Christmas Tag.... I'm it!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Definitely wrapping paper. A present is so much more fun when you can rip off the wrapping paper.
2. Real tree or artificial? I used to like real, until we had ours tip over 2 years in a row, (more than one time each year!) I also really like the smell of real, but I like the low maintance of artificial. We now have artificial, I'm not sure we will go back.
3. When do you put up the tree? Sometime between Thanksgiving and the first week of December.
4. When do you take the tree down? Just after New Years.
5. Do you like eggnog? Love it! So does the rest of my family, we mix it with a little milk, mostly to help it go farther.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Gosh, that's a hard one. I probably really liked the camera I got, or the porcelain doll my Mom made. I have lots that are memorable.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, My favorite is a Indian set that someone was going to throw away, it has a lot of pieces.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Darin can be hard sometimes becuase he never needs anything, he doesn't wear anyting out or want for much. His parents are the hardest to buy for though becuase they buy anything they need, and I like to buy something that people need.
9. Easiest person to buy for? Heidi - It's so fun to buy girl stuff!! The hard part is deciding what to get her!
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? The panty hose my Grandma used to give me and my Uncles would whistle and make fun of me.
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? I've never received a email Christmas card. I love to get mail either way, but I'm an old fashion duck and like the mail!
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Christmas isn't the same without Charlie Brown! I also really liked Polar Express.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually not until November, but I do some earlier if I find a good sale, or have a for sure idea.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I actually have :)! One from my Visiting Teachers! I have taken it to a family reunion as a raffle item.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Oranges, Grapefruits, orange sticks, homemade sugar cookies, the list could go on and on!
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? I like either, our decorated tree has colored.
17. Favorite Christmas song? Away in a Manger.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home for Christmas Eve and most of Christmas day, travel sometime to family!
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, dancer, prancer, vixon, comet, cupid, donner and blitzen and of course rudolph!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star, we don't really have anything, a little bow.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning for sure!
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Gaining weight with all the yummy things I like to eat this time of year!
23. Free space!
24. Do you buy gifts for your pets? No, our cats always end up over at Grandma's anyways.
25. Have you ever been Christmas caroling? On the back of a semi trailor in Malta with the youth. I remember once going as a girl in YW and everyone had their TV's on!
26. Hot chocolate or hot apple cider? Hot Chocolate, no question! One of my favorites, summer or winter!

I love Christmas because:


1. We get to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2. Doing nice things for others always helps the spirits.
3. Family get togethers- I love getting together with both Darin and my families. We have such great and fun families and it's always a great time.
4. Having Darin home more and being able to spend a lot of time together with our own little family. Doing all of our little family traditions. Going shopping together. The list could go on and on!

I am tagging ...Jill, Frauke, Jenny and Ashley! So if you see your name here copy these questions onto your blog, delete my answers and fill in yours!! or something like that??

Merry Christmas!!