{"id":685,"date":"2008-12-06T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T17:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/blog\/?p=685"},"modified":"2008-12-06T12:43:10","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T17:43:10","slug":"a-christmas-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/links-n-junk\/a-christmas-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trying to end my month of silence and simultaneously surprise a few readers by this surprise move I figured I\u2019d respond to this Email-Transubstantiated Spiritual Tramp<\/a> meme from MCF\u2019s site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
\nWrapping paper: I hate gift bags yet my wife is always making me get them for others.<\/p>\n

2. Real tree or Artificial?
\nI hate cleaning up real trees so I have a lovely fake-o tree.<\/p>\n

3. When do you put up the tree?
\nUsually around Thanksgiving but sometimes a little later.<\/p>\n

4. When do you take the tree down?
\nProbably around Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

5. Do you like eggnog?
\nYes\u2026until I drink it and realize (once again)\u00a0 that I\u2019m not a huge fan.<\/p>\n

6. Favorite gift received as a child?
\nA Voltron Lion.<\/p>\n

7. Hardest person to buy for?
\nMy nephews.<\/p>\n

8. Easiest person to buy for?
\nMy Son. Anything Lego, Scientific, or Star Wars and he\u2019s pretty happy.<\/p>\n

9. Do you have a nativity scene?
\nNow we do.<\/p>\n

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards?
\nMail and usually very late; we\u2019re talking January.<\/p>\n

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
\nCan\u2019t think of a worst. I even liked getting socks and shirts, really.<\/p>\n

12. Favorite Christmas movie?
\nIt\u2019s A Wonderful Life.<\/p>\n

13. When do you start shopping?
\nAround Thanksgiving and online.<\/p>\n

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
\nNo.<\/p>\n

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
\nPasteles. Spanish dish that you\u2019d hate if you saw it but it\u2019s near and dear to my heart.<\/p>\n

16. Lights on the tree?
\nYes, usually white.<\/p>\n

17. Favorite Christmas song?
\nO Holy Night.<\/p>\n

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
\nRather stay home but this year, I\u2019ll be traveling.<\/p>\n

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?
\nNo.<\/p>\n

20. Angel on the tree top or a star?
\nA Star<\/p>\n

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
\nIn my youngun\u2019 Hispanic Household, Christmas Eve. Now that I\u2019m married to a white woman, Christmas morning.<\/p>\n

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
\nCrowds in stores. Lines at Cashiers. Pretty much anything dealing with stores.<\/p>\n

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?
\nDeep Red shining ornaments reflecting the light. Or white lights on homes.<\/p>\n

24. Favorite Christmas memory?
\nI just remember them all being warm and fuzzy and good.<\/p>\n

25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
\nA miraculous removal of all debt.<\/p>\n

26. Who is most likely to respond to this?
\nNo one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trying to end my month of silence and simultaneously surprise a few readers by this surprise move I figured I\u2019d respond to this Email-Transubstantiated Spiritual Tramp meme from MCF\u2019s site. 1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper: I hate gift bags yet my wife is always making me get them for others. 2. Real […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[254,245],"class_list":["post-685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-n-junk","tag-christmas","tag-meme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":686,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}