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| Not the Little Drummer Boy, but close |
Stolen from Ann Marie
What do you hate most about Xmess?
Commercialism, and the waste it leaves behind.
What is your least favorite piece of Xmess music?
The Little Drummer Boy, because - and believers will tell you this - there was no Little Drummer Boy in the manger. It was a SILENT NIGHT for Christ's sake. And percussive instruments are not soothing to a woman in labor. And they certainly are soothing to a newborn babe, either. AND the fucking song goes on and on and ends around the beginning of the Annuciation
What traditional Xmess food OTHER THAN FRUITCAKE (too easy) is being sent down the garbage disposal?
Homemade anything from a person I don't know and like. "Why Jerri! Homemade Quince Jam?" And there is always a cat hair in Jerri's homemade jam. So into the trash, it goes.
Commercialism, and the waste it leaves behind.
What is your least favorite piece of Xmess music?
The Little Drummer Boy, because - and believers will tell you this - there was no Little Drummer Boy in the manger. It was a SILENT NIGHT for Christ's sake. And percussive instruments are not soothing to a woman in labor. And they certainly are soothing to a newborn babe, either. AND the fucking song goes on and on and ends around the beginning of the Annuciation
What traditional Xmess food OTHER THAN FRUITCAKE (too easy) is being sent down the garbage disposal?
Homemade anything from a person I don't know and like. "Why Jerri! Homemade Quince Jam?" And there is always a cat hair in Jerri's homemade jam. So into the trash, it goes.
Which animated TV Xmess special leaves you wanting to rip the wallpaper off the walls?
Anything animated by Rankin - Bass, EXCEPT "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer". Even as a kid I hated them. Have you ever looked at their feet? They look like irons. And there are a total of 18 specials.
What was your least favorite Xmess gift ever?
ANYTHING that comes from an "EXECUTIVE" gift selection provided at stores, by their checkouts. This includes puzzles made of wood or chrome. An old timey locomotive mad of wood. A basketball net and a nerf ball. You know, the gifts you by someone when you don't know what to get? HATE THOSE!
For whom on your Xmess list is the hardest to shop?
I only shop for my husband, but even that's hard because we have a $50 limit.
How would you spend this time of year if you weren't caught up in all the "holiday" madness?
But we are. And that's what I hate about this time of the year. You can't escape it unless you a Ba-zillionaire.
But if we win the MegaMillions, the Husband I would move to Pasadena in October and return home in March.
Anyway, we're less than sixty days to Ground Hog Day, so spring is just around the corner.
Merry Christmas, Bitches!
A long time ago, in the woods surrounding Mooreland Mansion near Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, we found a quince tree growing wild, loaded with ripe fruit, so I got to try this delicacy. The interesting thing about quinces is that although they are yellow, they turn pink when you cook them. I wasn't really wild about that quince flavor--I guess it's the cat hairs which add that gourmet touch.
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p.s. Were you ever at Mooreland, now some kind of visitor center? It is worth the trip (in addition to the old Mormon Temple, also fantastic) if you ever find yourself in Kirtland.
See, when you say Moreland, I think of the school that is now the Shaker Heights Library. I have been to the Mormon Temple, and it is magnificent.
ReplyDeleteBah Humbug, I say! But I might try that - ahem - interesting musical manoeuvre. If I can find a French Horn, of course. Jx
ReplyDeletethe guy with the french horn looks like bruce jenner. I didn't know you could use a french horn in THAT manner!
ReplyDeleteNot the French Horn, but I have heard - and trust me when I say I have never been given the proper theater in which to play this particular "venue" that when a gentleman is playing the Quim, that if he places his tongue upon the button and hums the Star Spangled Banner, the young woman should have a most pleasant time and should see some fireworks as the performance builds to its climax.
DeleteJust checked Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, and I can't see "quim" listed anywhere. Is it Woodwind, Brass, Percussion or Strings? Jx
DeleteI got nothin. xoxo
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