the Wednesday hodgepodge

 

Happy Wednesday and bonus blog post day, friends! After you read this post, scroll to the next one, it's the Currently link party. In the meantime, I'm here with Joyce again today for the weekly hodgepodge...this is a post that I dearly love; thank you, Joyce, for your inspiring and thought provoking questions each and every week! I'll jump right in. 

1. What does it mean to have to the holiday spirit? On a scale of 1-10, how is yours this year? (10=off the charts, 1=still looking for it.) To me, holiday spirit means a spirit of kindness and/or giving. I'm not always in a position to give, but I have in the past, and there's nothing more rewarding than that. I would say my house is at a 10, but I'm still somewhere between 1-3. 

2. What's your favorite character from a December themed holiday movie, book, or TV special? Tell us why. I love the Mrs. Miracle Christmas books that Debbie Macomber writes. Not just those, but all of her holiday books are amazing! I also love the Christmas books by Nancy Thayer. That being said, I think my favorite movie and character is The Family Stone, and the character Sybil that Diane Keaton played. I cannot believe she passed away recently...she was one of my all time favorite actresses. I love her in that movie because of how relatable she is, and how fiercely protective she is of her family. I feel like that a lot of the time, and find myself getting riled up on their behalf a whole lot here lately. 

3. Do you like gingerbread? Are gingerbread houses part of your holiday tradition? I love gingerbread! They are not a part of our holiday tradition, though. 

4. Much of our vocabulary is determined by where we live or where we grew up. What say you? 

sprinkles/jimmies

lightning bugs/fireflies

soda/pop

trainers/sneakers/tennis shoes

sub/hoagie/grinder/hero

freeway/highway/motorway (I actually say interstate)

frosting/icing

sauce/gravy

5. Share a favorite holiday memory from your childhood. Memories that stick out are always wrapped up in family time. My grandma on Dad's side always spent Christmas eve with us; she would come over for dinner, and we would eat and open gifts, but Dad would wait on our gifts a lot until it was just us. At Mom's, I loved having my sisters and my nephews and niece over for Christmas lunch and gift exchanging. As an adult, I loved being part of being able to bless a family for Christmas. One year in particular, we provided a Christmas for a family at our church that we were friends with who had fallen on hard times. That was the year we had to tell Jonah and Noah that Santa wasn't real, because they would have found out had we not told them then. It is one of the best memories I have to date, honestly, and I'd do it all over again a million times. 

6. Insert your own random thought here. This is my favorite Christmas worship song! It's Come Thou Long Expected Jesus by Meredith Andrews. 

Thanks for reading my blog today, friends! I can't wait to read your answers to these prompts. I'll see you back here tomorrow or Friday! Love to all.

Jenn