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Mindless holiday meme

Thanks to "Skewed View":

Mindless Holiday Meme
   1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate. No question.
    2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Not only does he wrap presents, he has his own special kinda wrap each year.
   3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Since the fire a few years ago, we go dark at Christmas.
   4. Do you hang mistletoe? No but I find as many as I can to get under.
   5. When do you put your decorations up? Weekend after Thanksgiving.
   6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Mashe dpotatoes with giblet gravy
   7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Seeing the Christmas lights in Hurst-Euless-Bedford with my mom and dad.
   8. When or how did you learn the truth about Santa? Came over me gradually.
   9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Never. For shame. (And my wife and children bug me about it every year).
   10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? For years it was randomly, but we've done the uniform red bulbs and silver tinsel for the last couple of years. Mkaes us feel richer.
   11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it.
   12. Can you ice skate? Absolutely I can ice skate. But only if I have three or four days to convalesce in bed afterwards.
   13.Have you ever fallen on the ice? Every chance I get.
   14. Do you remember your favorite gift? My a ther got me a Big Bend book this year with a personal note inside that means a great deal.
   15. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Our daughter comes home from Lubbock, we're all together and we have our domino tournaments each year.
   16. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Apple pie
   17. What is your favorite holiday tradition?  Domino tournaments
   18. What tops your tree? A star. Or an angel. I can't remember.
   19. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving is good.
   20. What is your favorite Christmas Song? "Christmastime is Here"
   21. CANDY CANES!! YUCK OR YUM?? Maybe the most nonessential thing ever made.
   22.What is your favorite Christmas movie? Jim Carrey in "How The Grinch Stole christmas"
   23. Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman or Charlie Brown? Charlie Brown, hands down.

Things I’ve done (are shown in bold)

Thanks to Cowtown Pattie for this meme.

Things I've done (in bold)

1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink (once, when there was only me and my wife in the bar)
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said “I love you’ and meant it!
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris (If you add ", Texas")
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea (yes and while racing to get back to the dock in a wee bay boat)
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise (at sea)
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten my own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Drunk tequila
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (too many times to count)
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
28a. Bet on a losing horse. Many times.
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Scored a winning goal
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Visited all 5 continents
40. Taken care of someone who was drunk
41. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
42. Watched wild whales
43. Stolen a sign (nope, but have taken an orange traffic pylon or two in my lifetime)
44. Backpacked
45. Taken a road-trip
46. Gone rock climbing
47. Midnight walk on the beach
45. Gone sky diving
49. Taken a train through Europe
50. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
51. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table, and had a meal with them
52. Milked a cow
53. Alphabetized your CDs
54. Sung karaoke
55. Lounged around in bed all day
56. Gone scuba diving
57. Kissed in the rain
58. Gone to a drive-in theatre (what kinda question is that? Of course)
59. Started a business
60. Taken a martial arts class
61. Been in a movie
62. Crashed a party
63. Gone without food for 5 days
64. Gotten a tattoo
65. Got flowers for no reason
66. Performed on stage
67. Been to Las Vegas
68. Recorded music
69. Eaten shark
70. Buried one/both of your parents
71.Been on a cruise ship
72. Spoken more than one language fluently
73. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
74. Walked a famous bridge (Brooklyn)
75. Had plastic surgery
76. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
78. Wrote articles for a large publication (depends on your definition of large)
79. Tried to lose weight seriously
80. Piloted an airplane
80. Petted a stingray
81. Broken someone’s heart
82. Broken a bone
83. Eaten sushi
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Parasailed
86. Skipped all your school reunions
87. Shaved your head
88. Caused a car accident
89. Pretended to be “sick”
90. Swam in the Pacific Ocean (Oahu)
91. Saved someone’s life (debatable. but according to the other guy ...)
92. Fainted
93. Been in the room while someone is giving birth
94. Hitchhiked
95. Adopted a child
96. Been caught daydreaming
97. Been to the Painted Desert
98. Called off a wedding engagement
99. Donated your blood (to doctors)
100. Had and out-of-body experience