December 19, 2003

Holiday Cheddar X

1. What was your most memorable present you received as a child? Good or bad.

Apropos of this blog, the most memorable Christmas present I received as a child was my very first Hello Kitty. I was in kindergarten and my mom and I went Christmas shopping. I saw this stuffed cat with an oversized head and red jumper on and had to have it. I was a well-behaved child for the most part, but when my mother said I couldn't have the Hello Kitty (she had already purchased one for me for Christmas), I sat on the floor and threw a temper tantrum. I think it was something about those big kitty eyes that I just loved.

2. What is your most favorite holiday memory? Tradition?

My favorite holiday memory is of waking up Christmas morning to open presents. I don't have a specific year in mind -- they were all good. My favorite tradition was when I was growing up, we would invite a priest over for Christmas Eve dinner. He was a friend of the family and he was the perfect Christmas Eve guest.

3. Hot cocoa or hot apple cider?

Both! (yeah, I'm a pig)

4. Egg Nog. Yes or yuck?!

I've actually never had it before. A drink made from eggs? No thanks.

5. What's your favorite Christmas song or carol?

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (although I also really like Christmas Wrappings by the Waitresses).

6. What's your favorite Christmas movie and why?

A Muppet Christmas Movie. It's the Muppets, for crying out loud!

7. Do you spend the holidays with your family or with your friends or neither?

I spend the holidays with family, and Christmas night I usually go out with a friend.

8. What is the most thoughtful gift you've ever given to someone?

This wasn't at Christmas time, but it is a gift story. When I was little I used to go to West Texas during the summers to hang out with my grandparents. My grandmother's birthday always occurred while I was visiting. One year, when I was in grade school, I remembered that it was her birthday and I didn't have a gift for her. I had been collecting these small, plastic figurines of cartoon characters (Snoopy, etc.) So, I picked out my favorite cartoon character figurine and gave it to her. I think she still has it.

Posted by Kitty at December 19, 2003 10:34 AM

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