Holiday Harbour

Friday Five

1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?

What snow? Even in RI the chances of a "white Christmas" were only 1 & 3. In Georgia the chances are nil. Two years in a row we had an inch of snow right before Christmas, but it was melted by the next day.

Anyway, I love the cold. The air is so nice and refreshing to breathe. In the summer it's always thick and smells bad.

2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect?

Home with my mom.

3. Do you do have any holiday traditions?

We have spaghetti on Christmas Eve, then attend Midnight Mass at a friends' church. We used to go down to James' mom's house for the day, but the two hour ride one way simply got too much after being up until 2 a.m. after Mass. We go the Saturday or Sunday afterwards where we can go to bed a little earlier. This also extends the holiday into the 12 Days of Christmas. On the Saturday closest to January 6 we have an annual Twelfth Night party. I've never done the thing with the bean, though.

4. Do you do anything to help the needy?

We give to the Can Bank at this time of year.

5. What one gift would you like for yourself?

A physical gift or something more esoteric? I'd really like perfect health. If it has to be a physical gift, I dunno. A PT Cruiser, or maybe a new computer.