Christmas Consumerism

Question 1

Conundrum

Answer 1

In a conundrum
Facing a conundrum

Question 2

Stay tuned

Answer 2

So stay tuned on that score

Question 3

Grinch

Answer 3

I feel like l am just being a grinch

Question 4

Caught me off guard

Answer 4

No, no, it’s fine. It just kinda caught me off guard.

Question 5

Freaking hot outside

Question 6

suntan

Answer 6

Snow is in the mountains, but on the beach we are getting a suntan.

Question 7

Internal

Answer 7

Why is there both external and internal pressure to look “ perfect” ?

Question 8

Tidying up

Answer 8

That’s better. Tidying up is a much calmer thing to do.

Question 9

Snowball effect

Answer 9

So this was just kind of a snowball effect.

Question 10

Feel Obligated to

Answer 10

Feel obligated to follow this tradition

Question 11

Feel called to

Answer 11

I feel called to care for this child.

Question 12

Fellowmen

Answer 12

benevolent and loving to fellowmen

Question 13

Purge

Answer 13

purge a bunch of stuff
Cathartic relief

Question 14

Cathartic

Answer 14

Writing can indeed be a cathartic release.

Question 15

Feign

Answer 15

Pretend

Question 16

Refrain

Answer 16

It was as difficult to stop his relentless pacing as to refrain from shouting.

Question 17

Abide by

Answer 17

I was raised to abide by traffic laws.

Question 18

Line up with

Answer 18

Do my recommendations line up with your experiences?

Question 19

Off base

Answer 19

So that song is so off base and unrealistic

Question 20

In actuality

Answer 20

In actuality, the bridge is named for the color of the water in the bay.

Question 21

Consumerist

Answer 21

In the hectic consumerist China of the late 20th century he cut a deliberately quaint figure.

Question 22

Quaint

Answer 22

attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

Question 23

Better off

Answer 23

Honestly, we’re much better off without her.