolate? Cocoa please, with a shot of peppermint Schnapps and a candy cane stirrer.
Does Santa wrap the presents or leave them open under the tree? Wrap, Wrap, Wrap, even the stocking stuffers and the pets gifts too. (BTW, I stink at wrapping)
Colored lights on a tree or white? Colored all the way! Jury is still out on blinky...
Do you hang mistletoe? No, but only because I don't have a fake one and can't ever find real
When do you put your decorations up? When I get around to it
What is your favorite holiday dish? our obnoxiously expensive rib roast (6 ribs this year...over the top decadence! this is the only time of the year I pay more than $2/lb for our protein) with 3 different sauces (horseradish, mushroom, and plain brown gravy so everybody gets what they like)
Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? I was, like, 10 years old before I realized that, that one package, on Christmas Eve was ALWAYS jammies (my kids totally figured that out WAAAAAY before that)
How do you decorate your Christmas tree? With a mish-mash of ornaments, homemade, gifts, special, family, old, new, silver garland and an angel I won as a door prize at a work Christmas party about 15 years ago
Snow: Love it or hate it? 28/82? Hello? Did you get that? Love it, but probably because I visit it, not live in it...White Christmas...how quaint...
Can you ice skate? I can go forward, backward, execute an amateur turn...just don't ask me to stop without a wall or a thud.
What is your favorite holiday dessert? COOOKIES!!!! (spoken in a blue monster voice)
What is your favorite holiday tradition? As a kid, Christmas Eve at church and Aunt Di and Uncle Skip's house. As an adult, that peaceful moment, in the wee hours, when everything is done and we sit gazing at what we have accomplished, with not enough money or time, its then, that I truly believe in Santa.....
Candy canes: yum or yuck? Yum...see question 1
Favorite Christmas show? Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer ( the island of misfit toys? Seriously?...totally me!)

I couldn't bear to delete this from Di's blog, that chickie has got skillz, I can barely type two handed...
(stolen from Swistle, and typed one handed while nursing Ben.)

Please repeat this on your own blog or in the comments, I'd love to see how you do the season!

With love and lifting spirits,
Suzi