1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? PAPER! Damn the trees, I want to rip open the paper and tear at ribbons!
2. Real tree or artificial? I would love to have a real tree, but seeing that I'm allergic to everything on the planet, real trees just give me headaches and hives. I've got 4 artificial trees & I'm not done yet!
3. When do you put up the tree? Well that's a funny story...seeing as that my law school likes to start final exams the Monday after Thanksgiving, putting up a tree the day after Thanksgiving isn't really an option. I've started putting mine up somewhere between my birthday and turkey day, but I'm hoping to go back to the ol' day-after routine next year.
4. When do you take the tree down? The week after new year's. Any longer and it's just too depressing. Plus, I like to start the new year with a clean and uncluttered home.
5. Do you like eggnog? NO.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? If 22 counts as a child, my Kitchen Aid mixer. Hands down BEST.GIFT.EVER. My parents did it perfectly: it was completely unexpected & something I had wanted for at least a decade. I squealed like a little girl!
7. Hardest person to buy for? My brother-in-law.
8. Easiest person to buy for? My dog.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? No. I'm holding out until I inherit my mom's wooden set that rotates & plays Silent Night. I used to watch it for hours as a kid.
10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Seriously, people e-mail holiday cards? TACKY.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Anything from my Aunt Elizabeth. I'm pretty sure I got a Mickey Mouse sweatshirt when I was 20.
12. Favorite Christmas movie? Tie between The Christmas Carol with George C. Scott (a Christmas Eve tradition at our house) and Prancer.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Post-finals. I like the mad-dash.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I'm pretty sure all my girlfriends and I did that in elementary school...
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Umm.....I have to choose one??? Ribbon candy, chex mix, honey ham, any type of cookie, WINE, meatballs....we have quite a spread on Christmas day!
16. Lights on the tree? Surprisingly, I have all white lights because they match my ornament themes, but as a child I preferred colored lights. I love them if they are done in a retro way.
17. Favorite Christmas song? "O Holy Night." Anita Bryant has a great version, but nothing beats a guy at my parent's church who sings it a cappella at midnight.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? HOME. Every once in awhile, I am jealous of people who take ski vacations or go to the beach, but then I'm surrounded by my goofy family and I realize that NO ONE has a better holiday than we do.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blizen, Rudolph.
20. Angel on the tree top or star? I prefer a Star. My grandma had one with lights and I thought she was rich.
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Neither. Our family opens them after lunch!
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Do I really need to answer this? FINALS. They have ruined both my Thanksgiving and my Christmas for 3 years now.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I love retro trees with old-school glass and metal ornaments and uber-bright colors. My "fun" tree has lime green, bright red, turquiose blue, and silver. I try not to play favorites, but I love that tree 10x more than my "classy" living room tree.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? As previously mentioned, my mom makes a great buffet of finger foods for Christmas lunch--soup, meatballs, ham and turkey sandwiches on silver dollar buns, and tons of cookies. For supper, we eat the leftovers. It's casual and perfect.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? For fluff, I need some work-appropriate clothes and I'd love the Southern Living cookbook. For serious, I want my grandma back.
Happy Holidays!!!!
5 comments:
I love that you have multiple trees. But I can't believe you don't like eggnog!
The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook is AWESOME. My mama got it for me a couple of years ago--it has a recipe for EVERYTHING. It's the first place I look when I need to know how to make something.
You know, at any point in time, I have at least 10 things in my head that I would buy myself unless someone bought it for me. I'm not that hard to shop for. You just need to ask. ;-)
Let's get together after finals and spend a day baking Christmas cookies! For serious, it will be fun!
This looks fun! I enjoy Christmas trees to and we put a tree in one form or another in the rooms in our house too! Good lukc on finishing your finals!
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