26 Christmas Questions Answered

Ok, my turn. Below is a list of Christmas questions I found over at Keeping Up With the Jones

Below are my answers:

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?

Wrapping paper. I really get into the art of the wrap. Not so much the bow or strings or even a label. It’s the art of the wrap.

2. Real tree or Artificial?

Has to be real. I skip the live trees on display. I search the ‘pile’ of wrapped trees looking for a straight trunk. The joy is unwrapping it in the driveway of the house.

3. When do you put up the tree?

Has to be the weekend of Thanksgiving.

4. When do you take the tree down?

New Years Day after the Rose Parade.

5.Do you like eggnog?

Can’t stand the stuff.

6. Favorite gift received as a child?

An original Big Wheel at age 7.

7. Hardest person to buy for?

My wife.

8. Easiest person to buy for?

My daughter.

9. Do you have a nativity scene?

Yes. We clear off the mantle over the fireplace. We have a large star over the manger.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?

Christmas cards.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?

Last year. It was a $20.00 gift card for Macy’s. I still have it. I tried to use it twice and could not find anything I wanted. Waste. I loathe Macy’s.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?

Hands down….National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation ‘Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day‘.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?

Cyber Monday. Most of the shopping I did this year was through eBay.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?

Only at the office Christmas party.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?

A bowl of mashed potatoes topped with two slices of cranberries ’shaped like a can’.

16. Lights on the tree?

Yes. New lights this year. All 300 of them. LED. Cool to the touch. Love ‘em.

17. Favorite Christmas song?

Santa Baby ~ sung by The Generators

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?

Always at home. My wife’s childhood home that we now live in. I have spent the past 23 Christmas seasons here. Blessings !

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer’s?

Nah. Less Fa La La. More Emmanuel.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star?

Star.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?

One present after Christmas Eve service. Everything else on Christmas morning.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?

Stores with Season’s Greetings painted on their store windows well past Ground hog’s Day. Office gift exchanges AFTER Christmas. The Corporate Christmas party. Again…..less Fa La La, more Emmanuel.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?

Hand painted ceramics and Hallmark by the year.

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner?

Used to be Chinese in honor of A Christmas Story. We suffer instead with Ham and mashed potatoes. Miss my Orange Chicken terribly.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year?

Less of the gifts. More of the Giver. I would be satisfied with a cup of Starbucks Christmas Blend watching my kids enjoy the day.

26. Who is most likely to respond to this?

The female bloggers of Living Spring and a few of my Twitter friends with blogs.

Pass it on….