1. Egg nog or hot chocolate? Neither really, but if I had to choose I would say hot chocolate.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? He wraps them. And sadly he uses our paper :)
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White on our tree. I love how clean they look! And for our house we use hanging icicle lights topped with large bulb red and white lights. I think the look is very classy.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No, but I should...then I could steal more kisses from my hubby ♥
5. When do you put your decorations up? If it were up to me...before Thanksgiving. That's a lot of work to only enjoy for one month. I better let my husband think that he has say in something as far as decorating goes, though, so we start to put up our decoration right after Thanksgiving :)
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Really, I have to choose just one. That's impossible! For those of you that know me...you know my love affair with food! If I had to say, it would have to be the year we spent Christmas in Colorado with my mom and dad and they made prime rib. It really was the yummiest prime rib EVER!
7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? Christmas Eve and morning at my grandparents home with all the family there!!
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? As sad as it is...I don't remember. Guess it wasn't traumatic!
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Our kiddos always get new jammies on Christmas Eve. It was something my husband's family did growing up and continues now with our family.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Our tradition is to buy an ornament each year that represents something each of us has done or accomplished that year. So our tree is decorated with memories! And a little added fluff like berry twigs and what have you.
11. Snow! Love it or dread it? Seeing as how I grew up in Utah you would be surprised to hear that I DREAD IT!! I have lived in Arizona for almost 6 years now and the longer I am here the more I hate the snow. True story!!
12. Can you ice skate? Yes. But not well.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? A "real" baby doll. That thing looked just like a real baby. I carried it everywhere with me! Even The Old Spaghetti Factory where our waiter asked if he could use it to play a joke on his friends. He carried it into the kitchen where we heard screams only to find out that he had pretended to drop it and everyone freaked out. That's how real it looked. Man I loved that thing! It even smelled like baby powder.
14. What's the most important thing about the holidays for you? FAMILY!!!
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Really, again with the food? I can't just pick one! Especially dessert!! I can tell you this though...fruit cake would not be anywhere near my list of top contenders!!
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Buying the ornaments for my family. I love decorating our tree each year and thinking about the significance of each one. They hold such fun memories. I also love SCONES on Christmas morning. My Grandparents started that tradition and our little family has adopted it.
17. What tops your tree? A rusted star
18. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving? GIVING!! Especially for Angel Tree's!!!
19. Candy canes: yuck or yum? Plain and simple...YUCK!
20. Favorite Christmas show? Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story...I have to watch both EVERY YEAR. They hold a lot of fun memories for me :)
21. Saddest Christmas song? I'll Be Home for Christmas. Being away from loved ones is so hard!
22. What is your favorite Christmas song? Christmas Canon by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Our kiddos listen to it over and over and over and I LOVE IT!!
