Today we're getting organized for the holidays....wrapping presents, maybe baking, and doing some other practical things! :-) So, I ran across this on a blog and thought I'd do it myself and pass it along! I'll tag a couple of people, but leave me a comment if you decide to answer the questions.
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Wrapping or gift bags? Wrapping...oh dear heavens I HATE gift bags and can't throw them out...I have a ton of baby gift bags waiting for me to become younger or have a lot younger friends!
2.
Real or artificial tree?Artificial. Although our artificial is old enough and tortured by the cats and so STILL drops it's needles! I had a friend years ago who couldn't afford her mortgage, but always got a real tree. I think that solidified for me what a total waste cutting down a tree and throwing it out was. Although we do use the chopped up ones from the city in our garden.
3.
When do you put up the tree? The weekend after Thanksgiving
4.
When do you take the tree down? New Year's Day! And this year I'm pondering completely redecorating the house after we do it! I have this absolute NEED to clean everything up after Christmas. As cute as the house looks, adding Christmas decorations makes it look pretty
junky and I need to
declutter!
5.
Do you like eggnog? LOVE IT! However, Rex makes it "ALL WRONG". He keeps trying, but I still love the stuff off the grocery store the best!
6.
Favorite gift received as a child? You know, I can't think of anything that sticks out.
7.
Do you have a nativity scene? Yep. However, my husband is an atheist and so our
compromise is that he gets to replace baby Jesus with something creative each year. He's put in a gorilla, an alien, and this year it's the smallest "nest" out of my Japanese nested dolls. He thinks he's funny - the jury is still out on that one!
8.
Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Again, nothing coming to mind...bad memory?
9.
Mail or email Christmas cards? EMAIL. However last year we mailed a ton. We've sent a big long letter for years and this year we're "going electronic". It's too expensive and the amount of return cards we get have been dwindling every year. The joy of email is that you can wait until the last minute.
10.
Favorite Christmas Movie? "Charlie Brown Christmas"
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When do you start shopping for Christmas? Either on the last Internet shipping day or we line up a sitter and hit one or two stores and do it all in a couple of hours. I HATE shopping - haven't stepped foot in a department store for years. I worked retail for years and so this year it was a truly electronic Christmas.
12.
Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Wow! The mind boggles...lets see: sugar cookies with icing, fudge, scotch shortbread, turkey skin and hot cocoa. (all very very slimming...notice the trend! :-) )
13.
Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear lights outside and colored on the tree.
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Favorite Christmas song? Music is probably my favorite thing about Christmas. "Santa Baby" has been a favorite for a few years, but they overplay it now. I just downloaded "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" the other day LOVE it! Oh, and the kids and I LOVE rocking out to "Feliz Navidad".
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Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home. We're broke.
16.
Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer. Absolutely....it's required with kids...isn't it?
17.
Angel on the tree top or a star? It's kind of a Russian Orthodox church spire looking thing. So neither.
18.
Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning? Christmas morning. Years ago my family started a tradition of opening one on Christmas eve, but my Mother INSISTED on making us open pajamas so we'd look cute in the Christmas pictures (where's the fun in that!). So we quit. Except for the
occasional get together away from home (this year we're doing Christmas Eve at my parents and opening there) we open them Christmas morning. Rex gets out the video camera and we trash the place!
19.
Most annoying thing about this time of year? Shopping.
Bleck!
20.
Do you decorate your tree in any specific theme or color? Nope, the tree is covered with ornaments from my childhood and we're slowly fleshing it out with stuff the kids bring home. A junky tree is a fun tree!
21.
What do you leave for Santa? Cookies and hot cocoa
22.
Least favorite holiday song? My father in law would say "Silent Night" (I know, I can't believe he hasn't been arrested for such a thought!
hee hee!). I have to honestly say I don't think I have a least favorite. I'm one of these weirdos that have the radio tuned to "all Christmas all the time" throughout the entire month.
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Favorite ornament? The kids and I were just talking about this. Probably a really pretty little angel ornament I've had all my life (or all of it I can remember)...photo below: 
So, I tag: Connie , Leslie, LouAnne, Tina, and Pat!
Happy Holiday preparations everyone!
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