1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate, hands down.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Both. He wraps them and then puts them under the tree.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored lights on the tree, white lights on the house. Sometimes we add green/red to the bushes around the house too.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nope.
5. When do you put your decorations up? Whenever I feel I can tolerate looking at them until Christmas. Usually that’s about two weeks beforehand but my decorations went up two days ago and the tree will be done this weekend.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? I don’t have one.
7. Favorite Christmas memory as a child? Getting all the Care Bear figurines.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don’t recall.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We always did all our gifts on Christmas Eve when we were kids, now we do gifts from my side of the family and between us on Christmas Day.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Lights and ornaments, no theme.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Dread it. I’d be happy if I never saw it again.
12. Can you ice skate? Nope.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Yes, the monitor I’m looking at right now. Oh wait, was that a birthday gift? I don’t recall since my birthday is so close to Christmas.
14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Spending time with family having fun.
15. What is your favorite holiday desert? Cookies!
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Loading the kids in the car and checking out the decorations in our neighborhood and beyond.
17. What tops your tree? Nothing.
18. What is your favorite Christmas Song? I guess Let It Snow; I find it running in my head at the weirdest times but I don’t go out of my way to listen to any Christmas music.
19. Favorite Christmas Movie? Not sure I have one.
20. What do you leave for Santa? Not a damn thing. I pay the bills, not him.
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1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate. I hate egg not
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? He puts wrapped presents under the tree.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White! I’m not a huge fan of colored lights.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No..
5. When do you put your decorations up? I usually try to do it right after Thanksgiving. If I’m going through the effort of putting them up, I want them to be there for a while.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Fondue! My mom makes great cheese fondue.
7. Favorite Christmas memory as a child? Christmas at the cabin with the whole family.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? A friend of mine, who was a year or two older, told me. I was really disappointed because I was young enough to believe a little longer.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We open gifts from my dad’s side of the family on Christmas Eve, but wait for Christmas day to do the ones from each other and my parents.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Red and silver ornaments, white lights.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it until I have to drive in it.
12. Can you ice skate? Yes, but I have a serious fear of falling.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Probably my Kitchen Aid mixer Scott gave me a few years ago.
14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Spending time with my family.
15. What is your favorite holiday desert? Cookies of any kind.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? We always have spaghetti and meatballs for dinner on Christmas Eve with my Grandparents. I really love that.
17. What tops your tree? A red star.
18. What is your favorite Christmas Song? I HATE Christmas music. I really couldn’t pick a favorite.
19. Favorite Christmas Movie? I really don’t have one.
20. What do you leave for Santa? Cookies as kids, nothing now.
Jenniy » That’s funny – a lot of our answers are the same. That cheese fondue sounds good!