2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
As a child we did but have not as an adult

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Usually around the second weekend in December

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Having a hard time picking just one!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Decorating the tree every year as a family

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
My sister took me into our basement and showed me where all the presents were being stored and made the announcement that Santa did not exist (ahh siblings!)

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
We started as kids opening one present on Christmas Eve until our entire Christmas celebration was on Christmas Eve (to remember my grandfather who passed away on Christmas Eve). Now my family celebrates Chirstmas Eve and my husband and I open one Christmas Eve and save the rest for Christmas morning

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
We just bought our first tree together and bought a beautiful star for the top - haven't decorated yet but a mix match of oraments

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Give me either a light dusting or pour it on ONCE for the season.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes although not very well

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
When the movie grease came out and I got my first pair of Candies - I had to wear them to Church that night!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Warm apple pie with ice cream/whipped cream slowly melting on top

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
After decorating the tree, sitting every night with only the tree lights on - drinking hot chocolate while snuggling with my husband

17. What tops your tree?
A star from now on in memory of our beloved son

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
Always giving - I get such a kick out of seeing the expression on others faces when they truly LOVE their gift

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
“It must have been old santa by Harry Connick Jr

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
With the new flavored ones they have - YUM!

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored on tree, clear and colored outside.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
We dont here but my mom still puts one up in the doorway.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Usually around the second weekend in December

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Lasagna!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Every holiday memory is a good one for me. Decorating the tree, getting the tree, going christmas caroling, wrapping presents, going into the city, christmas eve mass.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I remember my mom was painting the living room, she was up on a ladder after the holidays. Kids in school were talking about and I asked. She started to cry and said "MOmmy is santa claus just like she is the easter bunny and tooth fairy." Worst day ever because I didnt even think about the other things for some reason, so my belief in everything was just over! lol I think I was in 3rd grade.

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
The only gift we open on christmas eve is our christmas pjs. We have done this for as long as I can remember. We all open at the same time and run to put them on. I love it! Everything else is saved for christmas morning.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
We have a real tree every year. We have so many ornaments already, all very special and meaningful. We use the colored balls for the back.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I love it when I know I can stay in. When it first snows, its beautiful! When it gets dirty and slushy, I hate it!

12. Can you ice skate?
Hell no! I have weak ankles

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
I cant choose just one. I had a casio keyboard with little rom tapes where you had to follow the lights to play. I loved that a lot!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
My family definately!

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Apple pie with whipped cream,bakery cookies.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Going with my dh and family to get our trees. My mom gets hers and we get ours, so much fun!

17. What tops your tree?
A lighted star.

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
I love giving. I couldnt care less if I got anything on Christmas, Its all about making others happy!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Cannot pick just one. I am a christmas fanatic!

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
THey give me a headache for some reason but I Just have to eat them! LOL

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Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate
Egg Nog

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Mostly clear
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Sometimes

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Weekend after Thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Having a hard time picking just one!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Not sleeing for like a week before Christmas
because I was soooo excited by everything.
Driving around town looking at everyones Christmas lights.The Newport Harbor Light Parade of Boats

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
What there is no Santa?

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
Christmas morning.I'll give my kids a gift of pj's to open on Christmas Eve

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
WHen an assortment of sentimental ornaments
I've saved over the years and ones I made a gazillion years ago.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Snow? What's snow lol

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes although not very well

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
A Supermarket/kitchen center that was kid size

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Too many to list..

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Driving around looking at all the lights
Going to the Newport HArbor Light Parade of Boats

17. What tops your tree?
An Angel

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
I love giving! I get so excited!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
I love so many I can't pick just one.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
Only if they are cinnamon or wintergreen

Message edited 11/25/2006 9:22:49 AM.

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?

HOT CHOCOLATE

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?

WRAPS

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?

CLEAR

4. Do you hang mistletoe?

NO

5. When do you put your decorations up?

FIRST WEEKEND DECEMBER

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?

APPETIZERS! SHRIMP & CHIP & DIP

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:

PUTTING UP DECORATIONS

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?

I DONT REMEMBER - BUT I DONT THINK I EVER BELEIVED IT MUCH PAST THE AGE OF 7 - I WAS ALWAYS A REALIST, LOL

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?

