12.01.2007

#41 - LIST FRIDAY, Christmas Edition (!!!)

Oh man, Christmas is so awesome.

Things That Are Awesome About Christmas
  • Twinkly lights
  • Presents. they are fun to get, fun to give, and SUPER DUPER fun to wrap. Isn't getting a nicely wrapped gift just the best thing? It hardly even matters once inside if it's got pretty wrapping...
  • No school. I was deprived of this last year, because working retail at Christmas is a total un-holiday.
  • Getting to see people you don't get to see very often.
  • Hearing "Carol of the Bells". I am not really big into Christmas music in general, except for this song.
  • Egg nog! I have heard that there are some people that don't like egg nog, but I cannot bring myself to believe it. Except for in Matt's case, because he doesn't even like perogies so clearly his judgment is questionable, foodwise... *
  • Getting to wear warm-and-cozy Christmastime type clothing.
  • Fudge, shortbread, butterscotch confetti and that crazy-delicious chocolatey/brownsugarry/almondy thing that is always at Jane and Jason's.
  • All the deceit and secretiveness that gift giving entails (especially on Christmas Eve)
  • the seasonal calendar store in the mall
My Christmas Wishlist (I swear this is not my fishing for presents, but how could I make this Christmas themed and not make a wishlist? Also, I like thinking about things I want, because usually I realize I want less than I think)
  • new mittens
  • TV on DVD
  • deviantArt prints (any one of these, for example) or anything else to hang on my walls
  • books, books, books
  • earrings
  • magazine subscriptions (are awesome on three levels: it is fun to get things in the mail that you actually want, you get to read them and then after that you get to cut them up)
  • the Married to the Sea "I Hate Voting" tee shirt.
  • a new schoolbag
  • a straightener (because in the winter it sucks to shower in the morning but at night I am always to lazy to dry my hair so I wake up looking like I have been electrocuted. I would buy one for myself if I weren't so incredibly cheap)
  • a new purse
  • a pretty pencil case
  • beading supplies
  • a bus ticket from Regina to Edmonton, or Edmonton to Calgary, or Calgary to Regina
  • a Polaroid camera (except that even if I had one I cannot afford film)
  • socks
  • a locket
  • stuff to collage with
  • good pens

In completely un-Christmas related news...

Songs of the Week
  • No Sissies - Hawksley Workman
  • Crystalline Green - Goldfrapp
  • Let's Get Known - The Unicorns
  • The Horses - Rickie Lee Jones
  • Birthday - Junior Boys (still!)


*my computer is trying to tell me that "nog" is not a word. Clearly Lavinia the Macbook has no Christmas spirit at all.

2 comments:

pais said...

Hawksley Workman in March!

And the reason why I don't like egg nog or pirogies is because I found in the bay of pigs in cuba and was captured and they tortured me egg nog and pirogies. Thanks for bringing up THAT painful memory clair!

(I am a nerd.)

M.e said...

Clair, you're awesome. I love perogies. I have never tried eggnog (shocking!). I guess we're not a nog (totally a word) family. I am excited for classes to be done, because then it's all a happy tumble until Christmas. Finals never stress me out as much as they should anyways.