Star Wars Holiday Special because, due to running times, I would only have to watch it 2/3 the number of times as Rudy.
Have your birthday on Christmas Day, or be born on February 29th?
December 25th Birthdays are terrible. I speak from personal experience. February 29th would have to be better.
Be a gifted songwriter but crappy singer, or be a gifted singer but unable to write songs?
Feb. 29th! Most interesting birthday of the year.
Edit: Ninja’d. I’d rather be a good songwriter who can’t sing.
On a scale of 1-10, endure a day of pain that’s a 6, or itching that’s a 9?
Easily the “6” day.
Spend the last day of your life with your loved ones, or reliving the best day of your life?
Bittersweet closure is overrated. I’ll take happy thanks.
Be a world class bowler or a chess grandmaster?
Bowler-more beer and burgers during a tournament.
Kraft American cheeze or Velveeta?
Velveeta. The difference being that Kraft slices come already prepackaged in slices but Velveeta at least mimics the cheese experience by having to slice it (you know as if it were actual cheese)
Fought in the American Civil War during battles like Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg, or spend the same amount of time during WWI in the trenches on the western front
Civil War. Greater chance of survival.
Be a soldier in a regime, ordered to kill numerous innocent people (you will be executed if you disobey,) or be one of the innocent people about to be killed?
Be the soldier…and refuse the order. That may give one or more of the innocents time to escape.
Mexican food for the rest of your life, or Italian.
Oooh, I would love to survive on nothing but pizza and pasta for the rest of my life – I know I could eat pizza every day for lunch forever! Mmm, Italian.
For Christmas do you want to receive the most perfect present, or give the most perfect present to someone?
Definitely give-The look on her/his face would be the best present for me.
Swedish meatballs, or Italian?
Italian.
Be given $2,000, or 100 extra hours of PTO (if you’re still employed)?
Time is more important to me than money these days. I’ll take the paid time off.
Have mind control or the ability to fly?
Oh, to control people’s minds. I know a few people who I wouldn’t mind seeing totally humiliated in public.
Go back to see an original Shakespeare play of your choice, or an event in Jesus’s life of your choice?
Wow, that’s tough. I guess I’ll go with Jesus, in keeping with the season.
Go back to see an original Shakespeare play of your choice, or hear the public premiere of your favorite piece of music?
I think I’d find it very interesting to hear a Baroque piece, say Pachelbel’s Canon, or something by Albinoni, done on period instruments by period musicians. Just to see how different it is from how we hear it these days.
Go back in time to see an original Shakespeare play of your choice, or to watch in person some historical political event of your choice.
Hearing the Gettysburg Address in person would be awesome. I’m so there.
That’s exactly what Apollo’s Fire does. Highly recommended: Apollo’s Fire on Disc – Apollo's Fire
Get three pretty good gifts, or one totally amazing gift?
Definitely the amazing gift.
Having the day before New Year’s off, or the day after?
Before, cuz then there’s more time to start celebrations early
Receive a boat or a plane (of equal $ value) as a gift
Unless it came with a fund for operations and upkeep, I’d probably just have to sell it right away, but… plane, I think. More useful.
Be invited to the Prince Harry/Megan M. wedding, or stay home?