NO

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?

COOL FUNKY OURNAMENTS

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?

DREAD!!!

12. Can you ice skate?

KIND OF

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?

I HAD THIS LITTLE LEARNING COMPUTER THINGY - I LOVED IT

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?

GIVING


15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?

ANYTHING FROM BRIERMIERES

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

OPENING PRESENTS!

17. What tops your tree?

A STAR

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?

GIVING

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?

MARIAH - ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS


20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?

YUM!

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Clear

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Without a doubt

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Right after Thanksgiving - we're a little late this year.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Lasagna!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Being woken up late at nite to open our gifts.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I honestly don't remember

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
We open gifts on Christmas Eve with my family, Christmas morning with DH and Christmas Day with DH's family

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
It's a mishmosh of stuff

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I love, love, love it!!!!

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes although not very well

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
A stereo when I was 15 and I remember getting this giant doll that you strapped to your feet and danced with, I loved that thing.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
After decorating the tree, sitting every night with only the tree lights on with a glass of wine and DH

17. What tops your tree?
A Boyd's Bear angel

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
Always giving - I get such a kick out of seeing the expression on others faces when they truly LOVE their gift

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Dominick the Donkey

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
I have always loved candy canes!

Merry Christmas!!!

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Message edited 12/11/2006 10:26:06 AM.

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Both

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Yes

5. When do you put your decorations up?
beginning to mid december

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
my moms roasted lemon potatoes

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
opening the presents christmas morning

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I honestly don't remember...I think it dawned on me.

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
No. Christmas morning only

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
LOts of ornaments, lights, and bows

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
HATE IT!!!

12. Can you ice skate?
No

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
When "Santa" got us a VCR...it was top loading

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being together with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Chocolate layer cake

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
decorating the tree with DH and listening to Christmas music

17. What tops your tree?
A star

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
I like giving something when I know they really like it, but I can't lie...I like receiving too!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Have a holly jolly christmas by Burl Ives

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
They are okay

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
White and Red

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Yes

5. When do you put your decorations up?
This year, we did it on Thanksgiving (for us, that's early)

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Having a hard time picking just one!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
The doll my dad gave me when i was about 3 or 4 years old

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Don't remember

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
Nope - Christmas morning

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
White and Red lights, snowmen, snowflakes, and candy canes

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
LOVE the snow!!

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes although not very well

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
the doll my dad gave me

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Warm apple pie with ice cream/whipped cream slowly melting on top

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Being with family

17. What tops your tree?
A snowflake with lights

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
TOTALLY giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
"all i want for christmas"

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
YUM!

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot chocolate :)

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
nope

5. When do you put your decorations up?
they are all up as of yesterday, the day after thanksgiving :)

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
my mils potato pie

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
seeing the radio city christmas show and then seeing the rockerfella tree.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
the truth about santa was never really ruined for me. i still believe ;)

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
as a child we always opened christmas morning,now my dh's family opens christmas eve.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
my tree has all different ornaments, some as old as 100 years old.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
hate hate hate it.

12. Can you ice skate?
a lil bit.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
my cabbage patch kids, that i still have till this day.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with family.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
my moms fruitcake, noone could ever make a fruitcake as good as hers.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
watching christmas movies under my tree and just waiting for santa and counting down the days till he came.

17. What tops your tree?
A gorgeous fiber optic angel.

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
giving, always giving, even as a kid i hated opening gifts infront of anyone.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
santa claus is coming to town.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
i love candy canes. but just the good ole red and white peppermint ones, not the new ones.

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Nope

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Weekend of Thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Fried Calamari

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Christmas Eve at my grandmother's

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
My mother told me - age 10. She said, while we're at it there's no Easter Bunny or Tooth Fairy either

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
We used to when we had Christmas Eve with my grandmother before she passed away. Now, we have dinner with my parents and exchange with them. Boosh and I open gifts to each other on Christmas morning.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Ornaments and lights

