HOLIDAY POP QUIZ

Okay, so i borrowed this one from Bernie. (There! I've credited it; now he can't sue.) Rather than posting my responses in his comments section, i decided to do my post here and simply Trackback to him.

Besides, Bernie deserves a good Trackback every now and then. ;-)

Read on to find my answers to this Holiday Pop Quiz. And hit me back with your own responses if you feel it.

1. What is the one thing you must see or hear or do that tells you in no uncertain terms that it’s the holiday season?
   
   
2. Of the three, which is your favorite: Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s Eve?
   
   
3. Is the holiday season typically fun or depressing for you?
   
   
4. Have you been good this year? Do you deserve a visit from Santa?
   
   
5. How old were you when you figured out there was no Santa Claus?
   
   
6. What was the best toy you ever got as a kid?
   
   
7. What adult toy would you like someone to give you?
   
   
8. What is your fondest memory from 2004?
   
   
9. To what are you most looking forward in 2005?
   
   
10. Are you optimistic or pessimistic as we enter a new year?

MY REPLIES:

1. What is the one thing you must see or hear or do that tells you in no uncertain terms that it’s the holiday season?
   Snow. As a child in Detroit, the holidays were never as magical if we didn't get at least one good snowfall. Of course, that means since i've been living in Atlanta for the past 13 years, i've seen about three holiday seasons, "in no uncertain terms." It takes a hell of a lot of magic to make that happen down here.
   
   
2. Of the three, which is your favorite: Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s Eve?
   Hey, "Happy Chrismahanakwanzaka," i say. Let the holidays fight it out amongst themselves. Seriously, my favorite holiday is the Winter Solstice. Which just happens to be today. (Thank the goddess, the days are getting longer again!)
   
   
3. Is the holiday season typically fun or depressing for you?
   It's usually some mix of aggravating with all its forced cheer and peaceful as a time of calm and reflection. And a little depressing. (But then, i get depressed going to the grocery store, so take it for what it's worth.)
   
   
4. Have you been good this year? Do you deserve a visit from Santa?
   I've been a good, good boy in so many ways. But keep that fat devil off my rooftop!
   
   
5. How old were you when you figured out there was no Santa Claus?
   Figured?!? Oh no. I had the privelege of having my one-year-older cousin tell me the truth when i was seven or eight. (Now what does it say about our culture that she got punished for that?)
   
   
6. What was the best toy you ever got as a kid?
   Pokey. He's a stuffed panda that i got on my very first Christmas. I still have him. (With manufacturing lead time, that means he could be older than me.)
   
   
7. What adult toy would you like someone to give you?
   {{giggle}} "Adult" toy? Wouldn't you like to know ....
   
   
8. What is your fondest memory from 2004?
   Holding ADODI Muse's first CD, "Ain't Got Sense Enuf to be 'Shamed" in my hands after more than a year of hard work helping to make it happen? Holding the finished project of The Lion's Den Calendar in my hands after months of photography and layout work? (I acually had to struggle with this one, not because there were so many wonderful things to remember, but because my memories tend to be a blur of blessed sameness.)
   
   
9. To what are you most looking forward in 2005?
   Emigrating to Canada. LOL! Seriously, the biggest thing in the upcoming year for me is developing my photography, both as an artist and as a businessman.
   
   
10. Are you optimistic or pessimistic as we enter a new year?
    I am, as always, a cynical realist ...

Happy Holidays, Everyone!!!