Christmas Meme

I am a fugitive from my continuing sewing projects (although I have gotten 5 of 11 gifts done), here's my take on the latest Meme to hit the journal airway.  ;)

 

 

1. Egg nog or Hot Chocolate?    

Hot Chocolate, and the best I ever had was in a pub in Amsterdam.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?     Santa uses wrapping paper with santas on it.   3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?     My deal with the lights is that they have to twinkle, I don't care what color as long as they are twinkling.   4. Do you hang mistletoe?   What? and give the Nargles a chance to invade my home? No, but I did notice that our neighbor hood trees have mistletoe in them (Mistletoe is a parasitic plant).    5. When do you put up your decorations?   Typically I put up the decorations during the T-giving holiday (when I'm officially allowed to start singing Christmas songs), but this year.. with the move, we're not decorating OUR house.    6. What is your favorite holiday dish?     dressing cooked in the turkey with giblets.   7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:    Waking up early to find that Santa had been to visit.   8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?   I'm not sure that there was ever a big announcement.. there just came a year when I was a teenager that the presents began showing up under the tree as they were purchased and wrapped.   9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?    We do.  Since I was a child, our family always opened one. I had to fight Paul on this, but we've continued the tradition. We allow the kids to open one gift under the tree on Christmas Eve that has come from out of town to us. 10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?   First, we all drink some rum eggnog.... no .. lol.. we decorate as a family and as each ornament is hung on the tree I tell the kids whose ornament it is and what it represents (I have collected an ornament per kid per year since each was born). When they finally move away and decorate their own trees, they will have this beginning group of ornaments to start with. Hopefully, the stories will be remembered and shared with their families.    11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?   I love snow!  I miss it when we don't have any, but honestly, I've spent more Christmases without than with (I'm from Phoenix).   12. Can you ice skate?   I've always enjoyed ice skating, but I took lessons when I was pregnant with Mac, so now I actually can skate without looking too foolish.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My engagement ring. :) I received it Christmas 1979   14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?   Time with family.   15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Christmas colored Jello poke cake. My SIL would make this layered cake that had one layer of red and one layer of green. It was frosted with whip cream.  I love this cake.     16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?     Taking the kids to buy their father's gift. My dad used to take us to buy my mom's.  Now I take the kids to buy Paul's. We have a fun time, deciding what he'd like and then we go to lunch.   17. What tops your tree?     Most years, it's the Angel from mine and Paul's first Christmas.   18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?     I love giving, especially when I know I have managed to get just the right "surprise" gift.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?  Mary Did you know? and O Holy Night   20. Candy Canes?    We usually hang candy canes on the tree. The kids like them.   21. Do you feel Christmas is too commercialized? Or is it still magical for you? No retailer in their right mind would shy away from promoting their goods during such a time, so I can't really blame them. I think that for our family, commercialism hit a peak a few years back and since then we've made a decided effort to scale back.