1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper with lots of fancy ribbon. But I haven't wrapped much yet this year.
2. Real tree or Artificial? All Natural baby! I love the way it makes my house smell. And going to get the tree is such an adventure for the family (review previous post)
3. When do you put up the tree? First week of December.
4. When do you take the tree down? The day after New Years day.
5. Do you like Egg Nog? Oh yes! I have been making a recipe I got as a gift from a friend for three years now and love it! Mmmm...Thanks Jackson Family.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I had an American Girl doll, Kirsten, that I bought with my own money for my birthday (February). Everything was so expensive (for a 3rd grader) I never bought anything else that year. My mom bought a pattern set they used to sell and made me a set of clothes and painted a cute little trunk to store them all in. I adored those clothes.
7. Hardest person to buy for? Dad, although Doug found something hysterical for him this year!
8. Easiest person to buy for? Myself...just kidding. I love to buy stuff for the kids.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, a small one my mom got me from Germany. And a ceramic statue of Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus that Doug's mom gave us. I love them both.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, but we'll see this year!
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Fabric. Don't ask.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Definitely "It's a wonderful Life." We watch it every year, and a few years ago got to spend a night downtown and see the play. It was really great!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? October. Otherwise, I go overboard.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? If I had, I would definitely TELL!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? snowball cookies and orange cream cheese chocolate chippers. But I have a new favorite maple bar cookie from my sis! MMMMMM
Here are some pictures from our baking day!
16. Lights on the tree? White. I would love them to blink, but can never figure that out.
17. Favorite Christmas song? Away in a Manger. It has always been my dad's favorite, and I can't sing it without crying
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yep
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We open two presents on Christmas Eve. The grandkids all draw names and exchange their gifts. Then we always get our kids pjs. That's a tradition passed down from my family. All the rest on Christmas morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? The crankies! Especially at the post office.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I am pretty eclectic. I don't have a favorite. But I have some special things from my grandmas that I really love.
I love the hummell my Grandma gave to me when I was pregnant with Gabriella
This is a lladro Christmas bell that came from my Grandmother. She collected them, each has a different winter or Christmas scene and each granddaughter received one when she passed last year.
24. Favorite Christmas dinner? Ham and potatoes and pie
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A CPA.
7 comments:
Why is it that everyone else's pictures and posts look so much cuter than mine?! You all are so cute! Glad that we're family!
I have the crankies...does chocolate fix the crankies? We need to have a starbucks run soon! I love your post, thanks for posting all about your Christmas favorites, I am going to copy you, maybe that will pull me out of my crankies...but then I will just think about the K family & go right back in, it is a vortex of crankiness!
Very fun. All that candy makes me hungry. Yum!
Oh - A "CPA" - I'm hoping too. What a great way to spend a Christmas wish. Love you guys.
It is nice to see all the fun memories you have of Christmas's past. There are some wonderful memories to pass on to your little family. We are crossing our fingers for a CPA too. Merry Christmas. Lori @ Callie's house.
oooh, i want to come to YOUR baking day! yum!!
did you get what you asked for????
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