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Holiday Meme
Borrowed from Knitting Iris.
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? We make homemade egg nog -- family recipe. Has bourbon, brandy and rum in it, and it's so rich and SO good.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree? Always wrapped. With really fancy ribbons.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored on the tree, white on the house
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nope.
5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually the second week in December.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? All the cookies!
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Leaving cookies and milk out for Santa. And in the morning they were always gone. One time there were even large boot prints made out of soot leading from the fireplace to the cookie tray. These days it makes me laugh to think of Mom making the prints with Dad's boots and then having to scrub them out of the carpet.
8 . When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Not a specific memory -- I think it must not have been too traumatic.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? One only, at Christmas Eve dinner
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? With a mish- mash of ornaments. My brother and I each always got one new 'special' ornament each year for the tree, and we have a collection dating back to the year of our birth.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it. I wish we had a white Christmas every year.
12. Can you ice skate? Yep! I took lessons when I was little. Spins and jumps and everything.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? No, actually I can't remember any one particular gift. I think overall I've always gotten good ones.
14. What's your favorite thing(s) about the holidays? Hmm....holiday parties and homemade egg nog. And staying in your PJs on Christmas morning until the afternoon.
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? If I had to pick a favorite cookie, it's probably gingersnaps with chocolate kisses on the top. Sounds strange, but it totally yummy.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Going to see Handel's Messiah
17. What tops your tree? An angel, ever since I can remember.
18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving? I'd say giving, except it's always frustrating for me. I want to get the perfect gift for everyone, but always put it off to the last minute (like the 23rd) and am always stumped for ideas.
19. What is your favorite Christmas song? Handel's Messiah, and "O Holy Night"
20. What is your favorite holiday book? I can't remember the title, but it's a Nativity story featuring the donkey Mary rode into Jerusalem -- the donkey dreams a dream, each scene in the dream is a different symbol for Mary and the Christ child. It has the most beautiful illustrations that I can still picture clearly in my mind.
21. Candy canes yuck or yum? I use candy canes to stir the hot chocolate, so that it tates minty. But I don't really like to eat them by themselves.
21. What's number one on your Christmas list this year? Hmmm.....I'm getting lots of ski equipment from Mom and Dad, which will be nice, but not a surprise since I picked it all out for myself. I have utterly no idea what Jody will get me, but I'm looking forward to it. Although since he and I both confessed a few days ago to still not having a present for each other, we're exchanging gifts on New Year's by mutual agreement. Which is great for me since I still need to order his second gift. ;)
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