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love it

12. Can you ice skate?
At 6'3 and 300 lbs, you answer that

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
When I first started watching wrestling, my uncle bought me the toy ring and a Hulk Hogan doll. Me being a kid, I was very appreciative but made the shy comment that it would be difficult to do a match with one wrestler. About an hour later, he told me he had forgotten about a package in the bedroom. I went and got it. It was this HUGE box. He opened it and dumped the contents on the floor and it was the ENTIRE set of figures for that year.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Warm apple pie with ice cream/whipped cream slowly melting on top

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
After decorating the tree, sitting every night with only the tree lights and village lights on - and watching holiday movies and shows

17. What tops your tree?
A star

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
If we're talking Christmas gifts, I prefer giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
O Holy Night - Michael Crawford

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
YUCK

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Yes :)

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Varies. Hopefully I'll get them up soon.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
No desserts? Not fair! Hmm...I'm not sure then.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Decorating the tree every year as a family

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Two older kids on the school bus were talking about it.

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
We open presents on Christmas Eve with DH's family. We wait until Christmas day with my family.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
LOTS of ornaments. We have a lot of themed ornaments that bring back a lot of memories. It's fun to hang them and reminisce. Also, a star on top.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love it the first time it snows and then gradually come to hate it the more it snows throughout the season.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
Probably my Little Mermaid bicycle

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with my family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Ah, here's the dessert question! No creative answer though, I love all desserts.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Decorating the tree

17. What tops your tree?
A star

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
Giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Too tough to pick just one.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
Yum!

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Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Ewww to Egg Nog, Yum yum yum to hot chocolate!!!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Santa wraps them :)

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
White candle lights on tree and colored icicle lights on the house.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? At my house, my parents don't hang mistletoe....at my grandparents, there is some hanging in the main foyer.

5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually around the second weekend in December, however my father put the Xmas lights up last weekend...so we had them up way before Thanksgiving....very rare for my family!! We are usually hanging them at the last minute.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)? German potato salad that my grandmother makes

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Decorating the tree every year as a family

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I honestly don't even remember, how bad is that?

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
Yes, we go to my grandparents on Xmas Eve and open gifts with them and my aunt, uncle, cousins, my aunts family....it's this whole big to do. Then I open gifts with my immediate family on Xmas day and we go to my other grandparents house.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? We decorate it with mauve, off-white, gold and a pale green color ornaments, angels, etc.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I love it......especially since I work for a school....I like the storms where we get to stay home....now shoveling on the other hand, I don't like much....but what are you going to do?

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes although not very well....I'm usually starting off holding onto the ledge.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid? I used to love getting Barbie dolls and all of the accessories to go along with them. The Barbie Dreamhouse was a huge hit with me!!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Getting together with family and friends.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Cookies from the German Bakery

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Being with my family on Xmas Eve.....

17. What tops your tree?
An angel

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving? I love giving....especially because I love suprising people and seeing the looks on their faces as they open their presents!!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? The Transiberian Orchestra song....some thing with the Bells....don't know the exact name.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
I love the flavored ones....yum!

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Santa does all and knows all!

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Thanksgiving night

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Tough Question

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
The whole family gathered together and everyone getting wasted. *sigh* The Eighties Rocked!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Santa and My mom had the same handwriting

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
Nope

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
We collect ornaments from our travels..then put them up each year

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Yucky

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes, I took lessons as a kid

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
Cabbage Patch Kid

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Good friends and great music

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Any dessert is a good one

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Going to my NY family's house on Christmas Eve and watching everyone get sloshed an honest! lol

17. What tops your tree?
Nothing

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
Giving!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Last Christmas-Wham!
All I Want For Christmas-Mariah Carey

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
Yummy

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
I love both equally.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrapped them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No but only because I don't think of it.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
The day after Thanksgiving but this year it will probably the first weekend in December since we have a lot going on this weekend and our house is too cluttered right now.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
I can't pick a favorite.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Choosing our tree, decorating it, trying to go to sleep Christmas Eve.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I always suspected it from a young age. My parents were divorced and Santa did different things at each house.

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
At my dad's, we opened one gift on Christmas Eve, which was usually brand new pajamas to wear that night. When it was my mom's turn for Christmas Eve, we opened all gifts on Christmas Eve and the Santa gifts on Christmas Day.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
I have at least one ornament for each year since I was five so the tree is dominated by a lot of my growing up memories. We've accumulated quite a bit in the 7 years we've been together so it's slowly become a tree that represents both of us. And now we have a healthy collection of baby's 1st christmas ornaments so hopefully she's here before then!

