Decorate Your House for Christmas and We'll Guess How Much of a Grinch You Are

By: Mark Lichtenstein
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Decorate Your House for Christmas and We'll Guess How Much of a Grinch You Are
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About This Quiz

We all know those people. The ones whose houses require no more than a glance to know that those within hate Christmas. Well, there's a scientific measurement now, and we're going to apply it to you!
What's your budget?
$1,000
$500
$100
Zero

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How much time will you spend on decorating?
A week
A day
An afternoon
None

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Real tree or fake tree?
Real!
Either
Fake
No tree

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Will you use fake snow?
Of course! And real!
A little
No, it's tacky.
I don't even know what that is.

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How about mistletoe?
Everywhere! Every door!
A sprig or two
No, that's creepy.
Not only will I not include it, I will take it down if I see it.

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Will you have a wreath?
One on every door
On the front door
Over the mantel
No

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Do you put tinsel on the tree?
No, but we put it everywhere else.
A little on the tree, sure.
Only that long trailing kind.
I hate tinsel.

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Do you use white lights or colored lights on the tree?
Both
Colored
White
I hate those twinkly little critters.

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Do you have any animated reindeer?
Ten!
Two
One
They suck

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How many Santa Clauses do you have?
15
3
1
0

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How big is the biggest Santa Claus?
Twelve feet
Three feet
A foot
There is no Santa Claus, and I intend to tell all the local children that this year.

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Will you notice a bump on your electricity bill?
No, because I have a special solar panel I got just for this occasion.
Yes, it'll hurt.
A little
No, that's why I don't do this crap.

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Will your neighbors be jealous or offended?
Both
Envious
They will not feel much about it.
Offended by my lack of effort.

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Will local kids come over specially to look at your display?
Nightly
Initially
They will slow down when they pass.
No, I will throw things at them if they try.

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Do you use the best stuff on the outside or inside?
Both!
Outside
Inside
Neither

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Is your tree pine or fir?
I have one of each because I can't bear to choose.
Pine
Fir
I hate trees.

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Do you have a Yule log?
Yes, it is mighty.
Yes, a little one
I have a twig.
No

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Do you use holly to decorate the house?
Yes, so much of it, it's great.
Just a little - it's prickly!
A sprig or two
Holly is dangerous.

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Do you put stockings around the fireplace?
Of course, we all have a homemade one.
Of course, we have store-bought ones.
We put them under the tree.
We don't do gifts, that's not the point of the holiday, the point is not making an effort.

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Does your fireplace work?
Yes, we cleaned the flue out especially when we moved in.
It's OK.
It smokes a little.
I never tried to use it.

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Do you put presents under the tree?
Of course! And in the fireplace and everywhere else too.
Yes, that's where they go.
We sometimes forget.
There are no presents.

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Do you you put extra fake presents so that it looks more lavish?
Outside, yes
No, that'd be mean.
No, that's silly.
I only put fake ones, to trick people.

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Will candles be a feature of your decor?
Yes, on the table.
Yes, on the walls.
No, that's dangerous.
No, they might burn my house down and I love my house and hate candles anyway.

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Do you hang chocolate on the tree?
Yeah, the more the merrier - and all round the house too.
We put them on the tree.
We have them, but don't put them on the tree.
We do not allow chocolate in our house.

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Do you use candy canes?
Naturally
One or two
We don't actually like them.
We have them for throwing at carolers to get rid of them.

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Do you dress up?
Of course, we all have special sweaters that I made myself.
One of us dresses as Santa Claus.
We put on hats.
We don't, and we forbid anyone to wear red, white, or green.

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Will your lights wink or be steady?
Both!
Wink
Steady
Neither

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Do you have anything playing carols automatically?
Yes, and we sing around the neighborhood, too.
We prefer to sing.
We have a few songs playing on a loop.
Music is annoying.

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Will there be a Nativity scene?
Yes, it is a family heirloom carved of wood and painted lovingly by four generations - we even saved it when we fled from our native land.
Yes, it is a diorama the kids made.
We try to throw something together.
The Nativity is just a story and only a silly person would believe it is literally true.

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How prominently will you feature Jesus?
Very, that's what it is all about after all.
Somewhat - we don't want to leave him out of his own birthday.
A little - we're not really into all that.
I might say a prayer to get people to leave me alone.

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