List #778: Favorite Christmas Gifts Given This Year

 Favorite Christmas Gifts Given This Year

1. Cajon Bongo (brother)
2. Jingle Bells (sister)
3. Return To Forever CD (dad)
4. Duluth Pack Scout Pack (gf)
5. Story People print (mom)

List #729: Favorite Foods of Christmas

List #729: Favorite Foods of Christmas

1. Lasagna

2. Spinach Bread

3. Morning Sunshine

4. Cocktail weeners

5. Smoked Whitefish, Trout and Salmon

6. Mexican Wedding Cakes

7. Seafoam Salad

List #728: A Sampling of this year's Christmas Loot

List #728: A Sampling of this year's Christmas Loot

1. Books: ("super sad true love story", "The Googlization of Everything." "Catching Fire" (not the hunger games one), "In A Silent Way: Joe Zawinul")

2. Awesome Nike pants

3. A display case of Lord of the Rings heroclix

4. An Apple and Orange

5. Amazon gift card.

6. 3 "achewood" collections

7. Glow-in-the-dark silly putty

8. Frosty Friends ornaments

9. Trader Joe's holiday beer

10. Electric Razor

11. many hours of ball hockey playing on the lake

12. Glass beads

List #727: A Sampling of Movies Watched on Christmas Eves Past

List #727: A Sampling of Movies Watched on Christmas Eves Past

1. Napoleon Dynamite

2. Dennis the Menace

3. Madeleine

4. Bend it like Beckham

5. Elf

6. Sesame Street Christmas

7. A Christmas Story

8. Bridesmaids

List #717: Favorite Holiday Albums

List #717: Favorite Holiday Albums

1. Anything by Andy Williams

2. Low "Christmas"

3. Sesame Street Christmas

4. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones "Jingle All the Way"

5. Motown Christmas

6. Sufjan Stevens

7. anything with Christmas Carols played by brass quintets

8. Alvin and the Chipmunks christmas

List #713: 5 Thoughts on Holiday Decoration

List #713: 5 Thoughts on Holiday Decoration

1. I like it to be well planned

2. No moving parts

3. No synchronized music/lights

4.While I love the smell of a real tree, I'm fine with the ease of a fake one

5. I still like icicle lights

List #708: Thoughts on Viewing the St. Olaf Christmas Fest Live at a Movie Theater

List #708: Thoughts on Viewing the St. Olaf Christmas Fest Live at a Movie Theater

1. Aside from one small child, we were the youngest people there by at least 15 years

2. The videography was very well done

3. The sound was very good, but I was hoping for full crazy THX Suround Dolby whatever

4. I can't even imagine how big it must have sounded live

5. They tucked my brother way out in a corner of the stage, so it took me a while to find him (which gave me flashbacks), but his hair got decent screen time

6. The trumpet players in the orchestra got a work out

7. The St. Olaf Choir was really good (actually maybe too precise for some of the songs)

8. The Chapel Choir had the best musical selections (others thought the Manitou singers did)

9. There was no Jazz Band, so I still like the DEHS Christmas concert better ;)

10. It was way cooler than just singing for the White House (sorry Carleton... I promise that this is the only time where I think that the Oles win).

List #390: Christmas Traditions

List #390: Christmas Traditions (an incomplete list)

1. 5 pm church service on Christmas Eve

2. Christmas Eve Day at Dad's house with wild game (though not this year)

3. Post Church visit to cousins' house for food.

4. Watching a movie and sometimes opening one present on Christmas eve

5. Sleeping with my little Christmas tree turned on

6. Presents at home in the morning

7. Brunch at Grandpa's: smoked fish (salmon, trout, whitefish), danishes, barbecued smokies, meatballs and Morning Sunshine

