Christmas Time is Here....

Stolen from Melissa, who took from Purling P's who took from someone else, and so on. :)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? It depends, but it's mostly wrapping paper. I know it's not very Earth-friendly, but there's nothing like sitting in a pile of paper after everything is unwrapped. That being said, we only buy paper every couple years, so we don't go through much, and we have lots of bags we reuse.
2. Real or artificial tree? Real, but I think this really is the last year. My grandparents won't be selling trees anymore. It makes me sad, but it's a lot of work for them, and it will be interesting to have a tree you don't have to water. I will miss the smell, but it fads so quickly...okay, I'm very sad all of a sudden. There's a lot of memories in those trees.
3. When do you put up the tree? Pretty much the first weekend in December.
4. When do you take it down? A day or two after Christmas (the lights outside stay up until January 1st)
5. Do you like eggnog? I've never had it!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? There are so many. I remember my Baby Alive. I also remember a Barbie and the Rockers Barbie sized drum set. Then there was the rock tumbler...it never tumbled rocks as well as I had hoped...I pretty much liked everything I got. :)
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Nope.
8. Hardest person to buy for? I'd say my parents. They never WANT anything.
9. Easiest person to buy for? Ed I think...he likes so much silly stuff :)
10. Worst Christmas present you ever got? Nothing specific I can think of. My grandmother used to get us these scary sweatshirts with weird scenes on them. She meant well, but she just didn't get it.
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Neither this year. Just not into it!
12. Favorite Christmas movie? So many! A Christmas Story (watched it the past 2 nights!), Rudolph, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Emmit Otter's Jugband Christmas, The Christmas Toy, It's a Wonderful Life, Charlie Brown Christmas, Garfield Christmas...and SO MANY MORE! most of which I haven't watched yet. I'd better get watchin'!!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Eh...when I decide it's time. I don't have a set date.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? It's possible.
15. Favorite thing to eat on Christmas? Hmm, well there's the Lemon Lush my dad makes for Christmas Eve and Easter. I guess I don't really have a favorite thing other than that that I ONLY have on Christmas.
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? I prefer clear, but we have colored (goes better with the mish-mash of ornaments honestly). Outside though, we have clear
17. Favorite Christmas song? There are a lot of those too! I'm pretty much Christmas happy! Anything by Bing Crosby...but yeah. I love them all!
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Now that my Babci and Dzadiu are gone, I'd rather stay home, but we still go to Hadley to other relatives in the afternoon.
19. Can you name all of Santa’s Reindeer? Of course!
20. Angel or star on top of tree? Star
21. Open presents Christmas Eve or morning? Some on Eve at my grandparents with my dad's family and the rest on Christmas morning.
22. Most annoying thing this time of year? Definitely crowds, and crazy people with no holiday spirit.
23. Do you decorate your tree in any theme or color? It's a mish-mash. Though Ed and I have big Mickey face ornaments from 2003-2006. I'm sad I don't have a 2007 this year :(
24. What do you leave for Santa? Cookies. I liked to leave the Archway Pink Santa cookies (I wonder if they still make them...don't think they do, which also makes me sad) when I was little and milk of course, plus carrots for the reindeer.

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Emmet Otter ROCKS! It's a Jim Henson movie. Google...

Emmet Otter ROCKS! It's a Jim Henson movie. Google it :)

Lemon Lush is a shortbread crust with a Cool Whip/cream cheese layer, followed by a lemon pudding layer, and finally a Cool Whip layer! It's delightful.

Oh, the rock tumbler. Daniel got one. It just went...

Oh, the rock tumbler. Daniel got one. It just went on forever.

Who is Emmit Otter?
And what is Lemon Lush?