Christmas Tag

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper when I have the time, gift bags for procrastination only.

2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial.

3. When do you put up the tree? Usually the 1st of December, but now that I have 3 kids, I'm lucky to get it up the second week of December.

4. When do you take the tree down? First week of January sometime.

5. Do you like eggnog? Bleh, yuck!

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Cabbage Patch Kid, and a large mermaid doll that could go in the bathtub.

7. Hardest person to buy for? Colby, he always says he wants cash from others and money in savings from me. Boring!

8. Easiest person to buy for? Myself, and usually my kids.

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, 4 of different kinds/sizes.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail mostly, but if I forget people, then email.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Two years ago Colby only gave me 2 karaoke cds, and the kids didn't get me anything. It was a depressing year, but then I got a deep freezer the next month for my birthday, so it evened out in the end.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? The Polar Express, ELF, The Grinch, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street and Santa Claus the Movie.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? October 1st, and I like to be done by the day before Thanksgiving, though it's usually soon after.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Way too many things to list.

16. Lights on the tree? Colored.

17. Favorite Christmas song? Mary did you know?

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? When we lived in CA, we traveled every year, now we just stay where we are.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixon, Comit, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We open one on Christmas eve, usually new PJs and/or slippers, then the rest in the morning.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Stupid people out shopping, rude people, and stupid drivers. Oh, and begging and begging Colby to put up the lights on the house. I do all of the tree by myself, so that's his job.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Burgandy and silver, snowmen, and we get a new special family ornament each year.

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? My mom's homemade Thanksgiving/Christmas meal. My father-in-law's homemade egg rolls. YUM!

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? An Ipod Nano, some movies and/or movie gift certificates, a dressy Sunday coat. And definitely healthy family members.

26. Who is most likely to respond to this? No idea.

27. Who is least likely to respond to this? Me.

28. Favorite thing about Christmas? The Christmas spirit, music, lights, and family/friends all gathered around us.