8. Cousin Gift Exchange (but not this year)

9. Lasagna for Dinner

10. An apple and an orange wrapped in tissue paper from Grandpa

List #330: Cool Loot I got for Christmas

List #330: Cool Loot I got for Christmas

1. Two sesame street t-shirts
2. "Bert"-face sweater
3. Brown, blue, yellow sweater
4. Orange argyle sweater
5. Blue argyle t-shirt
6. two Bill Cosby cds
7. The Bb Real Book vol 2, 3
8. Ultimate Edition "Watchmen" DVD
9. Alias, season2
10. Fleece Blanket, blue and brown
11. Fun food treats: chocolate, swedish fish, cheese, etc.
12. Red Ape Cinnamon
13. a Ceramic Otter scene
14. A glow in the dark lighter t-shirt
15. A hat and scarf
16. "Resolved" (debate documentary) DVD
17. Sookie Stackhouse books
18. HIMYM, season 4 (from my sister, this is also what I got her. Ha!)
19. Eskimo Popsicle-Garden t-shirt
20. Champion Valkyrie disc-golf driver
21. The Swedish Secret
22. Hot Sauces (other than Frank)
23. Barnes and Noble gift cards
24. an Apple and an Orange
25. Northern Lights bookstore gift card
26. Frosty Friends ornament
27. Ukulele strings, guitar strings
28. a lot of Snow!
29. visits with almost all of my family
30. The opportunity to be in Minnesota at the most wonderful time of the year

List #329: 7 awesome things I have gotten as Christmas Presents

List #329: 7 awesome things I have gotten as Christmas Presents (note: these aren't necessarily the 7 greatest all-time)

1. Red wooden push sled thing (198?)
2. A painting of an Otter (2008)
3. My field hockey stick (2000)
4. A graphing calculator (which was very useful, 1995?)
5. My hockey skates (in High School!)
6. Portable DVD player (2007? which is now my only dvd player)
7. Suits (200?, 2008)

List #328: Christmas Eve Movies, a sampling

List #328: Christmas Eve: a sampling of movies we've watched (in no order)

1. Dennis the Menace
2. Bend it Like Beckham
3. Napoleon Dynamite
4. Madeleine
5. The Christmas Toy
6. A Christmas Story
7. Click
8. Toy Story

List #325: Christmas Traditions

List #325: Christmas Traditions past and present

1. Watching a movie under the tree on Christmas Eve
2. Opening one present Christmas eve
3. Christmas eve candlelight service at Pike Lake Presbyterian
4. Going to the Lundeen's after church on Christmas Eve
5. Hot Tub and eating the zoo and playing music at Dad's on Christmas eve day (newer)
6. Morning Sunshine, Smoked Fish, meatballs, smokies and danishes at Grandpa's for brunch
7. Lasagnas for dinner
8. Grown ups playing Dice game for their presents
9. Cousins shopping for cousins (newer tradition)
10. Skating on the lake
11. Me sleeping with my little tree's lights on on christmas eve

List #281: A Christmas wish-list

#281: A Christmas wish-list (and I expect all of this stuff too. I'm greedy: 'tis the season ;) )

In no particular order:
* are on my Amazon wishlist

1. Spider Capo http://www.spidercapo.com/
2. field hockey stick (STX 40/55 or possibly 50/45 38")
3. ice skates
4. ice hockey stick (probably to be purchased out here)
5. sonic-care toothbrush *
6. brown pinstripe suit
7. dress shirts (bold colors, green), dress/khaki pants
8. arimaa (board game)
9. Pens (pilot varsity fountain pens) *
10. saffron
11. repair on my beloved Duluth pack bag
12. Elixir Green bodywash
13. Green Lantern, Blue Lantern or Orange Lantern shirt
14. handheld USB voice recorder *
15. t-shirt quilt (I'll supply the t-shirts! I've got a lot)
16. workout headphones *
17. Justice League: Complete series *
18. "The Ghost King" R.A. Salvatore *
19. Blackest Night: Hal Jordan GREEN Lantern SDCC exclusive action figure *
20. A variety of other Books etc. on my Amazon List
21. Frosty Friends ornament
22. Glow in the dark things
23. Alias, season 2 *
24. A green lantern ring
25. Fun Surprises