Martha Stewart's Holiday To-Do List


December 1


Blanch carcass from Thanksgiving turkey. Spray paint gold, turn upside down and use as a sleigh to hold Christmas cards.


December 2


Have Mormon Tabernacle Choir record outgoing Christmas message for answering machine.


December 3


Using candlewick and hand-gilded miniature pine cones, fashion a cat-o-nine-tails. Flog gardener.


December 4


Repaint Sistine Chapel ceiling in ecru, with mocha trim.


December 5


Get new eyeglasses. Grind lenses myself.


December 6


Fax family Christmas newsletter to Pulitzer committee for consideration.


December 7


Debug Windows '95


December 10


Align carpets to adjust for curvature of Earth.


December 11


Lay Faberge egg.


December 12


Take dog apart. Disinfect. Reassemble.


December 13


Collect dentures. They make excellent pastry cutters, particularly for decorative pie crusts.


December 14


Install plumbing in gingerbread house.


December 15


Replace air in mini-van tires with Glade "Holiday Scents" in case tires are shot out at the mall.


December 17


Child proof the Christmas tree with garland of razor wire.


December 19


Adjust legs of chairs so each Christmas dinner guest will be the same height when sitting at his or her assigned seat.


December 20


Dip sheep and cows in egg whites and roll in confectioner's sugar to add a festive sparkle to the pasture.


December 21


Drain city reservoir; refill with mulled cider, orange slices and cinnamon sticks.


December 22


Float votive candles in toilet tank.


December 23


Seed clouds for white Christmas.


December 24


Do my annual good deed. Go to several stores. Be seen engaged in last minute Christmas shopping, thus making many people feel less inadequate than they really are.


December 25


Bear son. Swaddle. Lay in color-coordinated manger scented with homemade potpourri.


December 26


Organize spice racks by genus and phylum.


December 27


Build snowman in exact likeness of God.


December 31


New Year's Eve! Give staff their resolutions. Call a friend in each time zone of the world as the clock strikes midnight in that country.

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