Winterholyday sreevay

The girls over at Book Binge have a meme going on. It’s a contest to win an ebookwise, but what with the whole blindness thang, that won’t do me any good. That being said, I do lurve me some sreevays, so here we go.

1. What is your favorite Christmas romance to re-read each year?
Since I haven’t been reading romance that long, I don’t have a favorite Christmas romance. I do have several anthologies of Christmas-related romances which I will get to one of these days. That said, I do listen to David Sedaris read The Santaland Diaries every year. In fact, there’s a whole episode of David Sedaris Christmas stories that This American Life on public radio has produced. I think I like Sedaris’s Christmas stuff because I’m left with the feeling that no matter what else happens, I’m not nearly as messed up as his characters are.

2. What is your favorite Christmas movie/show?
Actually, it’s “A Christmas Story”. I think I’ve seen it every year, and it still never stops being funny.
3. What is your favorite Christmas cookie?
Hmmm I don’t know that I have one. Although I do love gingerbread.
4. When do you start Christmas shopping?
Um, I haven’t. Probably I will after finals.
5. Do you re-gift?
Yes, my family has a White Elephant party every year, so absolutely.
6. What is your favorite Christmas song?
I like the obscure carols like “The Coventry Carol”. I also really love Peter, Paul and mary’s version of A-Soalin’, and want to learn to sing “Ave Maria” in my best operatic soprano. (That’s a joke, y’all. I can carry a tune, but nobody needs to hear me go all opera on people. It’ll hurt. Trust me.)
7. When do you get your Christmas tree?
My roommate already got ours and it’s decorated. I think she got it right after Thanksgiving.
8. Wrapping presents: Love it or hate it?
Hate it. I make someone else edo it.
9. Who is the hardest person to buy for?
Heh, it’s probably me. At least, so says my mom. But actually, my dad and brother are really hard to shop for. I get my dad cologne every year, and I always feel like that’s the lamest gift ever, even though it’s what he claims he wants.
10. Christmas tree: Real or artificial?
Ours is artificial, but I prefer real ones. Of course I also prefer not being the one to water them and drag them into the house, so really I shouldn’t talk.__________________________