Saturday 9

I wish you a very happy weekend.   Most people look forward to the end of the week I think and the peace and joy it can bring.

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated.

Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions!

Saturday 9: First Christmas (2024)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune?      Hear it here.    

Let me warn you, the song is a tear jerker. 

1) The song mentions snowmen and snow on a windowpane. Has it snowed near you yet?

It has snowed in north New Jersey but I live in a micro climate on the seashore and so we are warmer in winter and cooler in summer than the nothern parts of the state which have higher elevation.  We are the low country... so no snow here yet.

2) Diane Keaton sings that hearing "I'll Be Home for Christmas" makes her miss someone she loved who won't be coming home at all. Is there a Christmas song that reminds you of a loved one?

Yes I think Silver Bells fills this bill.  There is a certain day that made that song important to me and the memory of my parents.  I was very young and  walking home having just talked to my father.  The main street of our little town was strung side to side with brightly lit siver bells.  The song Silver Bells was playing outside a store.  It was a wonderful cold December day .

3) After the song was first released for Christmas 2024, Diane said she appreciated how many people posted on her Instagram, sharing their "First Christmas journeys," explaining how they navigated the first holiday season without a special someone. What have you recently posted on social media (other than this blog post)?

An article on facebook.

4) Diane appeared in the Broadway musical Hair and sang in movies like Annie Hall and The First Wives Club. Still she didn't consider herself "much of a singer." How about you? What's something you do, even though you're not completely comfortable doing it?

Sorry, but I can't think of anything.  If I am uncomfortable doing something  I will just not do it.

5) This was Diane's first and, sadly, her only record. She was nervous doing it, but it helped that the lyrics was written by her friend, Carole Bayer Sager, and that both Carole and her writing partner, Jonas Myrin, were with Diane in the studio. Tell us about a friend who came through for you.

6) After her 75th birthday, Diane said she was excited that new ventures were coming her way and she found herself saying "yes" more often. In addition to recording this week's song, she accepted an unexpected offer from Look Optic to design eyewear. Have you recently tried something you've never done before? OR What's something you'd like to try?

No, I have not tried anything new and I can't think of anything I would like to try right now.

 

Now for some questions about the holiday season ...

7) Do you display the holiday cards you receive?         I don't receive holiday cards.

8) This is a big time of year for necklaces, hats and headbands decorated with jingle bells. Will you be wearing any bells this season?    No, I shall not be wearing bells.

 

9) The website Morning Save included these three items on their list of this season's popular gifts. Would you rather receive: a. cup holder/phone mount for your car; b. sherpa lined clog slippers; c. set of three stainless paring knives with rosemary green plastic handles?

 Wow, not fond of any of these.   I don't think it's safe to have liquids in the car... I don't need paring knives and I like to try on shoes before I get them. So, thank you  😸 but no thanks.