1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate?
I don’t really care for hot chocolate, but since I’ve never had eggnog, I’ll have to go with hot chocolate.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
When I as little Santa sat them under the tree. Now we wrap everything unless it’s too big. (No kids to surprise.)
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
both, right now we have a soft white and blue, next year I want to switch it up.
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
no
5. When do you put up your decorations?
I try to do it weekend after Thanksgiving but it usually ends up being a little bit after that.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Spaghetti? LOL
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child.
Oh gosh, I don’t know a specific one. Most years I would wake up at like 6AM and beg my parents to let me go to the tree. They’d tell me to go back to sleep. So I’d try to sleep for a while longer but I never could, I’d toss and turn and finally beg them again an hour later. So they’d drag themselves out of bed, and then I’d wait in the hallway to the living room – probably the only time ever the door to the living room was shut – while my mom or dad went around the other way to make sure the tree lights were on, everything was set up, etc. Then I’d get to run in and oh man, all the stuff, you wouldn’t know where to look first. So exciting 😀
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
When I found some of my presents when I was 6 or 7.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Sometimes, we used to always open one but now I like to just wait.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Lights, garland, ornaments. No icicles though we had them when I was little and I loved them… but they get everywhere!
Chase and I have had the same decorations, I want to switch stuff out next year and do different lights/garland…. maybe icicles 😉
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Hate snow.
12. Can you ice skate?
Tried it once back when we had a rink here. Rink’s been closed for at least 15 years and I was probably 8 at the time? I’m going to have to go with no.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
I could never choose a fav, though there are standouts. I’d say My Little Pony Paradise Estate, because when I ran in it was all set up and ready to play with, that was awesome.
14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Buying presents and fun stuff for people 🙂
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
sugarfree chocolate pie lol… i’m not a big dessert person, but my grandfather is diabetic so they always have a sugarfree chocolate pie for him. I usually skip the fancy stuff and just eat the pie with him 🙂
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
It’s hard to say since our traditions are changing so much lately, with me and Chase being married. So back then – going up to stay with my grandmother for the week before Christmas, with my cousins. That was so much fun. Now – going to my parents Christmas morning to open presents 🙂
17. What tops your tree?
A star, I want a new one!
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?
Giving. Not saying I don’t like getting, I love it, but I love to try to find something great for someone and then watch them open it 🙂 Like I said above it’s my fav part of everything.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Snoopy vs the Red Baron. My fav. Christmas song since I was very little, I had a record of it and would listen to it all the time. weird memory: my christmas present from my Kindergarten teacher was a sticker, which is still stuck on the front of the record.
20. Candy Canes?
sure, in a small amount.
21. Do you feel Christmas is too commercialized?
Yes, when Halloween stuff is being pushed out by Christmas stuff, when there’s so many commercials and ads shoved down our throats and schlocky horrible Christmas music by the worst bands and singers played constantly… ick.
22. Real tree or artificial?
Grew up on real and Chase and I had a real tree our first year together. But we had trouble taking care of it so we switched to fake. I’m a little sad about that but it’s all right. We have a tree-scented candle we light LOL and I don’t have to deal with it messing with my allergies anymore.
23. Do you put lights up on the outside of your house?
We never decorated outside much, growing up… Chase and I have a penguin and a few lights on the bushes out front.
24. Do you do a Christmas Dinner or Supper and who cooks?
Christmas Eve is lunch with one side, Christmas day is lunch with the other side. First one is potluck, second one my aunt and uncle cook.
25. Is your family the everyone unwraps gifts at once sort or do you do it one gift at a time as the others watch?
Sore point. I prefer all at once. Otherwise it takes forever with 30+ people. I’ll leave it at that.
26. Do your pets share in the festivities?
Yes, Indy opens her own presents, and wears her Santa outfit 🙂