Christmas Time

1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate for sure

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
When I was little the "big" present from santa just sat under the tree, the others were wrapped.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
I have colored right now but I've often wished I had white.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
no

5. When do you put up your decorations?
I try to do it weekend after Thanksgiving but it usually ends up being a little bit after that.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
My family does appetizers for Christmas eve dinner ...it's lovely

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child.
Oh gosh, I don’t know a specific one. Lots of good memories though.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I think I was like 10 or 11

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

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
I have a pre-lighted tree and I put my nerdy hallmark ornaments up and glitter snowflake ornaments.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Well I grew up in Wisconsin and I live in Minnesota so snow kinda comes with the territory ...I like it to a certain extent so I can enjoy winter sports but when February rolls around I'm over it =P

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
I don't remember if it was a birthday gift or a Christmas gift but the year I got my NES was awesome!!

14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Spending time with my family and friends.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Grandmas grasshopper pie ...yum!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
As of lately my family makes appetizers for Christmas eve dinner and then we go sledding, play games and watch our fave movies (Christmas or not). We've also stopped giving each other presents cause that's not what Christmas is supposed to be about.

17. What tops your tree?
Nothing.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?
Giving. Not that I don't like receiving I just enjoy buying things for people and watching them open it.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Grandma got run over by a reindeer.

20. Candy Canes?
You betcha

21. Do you feel Christmas is too commercialized?
Very much so. Don't get me started on the retails stores that start putting Christmas decorations out BEFORE Halloween.

22. Real tree or artificial?
We had real growing up ...but I have a fake one and I just plug in a pine scented air freshener behind it.

23. Do you put lights up on the outside of your house?
No. I live in an Apartment so that kind of makes it hard.

24. Do you do a Christmas Dinner or Supper and who cooks?
My mom makes a beef tenderloin.

25. Is your family the everyone unwraps gifts at once sort or do you do it one gift at a time as the others watch?
One at a time.

26. Do your pets share in the festivities?
That would require having pets.