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**sirI** · #1 Dec 03, 2006, 09:49 AM

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?

3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house?

4. Do you hang mistletoe?

5. When do you put up your decorations?

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?

12. Can you ice skate?

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

17. What tops your tree?

18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving?

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?

20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren?

*Spidey's mom* · #2 Dec 03, 2006, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by siri

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? EGG NOG!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? WRAPPED.

3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house? COLORED

4. Do you hang mistletoe? NO

5. When do you put up your decorations? A WEEK OR SO PRIOR.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? MANHATTAN and NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: CAN'T REMEMBER.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I DON'T REMEMBER.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? NO.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? LOTS OF COLOR, LOTS OF LIGHTS.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? DREAD IT.

12. Can you ice skate? NO.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? NO.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? ALL MY KIDS ARE HOME.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? PECAN PIE.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? CHRISTMAS EVE CLAM CHOWDER AT MY INLAW'S RANCH.

17. What tops your tree? STAR.

18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving? GIVING!!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? WHAT CHILD IS THIS.

20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren? LOTS OF PHOTOS.

steph

**sirI** · #3 Dec 03, 2006, 11:38 AM

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? ... Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? ... wrapped

3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house? ... colored large bulb lights on tree

4. Do you hang mistletoe? ... no

5. When do you put up your decorations? ... normally, about 2 weeks before Christmas, but I think this year.....TODAY!!

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Cashew Chicken Casserole and Pumpkin Thingy

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child. .... My daddy standing at the window of my room pointing up at the sky and telling me he sees Santa Claus

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? ... WHAT TRUTH????

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? ... NO!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? ... lots of old ornaments and crafts made by the children....try to add a new ornament every year

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? ... LOVE it, but down here, it's rare

12. Can you ice skate? ...You've GOT to be kidding me; can you spell H-I-P F-R-A-C-T-U-R-E??

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? .... any gift to me from my children and now, grandchildren

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? ... Christ, Family, Friends

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? ... Italian Creme Cake or Fruit Cake or Pecan Pie or Chocolate Pie or Fudge or....or....

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? ... on Christmas Eve, family sit around the Christmas tree. I read the Christmas Story from one of the Gospels; then read Twas the Night Before Christmas from the book given me by my Grandfather when I was 9 years old.

Dh sets up the Dickens Village every year in our dining room and creates mountains, valleys, and lakes complete with trees and snow. He, on Christmas Eve, will have a scavenger hunt. Each child reads a poem that he writes for them which leads them on the hunt to find a trinket. He hides many clues in the village itself.

17. What tops your tree? .... Christmas Angel

18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving? ... I love to give

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? ... O Holy Night or Mary Did You Know?

20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren? ... Through pictures and passing down tradition of Christmas Eve. Already, the children are doing the same on the Eve with the stories. Youngest dd bought the book, Twas the Night Before Christmas, to give to her son.

**P_RN** · #4 Dec 03, 2006, 11:51 AM

Tell Me About YOUR Christmas...Past, Present, Future

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? EGG NOG

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? WRAPPED

3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house? MULTICOLOR

4. Do you hang mistletoe? NO

5. When do you put up your decorations? 2 WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? CORNBREAD DRESSING

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
____I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS ONE SOME MORE____

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? WHAT TRUTH? SANTA IS!

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? ALL OF THE GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
TINY MULTICOLOR LIGHTS, LIGHTS THAT LOOK LIKE RED LANTERNS, CROCHETED SNOWFLAKES, BATTENBURG LACE ANGELS WITH A LARGE LACE AND VELVET LIGHTED ANGEL ON TOP.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
ARRRRRGHHHH NO SNOW!!

12. Can you ice skate? YES

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? ANNIVERSARY RING FROM MY DH ON OUR 25TH CHRISTMAS TOGETHER

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? LOVE NOT PRESENTS

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? APPLE PIE

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? ATTENDING THE TREE LIGHTING AND PARADE IN THE TOWN PARK, CHOIR SINGING "THE MESSIAH" ON THE CAPITAL STEPS

17. What tops your tree? BATTENBURG LACE ANGEL

18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving? GIVING

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? "OH HOLY NIGHT", "HALELUJAH CHORUS FROM THE MESSIAH"

20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren? PICTURES, PASSING DOWN ORNAMENTS, LOVE

Marie_LPN · #5 Dec 03, 2006, 04:50 PM

[quote=siri;1952186]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?

Both

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?

Wraps

3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house?

All white

4. Do you hang mistletoe?

Yes

5. When do you put up your decorations?

The weekend after Thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?

