stuff jen says: Dec. 4: Christmas quiz

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
The invention of gift bags eased gift-wrapping for everyone, but not when stacking gifts under the tree. You can’t stack gift bags.

2. Tree: real or artificial?
There’s nothing like the smell of a real tree

3. When do you put up your Christmas tree?
Mid-December

4. When do you take your Christmas tree down?
Unless we have more gatherings coming, I usually do it Dec. 26. I can’t stand the idea of a dry tree in my living room any longer than necessary.

5. Do you like eggnog?
I overdid it one year and haven’t liked it much since

6. Do you have a Nativity scene?
We have a Little People nativity set. I lost one of the wise men so I replaced him with a circus monkey. It totally works.

7. Favorite gift received as a child?
Anything my Grandma Saltmarsh gave me because it was handmade with love

8. Hardest person to buy for?
My brother-in-law

9. Easiest person to buy for?
His wife (my sister)

10. Christmas shopping in the stores or on the Internet?
Internet whenever possible

11. Mail or e-mail your Christmas cards?
IMHO, e-mailing Christmas cards is insensitive and cheap, unless you only have an Internet relationship with the recipient; then they’re perfectly acceptable.

12. Favorite Christmas movie?
White Christmas, which is also my favorite movie of all-time

13. When do you start your Christmas shopping?
November-ish

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
The gifts people get you that show they put absolutely zero thought into it... THOSE are the ones I have re-gifted. Otherwise just duplicates.

15. Favorite food to eat on Christmas?
Mashed potatoes. Don’t you know me???

16. Colored or clear lights?
They both have their place

17. Favorite Christmas song?
So many… but probably “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

18. Travel during Christmas or stay home?
I don’t mind either, as long as we have family and/or friends around

19. Can you name Santa’s reindeers?
First of all, it’s reindeer, not reindeers. And here they are: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen, Rudolph, Mary-Kate, Ashley...

20. Angel or star on tree top?
Star

21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning?
Both

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year?
Stupid people in parking lots

Please share your answers in a comment or your own blog!

facts of jen's life

So, who do you think you are? I think I’m Jen. People who don’t know me sometimes call me Jenny. That’s weird.

Tell me about yourself. I was born a small black child, and am now a grown-up, or at least my kids think I am. I’m in my mid-40s and live in the ‘burbs of Portland, Oregon. My husband is Victor, and my kids are Katie and Jack. Read this if you want the real and very long scoop.

Tell me things people might not know about you. I am an ordained minister and can perform marriages. Why no one has asked me to do this for them yet, I do not know. ● At the request of my Disney-hating friend Ed, I got mouse ears embroidered with the name “Satan” and I didn’t even get kicked out of Disneyland. It’s quite possibly the ballsiest thing I’ve ever done. ● I “helped” write this book, published in 2012: You Take it From Here, by Pamela Ribon. My name is in the back, and I’m still geeking out about it. ● I recorded a song in a studio in 1994 and it got local radio play for a few months. At least two times I turned on the radio in the car and my song was playing at that moment—very cool. ● I nearly died from a zit in 1986. I am not making this up. ● Victor and I once appeared on The Tonight Show. Really. If you can find a VCR, I’ll show you the tape.

I read some of your posts and I think you might be an alcoholic. I drink way less than I write about drinking. If I ever STOP talking about booze, then it’ll be time for an intervention.

What do you love? Books. Coffee. Fonts. Broadway musicals. San Francisco. Bacon. Rum. Law & Order. Naps. Butter. Home. Crack cocaine. iDevices. Words. Disney vacations. You.

If you could punch anything or anyone in the face, what/who would it be? Cancer. I was diagnosed with lymphoma in November 2009. I kicked its big fat ugly ass and am in remission now. ● Comic Sans. ● People who won’t take responsibility for their problems—the “I didn’t do anything to deserve this!” attitude. Look in the mirror. That’s who to blame. ● Celebrities who are famous for no reason. Y’know, if we stop looking, they’ll go away... ● Bad grammar and spelling and the dummies who use it.

You seem bitter. Did someone piss in your Cheerios? I’m not bitter. I think unicorns-and-rainbows stuff isn’t very interesting to read, so I tend not to write that way. But also, now you’re being kind of a jackhole.

It seems like no one ever comments on your blog posts. Why is that? Most people comment on the Facebook links. I don’t know why.

What if I want to tell you something? Two ways to reach me: leave a comment on a post, or e-mail me at jenniferTAKETHISPARTOUTmanullang at gmail-dot-com.

2 comments:

AnonymousDecember 5, 2007 at 2:55:00 PM PST
Phew, it was hard work but I put it up anyway. :)
ChrisJune 27, 2011 at 11:39:00 AM PDT
Phew, it was hard work but I put it up anyway. :)

Hey, please don’t leave an anonymous comment.
Select “Name/URL” below and you can use whatever name you want. No registration required.
Thanks! –Jen

Dec. 4: Christmas quiz

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