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love it!!! I hate damp snow though. Give me the fluffy stuff and lots of it!

12. Can you ice skate?
Used to..I haven't tried in years.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
A Kris Krinkle stuffed animal. He was so soft. I left him on my bed all year.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with family, although this year that won't happen. They'll be cycling through here shortly after..after our baby is born.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Frosted sugar cookies, warm apple pie with ice cream, fudge

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Going to Mass on Christmas Eve.

17. What tops your tree?
A crocheted star

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
Giving. I love shopping for other people.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
"Oh Holy Night"

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
Any flavor but peppermint!

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Egg Nog

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrap them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
As a child.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Usually around the first weekend in December

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Too many for me to choose just one.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Helping my mom to bake for Christmas.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
My Dad would tell me little stories about Santa Claus.

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
We would open gifts both on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
I decorate my tree by using mostly vintage decorations that I have collected over the years.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
I love it!!

12. Can you ice skate?
I am very poor at it.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
My doll collection.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with my family and my friends.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Jamaican Black Cake.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
On Christmas Eve DH and I would sit by the fireplace cuddling and dinking a cup of tea.

17. What tops your tree?
A star.

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
I am a giver. I like to see the wows and the Aws on people's faces.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
All I want for Christams Is You.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
Yummy!!!!

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Both

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Usually around the second weekend in December

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Honey Baked Ham

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Coming down the stairs with my sisters on Xmas morning

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
This is sad bu I can't remember

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
We started as kids opening one present on Christmas Eve and it was usually our Xmas PJs that we would have for Pics in the morning..

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
We have a pre lit tree. We decorate it with mostly our ornaments that we have bought for each year we were together and now we add on for each of our kids and dog each year. we also have some ornaments from each of our childhoods.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love it when we are snowed in and don't have to go anywhere. Hate it when we have to go out.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
My ten speed bike that I thought I wasn't getting.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with my family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Rainbow cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
We sleep at my parents house christas night, including my sisters and BIL. The next day we all stay in our PJ all day and play Scene It and other games while pigging outon all snack foods we still havefrom the night before.

17. What tops your tree?
Santa Claus

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
I must admit I love BOTH!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Rockin Around the Xmas Tree.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
YUCK!

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Egg Nog

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored on tree...I think white on house this year

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Yup

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Day after thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Sweet Potatos with marshmallows on top

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Waiting for Santa

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Way after most people my age...I kind of just grew into realizing it wasnt real

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
Family Presents were Christmas Eve, Santa Presents Christmas Day

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
This is our first year doing a theme tree...We bought all christmas bulbs that match our wedding colors...Lime Green and Red..yea I know I am cheesy

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
LOVE IT

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes although not very well

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
Our Bunny Rabbit

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Pumpkin Pie

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Growing up we always read the Night Before Christmas out loud as my parents video taped it. It was fun to see how we grew year after year

17. What tops your tree?
Nothing yet but I think we'll get a star soon

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
When I was little it was receiving...as I've grown I would say equal....hey I'm being honest

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
YUM. Love them

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Um, well I am jewish, so no tree. But, I take great pride in wrapping gifts and making them look really special.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
No lights...

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Nope, Jewish.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Last year I bought two blue and white stockings for me and DH. As a kid, I remember putting up stockings at the fireplace. I guess this was my parent's bending a bit-- when you are little, you want to jump on the christmas bandwagon and don't understand why you can't participate. So, this was a new traditiion I tried to start with DH last year. These stockings will probably "go up" a couple of days before christmas. Living in an apt, the only place we have to put them is on door knobs-- pretty sad.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Latkes/Potato Pancakes.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Lighting the candles and then I remember before my parents gave us gifts-- they were trying to put my gift together- it was a baby stroller and they were in their bedroom and they had the door shut. I remember lying on the floor trying to see what was happening by looking in the little space under the door.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I knew Santa was never real-- I don't have any memory of my parents telling me anything about him. BUT, because I so gullible, I would watch like TV shows with the Christmas episodes and remember thinking-- wow, maybe Santa does exist-- I mean, he was on Family Ties!

