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Thread #94487   Message #1832129
Posted By: AllisonA(Animaterra)
11-Sep-06 - 05:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hints for your Secret Santa--2006
Subject: RE: BS: Hints for your Secret Santa--2006
Oh, you want serious answers??? Oh, all right. Here you go!
THE LIST

1. What is your age range? 47

2. Gender? F

3. Do you have a favorite color? Usually cranberry-red, but green and blue are nice, too.

4. Favorite authors/ type of book? English cosies. No thrillers, not too much blood, please!

5. What books have you really been wanting?
Moby Dick illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
"Skeptics and True Believers" by Chet Raymo.
Interesting and/or unusual song books.
Books about the history, lore or natural aspects or your region.

6. What type of music do you like? English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Breton trad and roots, but I like what a lot of the young folk are doing. A cappella and other harmony singing. Mozart, Bach, Vaughan Williams, that sort of thing.

7. What CDs have you really been wanting?
Good old Pentangle
"Down from the Mountain"
Any good Carter family- I have none of their stuff!

8. What movies have you been wanting? What region DVDs can you view?
When does Spamalot come out on dvd?

9. What is your t-shirt size? Sm

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what? I have been blessed with a large collection of small glass, china and other concertina players, especially angels and elfish sorts. NO FROGS, PLEASE- they give me the creeps!

11. What are some of your other hobbies? knitting (I love all kinds of wool!), hiking, cooking

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? Either is fine.

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like.

I love VERY dark chocolate, Yorkshire Gold tea, English teaspoons and placemats, interesting textiles,