PSoTD

So when did/will the Christmas holiday end for you in 2008?

What does your family usually have for Christmas morning breakfast?

There's less than a week left until Christmas Day: are you done with your Christmas shopping for this year?

Do you have a Christmas web site you like to share with friends and family?

Candy Canes: Good, bad or just bleh?

Do you have any good Christmas questions, and if so, what are they?

What does Comcast deserve for Christmas?

So, what was yours like?

What is your least favorite Christmas movie? I'm not talking about made-for-television fare, but films that actually received a theatrical release?

What living person best personifies the "Christmas Spirit" in your life?

Make your pitch to promote a currently ignored animal as a symbol of Christmas. The reindeer, manger animals, and even penguins and polar bears have gotten too much of the wealth. Tell me a story about a Christmas ______________.

This one is about Christmas ornaments. If you were going to buy a Christmas ornament for your tree, what kind or style would you prefer?

Do you have a Christmas decoration belly ring?

What are your favorite Christmas carols?

About how many Christmas cards will you send out this year?

If you and your family had to be somewhere in the world on Christmas morning BESIDES where you or your family live, where would you prefer that be in the world?

If you were to erase from human memory and history just one tradition that comes from the Christmas holiday, which tradition would it be and why?

I like this month. I like this month's big holiday. I like it for the music and for the way people seem to feel so much better towards other people. I like it because there's a twinkle of excitement for young and old alike this month, that there's mystery, there's good and there's naughty and a recognition of both. I like the colors and the food and the shows.

So, why not, I'm going to try to come up with a CHRISTMAS QUESTION OF THE DAY for the rest of the days leading up to Christmas Day. And here's the first one:

What's your favorite thing, foodwise, associated with the holiday of Christmas?

When I was growing up, one thing we did not have was any kind of Thanksgiving Eve tradition, other than maybe Mom doing the dinner prep or Dad running out to keep the alcohol stocked.

The same has held true for myself as an adult. In college, Thanksgiving Eve was the evening I went to my parents for the weekend, to stock up on good food and party with my old high school friends for a while. But other than that short time, I can't think of anything I did routinely on that evening that seems anything close to a tradition.

So I guess I wonder what I've missed out on, when I read about the New York City Thanksgiving Eve Party Tradition, or the Thanksgiving Eve Pie Party tradition, or just going out for Chinese food every Thanksgiving Eve. Apparently there are a lot of routines for that evening for people.

So - what's your Thanksgiving Eve tradition?

Anyone else think this child should be monitored closely by law enforcement for the remainder of his life? Isn't this the stuff of serial killer bios?

Have they permanently gone out of fashion?

If you had just 24 hours to spend in Italy, anywhere in Italy but limited to a 50 kilometer area, where would you go?

I'm taking suggestions for appropriate responses for the category of

Worst Primary Lead Singer Addition/Replacement in Rock and Roll History

It could be a required or optional change, but it has to occur to a band AFTER they have released their first album. There are so many candidates to choose from, but list the band AND the singer, since some bands have had more than one primary lead singer change in their history. For examples, write

Van Halen, with Sammy Hagar

not just Journey, or Mickey Thomas. Give band and singer of poor choice.

After about a week of comment suggestions I'll create the poll.

Like them, hate them, or indifferent?

How can a developed country let this happen?

Since December, Naples and its surrounding areas have been plagued by tons of garbage. Collectors stopped picking up the trash because dumps are full and residents have protested against new ones. Angry residents have also taken to burning rubbish, knocking over refuse bins and dumping bags of refuse in the countryside.

How do you prefer to print your digital photos at photo quality?

Are there any detergents you just can't use due to allergies or reactions?

I'm looking for recommendations. We're looking for a nice hotel that won't eat up all our vacation money that is located within walking distance of some sites in Rome. Yes, Italy.

Which political party will fracture into new, separate parties first: The Republican Party or The Democratic Party?

Some months of the year, I think of in terms of a holiday or event that occurs during that month. For example, December is close to synonymous with Christmas to me, and June still means the end of school, thanks to the old cycle of life.

What about February? Anything notable to you about February?

If you had your choice of anything for breakfast this Sunday morning, what would it be?

Would a significant economic recession increase, or decrease, email spam?

This question is about design, and ease on the eyes and the ability to read:

Which blog do you find easiest to scan and read?

If you're in the International Space Station on New Year's Eve?

I know that just about everywhere you go in the United States, the traffic around Christmas time becomes considerably worse, jam-packed with traffic that is distracted by the errands at hand and the time restrictions they have to do them. We have that here in Central Pennsylvania, but as an "outsider" that has lived here for 16 years, there's another traffic issue here that I don't remember from my life in California - the fearful, irregular older driver. There are a lot of advantages to living in a population where more than 15% are over the age of 65. Average quality of driving doesn't seem to be one of them. I believe that age can, and inactivity behind the wheel does, erode the ability to drive. The driver, if wise to this erosion, can become more and more conservative in their driving - cutting down their driving, driving when there is less traffic, choosing roads lesser taken, and removing all "chance" of their driving ability getting them out of self-created mistakes.

Unfortunately, none of this wisdom helps much at Christmas. Everyone goes to stores, there isn't a time when there isn't heavy traffic near stores in December, and the speed of traffic requires a more aggressive driving approach to get in and out of traffic. What can further frustrate everyone on the road is the driver that is moving 10 miles per hour less than everyone else, that slows to a crawl when making a turn and exiting the right of way, that refuses to keep up with traffic, and forcing 3 or 4 cars that normally might make a traffic light to wait another cycle during what is basically rush hour traffic before continuing on their way.

At this time of year, it seems like it's always older folks in older cars, clearly nervous behind the wheel and intimidated by the traffic, that are behind these occurrences. They, like everyone else, feel they need to get to the stores, do their Christmas shopping, and they take their chances. But I wonder. Sometimes doing things that work against everyone else's impatience is dangerous. Does my impression of the risk of these drivers actually show up as statistically evident? Are drivers over the age of 70 more likely to have an accident in December than any other time of year?