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
When my parents got divorced, my dad started to have me and my bro over on xmas eve-- this is when we open our gifts. Now, my step dad is catholic, so we open gifts with him and my mom on xmas morning-- and my mom's birthday is dec 27th. Also, cause Chanukah is never on the same date-- it's generally hard to see family for it, sicne it's in the middle of the week, or amidst other stuff going on that time of year.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
n/a

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
like it when I am inside and don't have to drive anywhere. Like taking walks after it snowed when no one else is on the street.

12. Can you ice skate?
nope

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
No-- I got a lot of stuff that I wanted. I was never upset by a gift or upset that I didn't get something.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Getting in the holiday/giving spirit. A time to reflect on the past year, etc.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
My mom's snowballs. OMG-- LOVE.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Well-- see the stocking thing I mentioned above.

17. What tops your tree?
n/a

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
I really do like both- I love getting gifts of course, but I get excited to give people their gifts.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Well, I am not really into christmas songs-- but I like rocking around the christmas tree.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
Not really yum, but definitely not yuck.

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Colored and clear

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Usually the first weekend in December

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Ummmmm

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Opening Presents on Christmas morning

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
What do you mean the "truth about Santa"?

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
Nope - the only time was when I was little and sick and wanted to sleep in on Christmas morning.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
With lights and ornaments

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Doesn't bother me unless I have to trek the kids out in the car.

12. Can you ice skate?
Sorta, it's been a while.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
Cabbage Patch Kids!!!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Apple Strudle

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Watching the look on the kids faces when they see that Santa came

17. What tops your tree?
An angel

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
Giving

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Dont have a favorite

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
YUM

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Clear

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
no

5. When do you put your decorations up?
The day after thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish The christmas eve meal, all fish yum!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Me & my bro trying to fall asleep so that santa would come

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I dont remember

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
Christmas eve, although my son will open his christmas day

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
My tree is all Disney Ornaments from Hallmark.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
dread it

12. Can you ice skate?
no

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
Barbie trailer (huge barbie winnebago)

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Red velvet cake with cream cheese icing

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
dont really have one

17. What tops your tree?
Mickey Mouse

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
Always giving - I get such a kick out of seeing the expression on others faces when they truly LOVE their gift

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
With the new flavored ones they have - YUM!

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wraps them

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Both

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Yes, we do now

5. When do you put your decorations up?
First or second weekend in December

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
Lasagna

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
Going to Midnight Mass to listen to the choir!!!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
My grandmother let it slip but I knew deep down the truth.

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
Christmas DAY!!! We'll do one on Christmas Eve, but that's it!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
I add tons of lights (Thanks Will!) and then I add wintery decorations or tiny decorations.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
Love it unless it is a ton and school STILL doesn't close!

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes although not very well

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
Santa left me a note telling me my puppy wasn't born yet, but here were some things to get me started. Got Roxie 3 months later!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
Being with friends and family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Pumpkin Pie!!!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Driving around looking for lights with a cup of hot chocolate!

17. What tops your tree?
A star . Used to be an angel but DH is Jewish so I've compromised!

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
Receiving is fun, won't deny it, but giving is awesome when you have foudn the perfect gift!!!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Mele Kalikimaka, Oh Holy Night, you know what? I like too many to mention!

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
Dipped in hot chocolate!

Re: 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your friends

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
I'm Jewish lol

3. Colored lights on tree/house or clear?
Clear (that is what I like)

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
n/a

5. When do you put your decorations up?
I don't decorate

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding desserts)?
potato latkes

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
ripping through a HUGE pile of presents all for ME!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
n/a

9. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve?
n/a

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
n/a

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
love it! but HATE driving in it! UGH

12. Can you ice skate?
no

13. Do you remember your favorite gift as a kid?
my dad bought me a huge stuffed lion bigger than me, that was by far my favorite gift ever! (as a child)

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
spending quality time with family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
homemade cheesecake or apple pie

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
don't have one

17. What tops your tree?
n/a

18. Which do you prefer---giving or receiving?
Giving. I LOVE watching people open the gifts I bought them. It gives me enormous pleasure, especially when they love the gift.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
The Little Drummer Boy

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
YUM!

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