I found this Christmas meme on Nic's blog, so here's my go.
1. Apple cider, Eggnog, or Hot Chocolate? Eggnog with nutmeg sprinkled on top. Spiked, of course, not because I enjoy alcoholic beverages but more to keep with the holiday spirit
2. Turkey or Ham? Cold prawns, fresh salads, chilled fruit with nice, cold champers works for me
3. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? Wrapped of course.
4. Colored lights or white on the tree? White, please
5. Do you get a fake or real-you-cut-it-yourself Christmas tree? When I was growing up, we had a very attractive silver aluminium tree with royal blue balls and a light on the floor with a rotating disk that turned the tree different colours. Of course, this was in the front window so that all the neighbours could enjoy our tree as well. I'd love a real tree (if only for the smell) but Aussie summer isn't the time for a fire hazard sitting in your lounge room. So we've got an artificial tree that we set up when we are at home for Christmas
6. Favorite Christmas song? Anything by Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole or King's College Choir suits me down to the ground
7. How do you feel about Christmas movies? The old ones are OK ... A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street ... but the new ones are just that bit too unbearable for me.
8. What is your favorite holiday dish? My mom's homemade fudge
9. When is it too early to start listening to Christmas music? Until the Christmas tree is up at home, it's too early. And any time in public before November ... WAY to early!
10. What is your favorite holiday smell? Homemade apple or pumpkin pies baking in the oven
11. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I grew up listening to Santa swear every Christmas Eve. He swore just like my dad did. Wasn't too hard to figure out.
12. What kind of decorations are on your Christmas Tree? Handmade or the ones from friends. We've got a collection of Texan, Mainer, quilt and Australian ornaments spread throughout the tree branches. And then there are the ones that HRH has made over the years and the Green Pickle
13. Do you open a present or presents on Christmas Eve, or wait until Christmas Day? One on Christmas Eve ... the rest on Christmas morning
14. Go to someone else’s house or they come to you? Usually we are at home in the morning and go over to a Luke & Linda's for Christmas lunch. We are rarely home before dark
15. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? I love the giving part best
Thanks for this meme, Nic. If any of you feel like picking up this meme for your own blog, please let me know so I can read your answers. Merry Christmas!!!
If you are English or enjoy English cricket, I suggest that you stop reading now.
You were warned.
This meme doesn't cover on my favourite Christmas tradition -- the Boxing Day test in Melbourne. It's the first day of a 5-day cricket test for those of you who live outside Australia and, with the kids out of school, marks the official beginning of summer in Australia. This year, Australia is playing the English for the Ashes, a rather diminutive trophy that carries with it the pride of a nation. The Aussies lost it to the Poms last year, so this is a pretty important rematch. Unfortunately the Poms sent their B team Down Under this summer, so I am quietly confident that they won't be taking it home with them when the series finishes. Tonk a Pom!
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I think we are forgetting that England only JUST won the Ashes last year. Aust won the first Test by 239 runs, England won the second Test by only 2 runs. Third Test was a rain affected Draw. Forth Test England won by 3 wickets and the Fifth Test another rain affected Draw... if Australia had've won the Fifth Test they would have kept the Ashes... so I'm not really surprised we've won them back but... Oh what a Feeling!! :-) Pennie who has just googled all that but remembered some of it from when we in the UK last year.
Yes, Pennie, you are absolutely right. Last year they won it for the first time in 16 years. And they held on to it for a whopping 15 months. And at the time, they outplayed the Aussies and definately deserved the win.
I do feel sorry for Flintoff and Pieterson. Between the two of them, they held the English side together and were all that stood between England and absolute humiliation. Flintoff has been a shining example of Grace Under Pressure.
But I have been listening to the Poms at work go on and on about the resurgence of English cricket for every one of those 15 months and that has made this summer's Ashes win all the sweeter.
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