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What is your favorite Christmas Cookie? Will you make me some?
"My fave is a toss-up between snickerdoodles and applesauce cookies."
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Nora, what's on the top of your Christmas tree?
- Angel or star?
- Real tree? Fake tree?
- Colored lights? White?
"Star, real tree, white lights."
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What is your favorite Christmas Movie?
"I'm a sucker for Christmas movies. Just love them. But my favorite has to be 'It's A Wonderful Life.' Zu-Zu's petals."
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Do you have Christmas traditions?
"Around here, it's tradition to open one gift Christmas Eve. The rest waits for Christmas morning. Actually, afternoon now that the kids are grown up. There's Christmas breakfast at my mother's first."
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So, if there hadn't been that infamous snow storm in [1979], or if, say, Jason and Dan had been good boys and played quietly with their toys instead of driving you to the notebook, what would I be reading right now?
"Hmm, without that snowstorm and the boys, there would be such a void in the publishing world it doesn't bear thinking about. You might be forced to read toothpaste tubes or bubble gum wrappers. But I feel some other natural disaster would have stepped in and fixed everything. Just the way it should be."
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If Train 4711, The Golden Bullet, left Track 18, in Los Angeles, at 2:30 pm and traveled due west at 232 mph and, at the exact same time, Train 8322, the Chattanooga ChooChoo, left Track 89, in Baltimore, and traveled due east at 127 mph ... would Eve Dallas finally end up pregnant?
"Ah, let me think. 232 divided by hmmm, carry the five, multiply by..... Okay, no."
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What kind of car does Nora have?
Mercedes Kompressor -- Sapphire blue, with a marine blue/charcoal two-toned interior. Hammered aluminum dash. Hardtop convertible--you just push the
button and voila! trunk opens, top eases back, trunk closes. SIX SPEED
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Have you ever had your family's plaid/coat of arms traced and drawn?
"My parents did indeed research the family plaids and coat of arms on the Scottish side. There's a terrific photo of them at a banquet in Scotland with my mother in her fancy white blouse and long plaid skirt and my pop in full kilt regalia."
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Who do you prefer, the Ravens or the Redskins?
"Well, I'm very cautious in the sun, so I usually avoid red skin. But I do like birds. Also 'The Raven' is one of my favorite poems."
Can you tell me how to giftwrap a baby's laugh?
"Ottis, no wrapping will hold one. That's why everyone gets a little piece of the whole."
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What's your favorite candy bar?
"Fave candy bar would be Hershey's Big Block after it's been in the fridge for a few hours. Yum!"
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