A Christmas Survey

Christmas Survey

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
depends upon my mood!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree
Santa leaves them under the tree,hidden around the house, or in stockings usually!

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
the tree came with white lights which I have learned to love-sometimes I miss my colored
blinkie lights though!(cannot stand chasers though!)

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
When I had it growing in my yard, yes...even gathered it at midnight for Yule to make it
official!
5. When do you put your decorations up?
Usually whenever the mood strikes us-this year they are going up as a party game for
Bregon's birthday!
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
My grandmother's sweet potato recipe followed by Minnie Evelyn's squash recipe

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child:
I have several-that first Christmas memory of sitting in my Daddy's lap Christmas morning while he helped me unwrap my presents-I actually remember the little stuffed star music box and the snoopy stuffed animal that I think Uncle Kenny must have sent...I would find out from looking at baby pictures that I was only about 4 months old at the time when this happened-
then there was the Christmas when I was 2 when I found my By-lo baby in her little wooden canopied cradle under the tree with a wind-up train set ( I had just gotten over the chicken pox)...I also loved the way my Daddee (granddaddy) would insist upon wearing his Xmas ho ho ho hat all season whenever he went ANYWHERE at all-the way we had Christmas eve parties at my grandmother's houses...and later on when Bregon was born how we always made chocolate chip cookies for Santa on Christmas eve - while I was pregnant with the triplets, husband learned how!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
The truth about Santa...do you mean how he inspires us to be more giving & all? I am an adamant believer in Santa & have ways of turning even the most uptight non-believer around into believing in him!

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
If I have to- I prefer to wait until the next morning-am weird that way!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
With ornaments from my grandmother and mother's trees over the year as well as with the ones we have collected on our own-we usually buy a few ornaments a year to add to the collection-usually one per child at the least!


11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I would Love to see some snow on Christmas-it hasn't happened in years though- we have always had it around Christmas...once it snowed the day we got out for break & I was 10-that was neat-it was so much that if we froze our snowmen, we could preserve them through Christmas itself...but it hasn't happened in years sadly...

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes, yes I can-especially well in mini-skirts- it's a sort of insurance that you won't fall down!

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
I have many-my engagement ring was one complete with proposal-my mother's wedding ring set was another...I love my By-lo baby from when I was 2...all sorts of memories there!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
It's a very cheerful and fun part of the year-I adore getting surprises for everyone & getting to see the look on faces when they see them-it's a very interesting part of the year when people either get really nasty out (while shopping) or are nicer than they normally would be which surprises them sometimes..

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
My grandmother's chocolate pie-which I have recently tracked down the recipe & mastered thankfully-its thicker more like soft fudge than on the pudding/cool whip consistency side & I just like it better somehow! I will be baking a few this afternoon, actually!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Christmas Eve with my family and friends-it's gotten smaller over the years as my friends and family had dwindled-but I am hoping to be able to get it back up and going again...we shall see!

17. What tops your tree?
The porcelain Santa that I had given mother years ago & has since passed on to my tree...

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?
I love to give surprises

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Twisted Sister's O Come All Ye Faithful (its done to We're Not Gonna Take It) and it amuses me to no end- closely followed by I'll be home for Christmas with them & Lita Ford...

20. Candy Canes Yes or no?
Yes most definitely!!!!

21. What do you want for Christmas?
I am already in a bigger house & just got a van that will actually fit my entire family inside safely...so I am good for now!!!!