The broccoli casserole with the Ritz cracker crust

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:

Getting Grampa's presents, since they were always homemade out of wood, watching Grandma bake pies from scratch

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?

When i was 10, some brat in my class went around yelling it on the playground.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?

My stepmom's family does all of their Christmas stuff on Christmas eve, so yes.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?

Clear lights, red, green, gold, and silver balls with red bows on the top of them, red, green, gold, and silver garland, Hallmark Keepsake ornaments, green sheet around the bottom. No tinsel, i refuse to risk chasing after dogs with tinsel flapping from their arse.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?

Love it if i don't have to drive in it

12. Can you ice skate?

If i hold onto the rail, yes.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?

Giant teddy bear

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?

Sitting around talking with the family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?

Italian Cream Cake

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

Getting my other grandmother gussied up for the day (hair and makeup, she is paralyzed on one side from a stroke years ago). She loves to look her best, it's always been very important to her.

17. What tops your tree?

A big red bow

18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving?

Both

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?

The instrumental version of "Sleigh Ride"

20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren?

I will be sure that they know that Christmas is not about the gifts, or the material things in life

*Medic2RN* · #6 Dec 03, 2006, 05:11 PM

QUOTE=siri;1952186]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wrapped presents

3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house? White on tree; Colors on house

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No

5. When do you put up your decorations? A couple of weeks beforehand

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Turkey and sweet potato casserole

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: Waking up and seeing the tree

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Believe it or not, my mother told me. She was curling her hair and talked about it. She thought I had already figured it out. It was very traumatic!
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? LOL, currently, we only decorate the upper part of our tree. We spent one Christmas Eve in the ER. 2 kids, 3 y/o and 11 mos = eating/playing with glass bulbs.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I love it. Don't get much in Texas though!

12. Can you ice skate? Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My hubby bought me an expensive painting; that's when I knew we would be married....someday.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Seeing family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Pumpkin pie

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? We're still sorting out what our traditions will be for the kids. As a kid myself, I loved driving around and looking at the Christmas lights and choosing what we would eat for dinner (everytime was turkey) because Christmas is my birthday

17. What tops your tree? An angel

18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving? I love giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Silent Night

20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren? I haven't thought about that yet.

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*truern* · #7 Dec 03, 2006, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by siri

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Santa wraps the smaller gifts...things that would take miles of wrapping paper are placed unwrapped under the tree

3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house?
We like to switch it up a bit...white lights one year, colored the next

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No, but thanks for the suggestion

5. When do you put up your decorations?
Sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas..hehe. Usually when I get the "spirit" and that's very unpredictable.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
I LOVE turkey...but only the days after Christmas. Nothing beats turkey on smooshy white bread with lots of mayo.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Every Christmas spent at my grandparents! Those were the best!!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?

What ARE you talking about?!?
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
We open ONE gift on Christmas Eve...mostly because daughter gets new jammies so the Christmas morning pics look good

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Tons of sparkling lights and ornaments that I've collected over the past 20+ years

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I used to love it....since I've started working, though, I dread going to work in the snow..or worse yet, getting stuck there.

12. Can you ice skate?
Nope...broke my left ankle years ago and it still gives me grief.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Oh, yeah!! Was a young teenager, went shopping with my SIL and fell in love with a blue suede coat. Unbeknownst to me, she told my mother about the coat and lo and behold!! there it was on Christmas morning!! I never expected it...it cost $$$ that I knew we just didn't have. I wore that coat until it fell to pieces

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Homemade pecan pie...yum yum!!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Making gingerbread men...although I'm the only one that actually likes to eat them

17. What tops your tree?
Sometimes a big red bow with streamers..sometimes a sock monkey (don't ask..hehe)

18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving?
I LOVE finding the perfect gift for giving..but nothing wrong with receiving the perfect gift, either

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
CHRISTMAS IS A FEELING

Christmas is a feeling,
Feel in the air.
It’s love and joy and laughter
Of people everywhere.
Christmas is a feeling,
Bringing good cheer.
It reaches out to touch you
As the holiday draws near.
It’s mistletoe and falling snow
And candles burning bright.
It’s a baby in a manger
On a cold winter night.
It’s noels, and chiming bells
And presents by the tree.
It’s the spirit of giving
In you and in me.
For Christmas is a feeling,
Feel in the air.
It’s love and joy and laughter
Of people everywhere.
But if Christmas is a feeling
Bringing such good cheer,
Then why, oh why
Can’t you and I
Try to make it last....
All year?
Why can’t it last all year?

