December 11, 2008

Christmas Questionnaire

Saw this at Mercy Every Morning and wanted to join in...


1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper and a few gift bags


2. Real tree or Artificial? We would love to drive to NC and cut down our own but, until then we have an artificial that people have asked if it is real.


3. When do you put up the tree? After Thanksgiving.


4. When do you take the tree down? By New Year’s.


5. Do you like Egg Nog? I think so…been a while since I’ve had it!

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Little trinkets

7. Hardest person to buy for? The last couple of years we have been playing one of the gift exchange games so we are only buying one gift for the family members. This is so much fun to shop for and wrap! Aside from that, it would be my Dad…trying to get a gift he would actually read or use and it not be clothing!

8. Easiest person to buy for? our kids

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes—an old one from my Mother-in -law.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail- We have been doing a family photo greeting card since the birth of our girls. (Sam’s offers a great deal on these)


11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I really can't remember one!

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? It’s A Wonderful Life, White Christmas, The Nativity Story & The Christmas Shoes.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Entirely too late…almost done with the kids this year though!


14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? yes

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas and favorite Christmas dessert? Chocolate covered pretzels, homemade fudge & cookies with my hubby’s spiced tea recipe.


16. Lights on the tree? Multi-colored lights.

17. Favorite Christmas song? all of them…playlist on my blog to name a few.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? We stay home and usually host, we are located in the middle of our family. One year we would love to travel outside of Florida and stay in a cabin up in the Smoky’s for a White Christmas.

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer’s? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen & Rudolph.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Have angel …looking for the Bethlehem star.


21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Kids open one present Christmas Eve…the rest Christmas morning.


22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Forgetting the Reason for the Season.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Mix of lots of types


24. Handmade ornaments or store bought? Both, love the homemade and have bought several at store over the years too.


25. What do you want for Christmas this year? To be debt free…will settle for the Bible on CD though. :)



Hope you enjoyed the Christmas fun! If you decide to play along, please let me know so I can read your answers!




1 comment:

Unknown said...

I did it on my blog, Denise! Thanks, it was fun! :)