Naughty & Nice: A Youngblood Christmas

It’s the holiday season – the time of year when we all create Amazon.com wish lists so our friends know exactly what to get us so we don’t have the same fiasco we had last year when we opened up a bunch of crap and had to pretend we liked it (No, REALLY, it’s just what I wanted… Is there a gift receipt?). Now three of Youngblood’s most festive members take time away from their busy schedules of downing eggnog and standing under the mistletoe in the hopes of getting their first kiss to answer these very probing questions about the holiday season.


NAME: Courtney Lauria

1. Naughty or nice?
Naugh-Nice. A little bit of naughty spiked with nice

2. What was the best Christmas present you ever received?
A drum set when I was 9. It belonged to my Uncle, and I thought that made it cooler.

3. What would you like for Christmas this year if you could get anything in the world?
A little house on a lake in the middle of nowhere.

4. Favorite holiday song?
David Bowe and Bing Crosby singing "Little Drummer Boy."

5. Most annoying holiday song?
Is there such a thing?

6. Favorite holiday movie/play/book or other piece of writing?
Christmas Vacation...the monologue where Chevy Chase is yelling about the Christmas Bonus. Oh god, genius.

7. Santa vs. Frosty?
Santa. Hello, Frosty isn't real.

NAME: Matt Schatz

1. Naughty or nice?
I'm answering these questions for you; I must be very nice.

2. What was the best Christmas present you ever received?
Amadeus, the director's cut DVD for Christmas of 2003. Though I prefer the previous non-director's cut version, there was no way you could've known that when you bought it for me, Kevin.

3. What would you like for Christmas this year if you could get anything in the world?
I'm the luckiest boy in the world. Maybe a sweater. And a French dip.

4. Favorite holiday song?
“Fairytale of New York.” Also my sister Lisa M. Schatz and I used to always sing "Let It Snow" when I was 12 and she was 17.

5. Most annoying holiday song?
The inauthentic Hanukkah songs we were made to sing in grade school chorus were pretty annoying. We also had to sing Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" but for reasons unknown we had to substitute the lyric "I wanna feel the heat with somebody" with "I wanna feel the beat with somebody" But I don't think that's a Christmas song, really.

6. Favorite holiday movie/play/book or other piece of writing?
I don't know. Something British. Is Equus a Christmas play? I cried at Miracle On 34th Street the other night, but I have a lot of problems.

7. Santa vs. Frosty?
Who fucking cares?

NAME: Jihan Crowther

1. Naughty or nice?
Nicety. (There's a whole song about being Nicety from the 80s; I'm considering bringing it back.)

2. What was the best Christmas present you ever received?
When I was ten I received the complete set of the Sweet Valley High and The Babysitters' Club books along with a brand new journal. I couldn't believe my luck.

3. What would you like for Christmas this year if you could get anything in the world?
Rollerskates. And world peace. In reverse order.

4. Favorite holiday song?
“Oh Chanukah.”

5. Most annoying holiday song?
“Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.”

6. Favorite holiday movie/play/book or other piece of writing?
A Christmas Story. It's not Christmas with out the ACS marathon on TBS.

7. Santa vs. Frosty?
Santa, obviously. Frosty doesn't have any useful magical powers, no posse of reindeer, no sleigh for a quick getaway and, quite frankly, there's nothing you can really do when you have branches for hands.