1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper.
2. Real or Artificial tree? Real, from the mountains. It's our family tradition.
3. When do you put up the tree? Whatever day in Dec. we can manage to get our tree permit for.
4. When do you take the tree down? Usually sometime in January, although I admit that the year Cam was born, it stayed up 'til Valentine's and got decorated with hearts and candy (I was so flippin' tired).5. Do you like egg nog? Yes! Yummmm... ('specially Mommy's famous recipe, on Christmas Eve) I like soy nog, too. I know; I'm a nerd.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I can't recall. To be honest, gifts are not really my favorite part of Christmas.
7. Who is the hardest person to buy for? Jared, I think.8. Easiest person to buy for? Camden, of course!
9. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail.
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? See #6.
11. Favorite Christmas Movie? "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," both versions. I love the moral of the story!
12. When do you start shopping for Christmas? This year I started picking up little things here and there in September.
13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I assume this question is referring to "re-gifting." Absolutely, yes.
14. Do you have a nativity scene? Several: a clear glass one (my first nativity, which I bought in college); dark olive wood from Egypt; one large and one small terra cotta from Peru; porcelain from Austria; hand-etched and painted on brass (my own creation), and a miniature one that comes out of our advent calendar a piece at a time. Oh, yeah! And how could I forget... a plush one that Camden runs around the house with. (Thanks, Grandma!)
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Probably See's chocolates.
16. Lights on the tree? Yes.
17. Favorite Christmas songs? Too many to list!
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? I love both.19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? (Santa's reindeer's what? What a horrible attempt at a plural noun! No offense, Terrah. I'm sure it has been forwarded a million times this way.) Nope. I cannot name all of Santa's REINDEER. Although, I was laughing pretty hard at my husband trying to name them last night. He was singing the beginning of "Rudolph" to Camden, and ended up with names like Comet (legit) and 409 and Ajax.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel Moroni, actually. I love the symbolism of an angel heralding the second coming of the Savior being part of our Christmas traditions.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Morning, please.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Commercialism.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I love the classic look of burgundy, hunter green, and gold together.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Christmas Eve: Harrison-style Jerusalem supper complete with pita, dates, hummus, white fish, cheese, olives, sparkling grape juice, candlelight, and vintage Jerusalem garb; Christmas Day: the traditional turkey feast25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Peace. Really.
I'm not into tagging. But, if you think it would be fun, go for it!
Merry Christmas!
2 comments:
i about died when i saw your 'valentine tree'. those days seem SO fresh, even though it was months and months ago.
love you.
OH! almost forgot. I wanted to tel lyou how much i LOVE your beautiful nativity etching. was it hard to make? i'd love to make a copycat one for our collection...you did such a gorgeous job making that. it looks so authentic.
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