A fun Christmas meme…. (thanks to Anne for the idea)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?  Usually wrapping paper.  I can never get the tissue paper in gift bags to look right.

2. Real or fake tree?  I’d like to get a fake tree, but my husband insists on a real one.  (They do smell nice!)

3. When do you put up the tree?  Usually the first weekend in December, but I haven’t done it yet this year.

4. When do you take the tree down? A couple of days after Christmas.

5. Do you like eggnog?  Yummm…. Definitely.

6. Favorite gift received as a child?  It’s funny, I mostly remember presents I didn’t like or presents my sister or cousins got that I wished were mine.  (I’m the oldest grandchild on my dad’s side, and most of my younger cousins got “moon shoes” one Christmas.  They were these plastic things with rubber bands that you strapped your feet onto.  Apparently I was either too old or too big for them, but I was really jealous!)

7. Do you have a nativity scene?  Yes, I usually put it up on the mantel over the fireplace.
   
8. Hardest person to buy for?  My dad.

9. Easiest person to buy for?  My mom. 

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever got?  Karaoke machine!  

11. Mail or email Christmas cards?  Neither.  Just say no!

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?  National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?  Late summer – early fall
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?  Yes. 

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?  My grandma’s Christmas tree cookies. 

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree?  Clear.  I have very strong opinions on that!

17. Favorite Christmas song?  Hark the Herald Angels Sing

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?  I like to do either, as long as I’m with my family.

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeers? No.

20. Angel or a star on the tree top?  Star.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?  Christmas morning – no matter how much my sister pleads to open a present on Christmas Eve.

22. Where are your favorite places to shop?  Amazon.com, local gift shops, friends who are artists

23. Most annoying thing about this time of year?  Traffic around the mall and shopping centers.

24. What I love most about Christmas?  Reading the Polar Express and the Christmas story on Christmas Eve.