Ooh! This one looks like fun! I got it from Natalie…
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both
2. Real tree or artificial? Fakey fake fake!!!
3. When do you put up the tree? The week after Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? New Year’s Day
5. Do you like eggnog?I LOVE really good Eggnog…like really really good…
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Baby Alive Doll, who promptly got mold up her um, intestinal tract.
7. Do you have a Nativity scene? A huge Ceramic one my Grandmother made, but I haven’t been brave enough to put it to the Doods test.
8. Hardest person to buy for? My Father-In-Law
9. Easiest person to buy for? My boys. The funniest things make them sublimely happy…like flashlights…who knew?!?
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Footie Jammies when I was 13. I would probably love them now, but at the time I was SO over “baby Jammies”
11. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail, definitely. And if I ever get the time, handmade too!
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story of course!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Um, January?? 😉
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Did I mention they were FOOTIE jammies??
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? HoneyBaked Ham and Cheesy Potatoes.
16 Clear lights or colored on the tree? Both…Lots of both.
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night. Never fails to give me chills and bring me to the edge of tears.
18 Travel at Christmas or stay home? Definitely Stay at Home – Although a day at Disneyland wouldn’t suck!
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? Yep!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Definitely a Star. I remember fondly a crazy tinsel and lights confection on my grandparents Christmas tree…
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? One traditional present on Christmas Eve {new PJ’s} and the rest on Christmas.(Natalie – me too!)
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? All the crazy grumpy people.
23. Favorite Christmas tradition? Fireplace, Lit up tree, Sparkling wine on Christmas eve…followed by us usually falling asleep before the boys do.
24. Up early or sleeping in? Early, early, early…I have yet to teach the boys my tradition of putting on the coffee and Christmas music before waking mom & dad.
25. Who hands out the gifts? Anyone but me. I am usually taking the pictures
26. Does Santa wrap your gifts? No…DUH! The ELVES do it!
27. Do you tell the Christmas story? Haven’t yet, but we will be this year.
28. Do you leave cookies for Santa? Yes, of course! But I think I really like Natalie’s tradition -( Of course! Cookies and milk! And a note. And Santa writes back. And we keep all the letters {along with our Christmas photo/letter from that year} in our “Nativity Box” so we can look back from year to year.)
Alrighty, then. Let’s hear all about Christmas at YOUR house. Tag. You’re it!
Thanks Natalie, this was fun!!
Oooh, that was fun! It’s interesting to read other people’s experiences with Christmas. I think I’m gonna have to be tagged!
I will do this, this one was fun to read!
yahoo, thanks for playing! isn’t it fun to think about your favorite christmas things? it makes me all giddy for christmas! it was fun to hear about your favorites & traditions…
we have a fake tree too and that sucker is up til new years for us too!
Oh, cool! I like this one! I know just where to put it, too! 😉
I think I have died and gone to blogger heaven. I love pink blogs!!
Stuff like this gets me so fired up for Christmas! I can hardly wait!!!
What a cute quiz Deanna, and what fab. answers!
That was fun! O Holy Night is my favorite too – goosebumps every time!! I might have to steal this…