1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Paper. I love wrapping presents and I love seeing all the colors of the paper and coordinating the ribbons and the trim! I hate gift bags except for the most awkwardly shaped gifts!
2. Real tree or artificial? Real. Our fake one broke the year after we moved to Houston and we’ve been real ever since. Every year we talk about going to a tree farm and cutting down a tree and we never quite seem to get there. Maybe next year…
3. When do you put up the tree? As soon we get over to the lot to buy the tree. Some years that’s right after Turkey day some years it isn’t until a couple weeks before the big day.
4. When do you take the tree down? Around New Years. By then I’m tired of looking at it!
5. Do you like eggnog? No, I hate it. And I hate that it looks so yummy, like melted ice cream, and then it has that nasty nutmeg flavor. So I hate it for being deceptive and for just being gross.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Hmmmmm. I got a China doll one year that was a family heirloom that I loved and played with for years and years. Hubby thinks it is totally creepy and will kill us in our sleep.
7. Hardest person to buy for? My dad.
8. Easiest person to buy for? My kids.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes. I was given a Nativity Scene by a friend of the family as a little girl and it was my favorite Christmas decoration. I still have it and I still love to put it up each year. I also have a nativity scene that was made by an Indian tribe in New Mexico that I got when my grandmother moved into assisted living. That one is really unique. My favorite part is that the wise men are wise women!
10. Regular mail or e-mail Christmas Cards? Usually they are Epiphany cards because I can’t get them done before Christmas and they are mailed. I skipped last year so I really need to get those out this year.
11. Worst Christmas gift that you ever received? I wanted cowgirl boots. My brother got cowboy boots, I got navy blue, zip up the side, dress boots. Yes, I’m still a little bitter.
12. Favorite Christmas movie? ELF!!!!! The best Will Farrell movie and the best Christmas movie EVER!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? When I get done with school.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? You betcha! It is my greenest activity!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Cookies, bring em on!
16. Lights on the tree? Small colored lights. It is a compromise. Hubby like giant colored lights, I would love little white lights.
17. Favorite Christmas Song? Hmmmmm, I don’t know. I love them all. I love singing them all. I can’t pick. Maybe, if I really had to, O Holy Night.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay at home? Considering it’s a work day, we stay put.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Probably but don’t grade me on it.
20. Angel on the treetop or a star? Star. Got our star on clearance when we were newly married and it is very sentimental related to starting our own traditions.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Morning? Christmas morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Traffic
23. What theme or color are you using to decorate? Don’t have one.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Beef Tenderloin with Bearnaise sauce.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? I wish I had a good list. It would be helpful to those I live with!
1 comment:
Yay!!! I loved reading your answers. I don't think our friendship will be affected by you not liking eggnog, I'm just sad for you.
I think I need a closer shot of the wise women, but I love the story of that nativity set.
And I LOVE the china doll. So glad you posted a picture, I loved seeing it. AND I laughed out loud at James' fear of her killing you in your sleep.
Off to think of blogpost ideas that would force you to go around taking more pictures of your belongings/surroundings/life.
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