Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Okay, here's what you're supposed to do: Just copy this entire blog entry and paste it into a new post on your blog. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. So, here goes...
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Bags are definitely easier, but they're also a little too easy for those "curious" sorts, so it depends on who it's for. I'm a terrible, messy wrapper. My sister makes the most awesome looking wrapped gifts, but you almost need dynamite to get them open for all the tape!
2. Real tree or artificial? Fake. As a kid we used to actually go out into the woods and cut down a real tree (envision "Christmas Vacation" scene 1 here), then we just started buying real ones. Now it's just an artificial one.
3. When do you put up the tree? Day after Thanksgiving, or thereabouts.
4. When do you take the tree down? Why would I take it down?
5. Do you like eggnog? Absolutely, but it must be homemade - not the nasty grocery store stuff. I make it myself, and it's to die for.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? You know, I never did get any of the things I asked for!
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, we have lots. My wife is enamored with the things, so they're all over our house. Big ones, small ones, porcelain ones, wood ones, etc...
8. Hardest person to buy for? My step-dad. And he lives in a small town, so I have to make sure it's good b/c he might not be able to return it if it doesn't work out.
9. Easiest person to buy for? the kiddos
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I have received my share of heinous Christmas sweaters over the years.
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? snail mail, for sure.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? I love "Christmas Vacation" ("Clark, that there's an RV!"). An old family favorite is "Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas".
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Dec 20th
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Sure, didn't you like it?
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Any and all Christmas foods, snacks, treats, etc... except fruit cake. Did you know there are only 10 of those in the whole world - they just keep getting passed around (see #14 above). Once one gets thrown out, a new one is made to replace it. Currently, the "youngest" one is 37 years old.
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear. Same for the house. Very. Straight. Lines.
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night. The Christmas Song. the First Noel. there are so many!
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? We used to always travel, but we've been at home now for the past few years. With 4 kids, it's likely we'll never travel at Christmas again.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Blitzen, Comet, Vixen, Rudolph, etc...
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? This year, a star.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Usually 1 on Christmas Eve, the rest on Christmas Day.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? The fact that the Salvation Army panhandlers don't bother dressing up as Santa anymore.
23. What I love most about Christmas? Family, food, fun. People also tend to be nicer to each other, too, so that's a plus.
WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL & JOYOUS CHRISTMAS!!!! Hope to read your "list" soon!!!
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3 comments:
Well, it must be nice to not have to travel with your FOUR kids because everyone's coming to you! (But seriously, how are we going to fit everything and everyone in our car?!)
Also, I've been looking forward to your eggnog since I last drank it two years ago.
FUnny--I was just thinking about Be and Hailey and the 4 kids! Fun list--we need to pull out National Lampoons Chrsitmas vacation this year and watch it one night---SO FUNNY!!!
I want some egg nog RIGHT NOW. You should have an egg nog party where all we do is drink egg nog. Maybe I'll spike it with cough syrup or something.
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