Of Mice & Men
That hunky Valentino Arteaga from Of Mice & Men took time out from his hectic Christmas shopping schedule to sit down and answer the 15 Xmas Questions We Ask Everyone.
1. What are you doing for Christmas this year?
Finishing the This Is a Family Tour with Attack Attack! Emmure, and Pierce the Veil and driving 2 days straight home to SoCal to make it home in time for Christmas eve with my family!
2. What would you buy us as a cool present?!
Scented candles cause they are refreshing and make the world smell amazing!
3. What would you like to find in your Christmas stocking?
Preferably not coal...so anything other than coal! Haha
4. What's your favourite Christmas memory?
Being in South America spending Christmas with my grandparents and extended family when I was younger.
5. What's your favourite festive song or carol?
Christmas Time Is Here, the song from The Peanuts
6. What's the best or worst Cracker Joke you've ever heard?
The one that got a-salted! Or was that peanuts? I don’t know, saltines are the business!
7. Sprouts - delicious or evil?
Delicious when appropriately proportioned with your meal...overwhelming when careless crammed into your sandwich.
8. In a Christmas fantasy land - who would be the famous figures, past and present, at your dinner table and why?
All of the clay dudes from the Rudolph movie! They’re all awesome and funny, especially the lumberjack! That fool can bring the pea soup.
9. Again, in fantasyland or in reality - who would you like to grab under the mistletoe?
I would definitely grab Joey from A Skylit Drive's older sister, she’s my secret crush...whoops!
10. What would your perfect Christmas look like and would there be snow?!
NO SNOW! Touring in wintertime has made me loathe the snow. I love the southern California Christmas in San Diego. Perfect weather and amazing friends and family
11. Who will be Number One in the Christmas chart (real or fantasy) ?!
Buddy the Elf.
12. Favourite Bond Film?
The ones with Pierce Brosnan
13. What have been the highlights for you from 2010?
Doing Warped tour, touring Europe, releasing our first album, being given the opportunity to tour with amazing bands all year
14. Any New Year's resolutions?
I’m definitely going to try and not be so sick, my immune system sucked in 2010, got to change that next year ;)
15. What is 2011 going to look like for you?
Amazing tours, headlining tour in March, UK tour in April 2011 with Asking Alexandria, a new album in the works, new experiences, lots of overseas touring...so much to look forward to other than getting older! Haha HAPPY HOLIDAYS!