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Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate! About one glass of Egg Nog all Christmas Season is about enough for me.
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Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Santa wraps presents, and he has his own special wrapping paper. He did this even before we had children. He even wraps stocking gifts (to have more fun opening presents of course!)
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Colored lights on tree/house or white? We hung those icicle lights last year, but they hung down in front of our door and you had to push them out of the way every time you opened the door - major PITB. We didn't hang any this year because the house was for sale and we didn't want to have to take them down in the dead of winter if we ended up moving. Now that the house is off the market I kinda wish we had done it. Long answer short, I love colored ones!
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Do you hang mistletoe? No - but my mom and dad have a plastic one they used to hang up.
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When do you put your decorations up? Whenever we get time! My birthday is the end of November so I don't like doing it before then, but anytime after that is game. This year we put it up on Monday (Nov. 29), last year we didn't get it up til Dec. 18th.
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What is your favorite holiday dish? The turkey and mashed potatos with gravy. I don't need anything else. Except maybe pie (Apple or Lemon Meringue, please!)
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Favorite Christmas memory as a child? I loved spending Christmas with my extended family, we'd always see all the cousins, aunts and uncles and it was a fun time. I remember the paper used to send out an insert with all the Christmas Carols on it and I was always so excited to get it, the one year I sat in the living room and sang all of them (to myself lol) I was so excited for Christmas to get there.
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When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don't remember when - I was 10 or 11 I think. I 'strung it out' for a year or so to get more presents, but I don't remember it being traumatic or anything.
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Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, and it's usually pajamas. I never could figure out as a kid how my mom always managed to pick THAT gift as the one we would open (for better pictures in the morning lol)
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How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Nothing fancy - we have a pre-lit one, so I put the beads (as garland) on first, then just place ornaments. We have a huge mix of ornaments, and we tend to get a few special ones each year and a 'family' one each year - eg the year I was pregnant we got an ornament with a male and pregnant female snowman, and got 'Merry Christmas 2007' written on it.
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Snow! Love it or Dread it? Don't love it, don't hate it. I like that it covers up all the icky brown leftover from fall, but I don't like the cold.
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Can you ice skate? Yes, but not well. I took figure skating lessons as a kid, but haven't skated since I was in University.
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Do you remember your favorite gift? I don't know that I've had a favorite of all time. My parents got my sister and I a trip to Maui one year (with them of course), and that stands out as a big one that I loved.
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What’s the most important thing about Christmas for you? Spending time with family and relaxing and having nowhere else to be - it's the best feeling in the world!
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What is your favorite Christmas Dessert? Pie! Apple or Lemon Meringue. We sometimes have squares after supper too, I love triple layer bars and rocky road bars. And I loved my grandma's shortbread - I'm going to miss it this year, it's the first Christmas without her.
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What is your favorite Christmas tradition? I can only pick one? I love getting up early and opening presents with the family, taking turns and seeing what everyone else gave/got and seeing their reactions to gifts we got them.
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What tops your tree? A star. Last year, nothing (because our star was broken)
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Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? Both, of course lol I love giving, especially when I know I've found a really cool or 'perfect' gift for someone. But of course I love presents too - who doesn't?
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What is your favorite Christmas Song? I love Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer lol It's not Christmas until I've heard that. I love Jingle Bell Rock too.
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Candy Canes:
Yuck or Yum? Love em -especially the cherry ones.
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Favorite Christmas Show?Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer (the TV special). Although The Polar Express comes in a very close second.
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Saddest Christmas Song?No idea
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What’s your Wish for Christmas. Same as last year:
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