20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren?
With the ornaments we collect, I guess.

Merry Christmas to all!!!

*elthia* · #8 Dec 04, 2006, 05:40 AM

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Nonalcoholic eggnog
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Santa wraps gifts in a totally different giftwrap than the other presents. Different label tags too.
3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house?
White
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No
5. When do you put up your decorations?
The first weekend in December that we have the kids

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Pralined sweet potatoes.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Going to midnight mass.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?

In the playground, first grade at school.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Yes, you can open the smallest gift under the tree.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? [/b]
Beaded garland, bulb ornaments. We also do the Christmas Pickle, just cause someone gave me one years ago and the kids love it. Everyone helps decorate.
The Christmas Pickle

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
MISS IT!! I grew up in the mid west, sigh...I now live in TX and haven't seen snow in years.
12. Can you ice skate?
No.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Being 23, and it was the first Christmas that all my siblings and mom were together in over 15 years.
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Family and friends.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? [/color]
Pumpkin pie.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Making homemade candies passing them out to friends, family and neighbors. We walk down the street and help the kids pass them out.

17. What tops your tree?
An angel
18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving?
Giving.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Little Drummer Boy.
20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren?
I hope that focussing on family and fun, and not the gifts. Silly pictures, insisting on doing the same traditions year after year.

Christmas wasn't very important after my family split up when I was a child...I want it to be important to my kids and the family I have now. It's something that was very sad about my childhood, and I used to get very depressed over. Now during the holidays I look at my family and realize that I truly am blessed. I have a nice home, two wonderful kids that may not have come from my body but definitely have stolen my heart, a wonderfully kind and supportive husband. Traditions are important and comforting...and I much prefer the new traditions I am creating with my family versus all the holidays I used to spend alone or as the "sympathy guest" ( The one who isn't married and doesn't have any family to speak of, but it's the holidays so you feel sorry for her and insist she join your family for the holiday. )

**madwife2002** · #9 Dec 04, 2006, 07:08 AM

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? ... Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? ... wrapped

3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house? ..white light

4. Do you hang mistletoe? ... no

5. When do you put up your decorations? ... This year dec 1st normally near to xmas eve

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? xmas turkey and all the trimmings, including roast potatoes. Mince pies and xmas puddins

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child. .... I got engaged on xmas day

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? ... cant remember

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? ... sometimes

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? ... lots of colour

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? ... LOVE it,

12. Can you ice skate? ...Yes-I spent years going ice scating

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? .... I have a Lladro nurse which was bought for me by my mother just before she died, she knew I had always wanted one

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? ... It feels spirtual

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? ... Xmas pudding with custard

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? ... Just being with my family

17. What tops your tree? .... Christmas Angel

18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving? ... giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? ... Silent night

20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren? ... I have dvd tapes photographs and I want to start scrapbooking

*mercyteapot* · #10 Dec 04, 2006, 07:24 AM

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Sits them under the tree! When Nick was little, Santa wrapped them, though.

3. Colored or white lights on tree and/or house? Color

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No.

5. When do you put up your decorations? All things being equal, the 2nd weekend of December. This year, I'm having my cookie exchange early (tomorrow night), so I did it this past weekend.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Waldorf salad. It's my son's fave, too. We are cuckoo for Waldorf salad, and it's the only time of year that I make it.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: Can't think of one favorite.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I do not recall. I think it was somewhere between 3rd and 4th grades, though.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Beautifully, of course! When my Mom sold the house and downsized, she gave most of her Christmas ornaments, plus I buy at least one new one each year and always buy them when we travel, etc. My tree never looks the same two years in a row. We start with the color lights, then add the ornaments, one for each branch, so that the tree is a profusion of color and shapes. Heavier towards the bottom, lighter towards the top. Ornaments with the most significance in terms of memories go in front of the tree. We finish it off with candy canes and icicles.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Now that I live somewhere that I don't have to shovel it or stand it in it whilst waiting for a bus, I love it. It usually means I'm about to ski down a mountain of it!

12. Can you ice skate? No, which is interesting because I used to roller skate on a regular basis.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Yes, a doll house. I played with that thing for hours upon hours, rearranging the rooms just so.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Spending time with family and friends and catching up with everyone

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Banana cream pie. Not traditional, but we love it!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? I don't have a favorite.

17. What tops your tree? A twinkling star

18. Which do you prefer: Giving or Receiving? I love giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Oh, Holy Night

20. How will you preserve Christmas memories/traditions for your children and/or grandchildren? I think you preserve them best just by practicing them.

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