Anna, my favorite theory of why we should believe in Santa and the Tooth Fairy comes from Terry Pratchett's Hogfather:

@AvantGardenia: "The Spirit of Christmas" - my parents told me that Santa Claus might not be real, but he was a personification people came up with for the Spirit of Christmas and that was real. It's easier to believe in ephemeral things.

I'm fairly certain a lot of the "chicken" my grandparents fed me when I was younger was, among other things, occasionally family pet (rabbit, etc.). They had a lot of animals and I do remember there was more turnover than you'd normally expect. Although, they had pet chickens at one point too, I think, so some of…

@alwayswrite: 2. You can certainly freeze venison.

@biancajames: I can't take decongestants anymore due to a heart thing. The last time I took one, I ended up lying there for hours somewhere between sleep and wakefullness, trying to figure out how many of me there were.

@Anneisanne: My very best snow/ice advice (coming from a Buffalonian) is simply this: Make no sudden moves. That especially includes turning and breaking.

@Mushu_the_educated_whale: They weren't convicted. They took a plea deal. Whether or not that was advisable, it was their choice.

@laureltreedaphne: Perhaps it would help if you considered that her entire life was one protracted attack. The assault didn't end or let up just because he wasn't beating her at one particular moment, because there was always the fear and the dread and the inevitable next time.

Not the man in black I expected to see.

@boobookitteh: And for all his obsession with order, his thoughts, as expressed, are hopelessly jumbled, which is not a good sign. His work is just riddled with rather specious sophisms (although that might be giving them too much credit) and material fallacies.

(I had to listen to this video without sound)

Worst - A large hematite cross necklace with a tacky gold Jesus my mother inexplicably gave me while I was in the middle of my own personal schism from the church. I remember opening it and asking aloud, "What were you thinking!?" I still mock her about that gift, so in some ways, I suppose it keeps on giving. …

My parents had an elderly neighbor make me a dollhouse - I remember getting it for my third birthday (at the time, I thought the teddy bear was more interesting). It was never fully furnished, but there were some lovely things in there... many of which were subsequently broken or stolen or drawn on by my babysitter's…

"Early to rise and early to bed/makes a man healthy, but socially dead." - Yakko Warner.

@RenoMartini: That's what my mother does to sheet pies. I find it too sweet, though. (I think she's secretly team cake).

I've been considering making frames out of some left-over contact paper that I have, but I've got to figure out a way to get them perfectly straight. My last attempt was not so perfect and it definitely showed.

Operation Rescue: You know how you could have prevented 'LeRoy Carhart From Taking Tiller's Place As The Nation's #1 Late-Term Abortionist'? Not contributing to the death of Dr. Tiller.

She's a replicant, isn't she?

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I always hated the Rudolph movie as a kid and I'm still not so fond of it as an adult. I like the abominable snowman and the Isle of Misfit Toys... but the dentist elf really gives me the heebie jeebies. (It's my random fear of teeth) and I'm not so fond of any of the reindeer.

@honeybunchesofoats: He's a misanthrope. As a fellow misanthrope, I recognize that we really should not be allowed to answer telephones.