Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Hot Chocolate with marshmallows and a mint

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

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
I like the look of either, but we use just white.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
no

5. When do you put your decorations up?
first week of December

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Excluding desserts?? But all the cookies are my favorite!! I would say duck since that's our Christmas dinner.

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
My dad makes cinnamon rolls from scratch for Christmas morning.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Shhh....?
Oh the trauma... It was Christmas Eve and I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. My parents' bedroom door was open (it's right by the bathroom so I wasn't snooping) and I saw gifts on their bed. The next morning those gifts were in my stocking from "Santa".

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
We didn't use to, but since we bounce between so many houses on Christmas, DH and I have started to.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
We have a fake one. We have tons of ornaments and lights.

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
LOVE IT!

12. Can you ice skate?
I'm not great or anything, but I get makes loops around the ice without falling.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
A scarf from DH that I looooove and wear to this day.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Being with family.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
All the cookies!! My family makes batches of tons of different kinds like Molasses Crinkles. Mmmmm...

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning

17. What tops your tree?
A lit up star

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
I love buying gifts for people, especially DH. But I love getting them too.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Way too many to choose from.... but I do love the one with Sarah McLaughlin and the Bare Nakes Ladies.

20. Candy canes?
Yum!

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
DH and I have a collection - we love Christmas movies. But I think "Love Actually" is one of my favorites. And it's not even that Christmas-y.

22. What do you leave for Santa?
Nothing. When we have kids I'll probably do cookies and milk.

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
Being with family and eating all the sweets!

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

If you're in the mood....

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Hot Chocolate with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

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

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White lights

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Yep

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

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Greenbean casserole

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
I was about 8 and my parents decided to get a real tree instead of a fake one. Since my birthday is 3 days before Christmas, I got to pick out the tree and we decorated the tree on my birthday. I remember getting to put the first ornament on the treet and it was an ornament that I had made in school.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Shhh....?
I heard my sister talking to one of her friends about Santa not being real.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Usually no, but last year I went to SIL's house and we played steel a santa and that was the only gift that I opened. This year it will be the same.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
We have a fake tree. We use white lights and ornaments that we have gotten over the years. The base of the tree has a tree skirt that my mom made.

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
Like looking at it, but I hate how gross it gets.

12. Can you ice skate?
No, I have two left feet and no sense of balance.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
A drawing that my friends son made for me.

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

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Apple crumb pie and sugar cookies.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Watching christmas movies and listening to christmas music as we decorate the Christmas tree.

17. What tops your tree?
An angel.

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
I love giving gifts.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
"O'Holy Night", Santa Claus is Coming To Town and Rudolph the REd Nosed Reindeer.

20. Candy canes?
Yes, I like the chocolate ones.

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
My al time favorite movie is Miracle on 34th Street and Elf

22. What do you leave for Santa?
I used to leave cookies and milk for Santa

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
Enjoying my first Christmas with DH as husband & wife. Decorating our tree and having friends & family over during the holidays.

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

What a post to be my 1000th

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Both, but more Egg Nog - spiked of course

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Always Wrapped - never heard of not wrapping them until I met my S/O

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored on the tree and white around the doorways and lining the table for the village.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Yes

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

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Nana'a baked Ziti (it's been 18 years since I've had it

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Nana's house for Christmas Eve....didn't even matter what else happen, just being with her.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Shhh....?
About 8 or 9, when I realized santa handwriting and my Mom's were the same.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
When I was growing up….we would open gifts at Nana’s house on Christmas Eve and at home on Christmas morning. Now sometimes we open one Christmas Eve and the rest Christmas Day

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
We have a fake one. Colored lights and a few of my Mom’s homemade ornaments with other unique ornaments. I try not to have too many of the same ornaments on my tree.

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
Love to look at it, hate to drive in it

12. Can you ice skate?
No….I’m a Clutz!!

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Recently – the Emerald Ring from my S/O last year.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Spending time with the people who are most important in my life.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
M&M Cookies and Magic Cookie Bars

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Wrapping a piece of coal and seeing the look on someone’s face when they open it.
I know there’s more – just can’t think right now.

17. What tops your tree?
Lighted angel!

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
Both – it’s always fun to give someone the perfect gift, but I love to receive something that somebody wanted to buy for me

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Silent Night, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire….there are many more

20. Candy canes?
Yes

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
White Christmss

22. What do you leave for Santa?
Cookies and milk

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
Being Happy and having a job!

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

If you're in the mood....

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Hot Chocolate w/whipped cream

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

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

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Nope

5. When do you put your decorations up?
We start putting them up a few days after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? hmmm i'd have to say mashed potatos i guess (i'm more of a christmas cookie person)

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
getting my first camera

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Shhh....?
my brother and sister were making fun of me i think i was 7 or 8 at the time and i asked what are you laughing at and they told me.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
yes

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
we get a real one and have all sorts of ornaments from old and new. no tinsel it gets everywhere no matter what you do!!

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
LOVE IT if i don't have to drive in it
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12. Can you ice skate?
after about 50 times going around holding on to the side

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
my first cabbage patch doll..gosh i loved that thing

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
being with my family

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
cookies and pumpkin pie

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
well this is the first christmas in our new home so hopefully we can make a new tradition to start this year.

17. What tops your tree?
a star

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
a little of both :)

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Baby it's cold outside

20. Candy canes?
nah

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
The christmas story

22. What do you leave for Santa?
Cookies

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
getting off of work and eating christmas dinner once i get home!!

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
hot chocolate w/marshmallows

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

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
white on tree color on house

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
yes

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

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
we don't have traditional dishes. It varies from year to year

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
When my brother and I would go to sleep, my Papa used to throw rocks on our roof and everyone would tell us the reindeer just landed on the roof

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Shhh....?
my brother told me in 3rd grade like 2 days after Christmas

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
yes, we each get to open one form each family member

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
with lights and ornaments

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
LOVE IT! As long as I don't have to drive in it.

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
my Barbie Dream House

14. What?s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
my family

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
warm blueberry pie

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
After Church and seeing family on Christmas Eve we go back to my parents house. Just talking and laughing, telling stories, etc. It's the best part of Christmas for me.

17. What tops your tree?
a star

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

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Silent Night

20. Candy canes?
eh

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
Elf

22. What do you leave for Santa?
nothing anymore

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
Christmas Eve.

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrapped
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
white lights for both

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
outside the house usually by dec 5th and inside the tree is up by dec 15th

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
i dont really have one...how sad is that? but seriously I eat everything

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
not one in particular, but waking up the whole house to see what toys I got...but thats every year....even now lol

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Shhh....?
6 or 8, when my sister decided to ruin in it for me, but i told her u cant tell mama that i know cuz like this i get a santa gift and a parents gift.

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

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
white lights, ornaments with a total of usually 2 or 3 colors, and my precious moments angel on top with the family's last name on her. and nativity scene underneath

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
i only love it when it coats the grass and melts on the streets

12. Can you ice skate?
i tried...it wasnt pretty

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
my xmas w/ dh who was then my bf... spoiled me rotten that i was crying away

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Spending time with family,

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
i eat it alllll

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
hmm....not sure

17. What tops your tree?
angel

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
giving, especially to kiddies

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
silent night

20. Candy canes?
Yummy

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
Miracle on 34th Street and "The Chistmas Story"

22. What do you leave for Santa?
nothing ...i'll start that when ds understands that

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
it'll be ds first christmas...thats plenty to look forward too

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Hot Chocolate w/whipped cream!

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

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White lights... it's always been that way, even growing up.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
About a week after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
I can't choose just one!

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
One year, back when it still snowed around here, my parents got us up Christmas morning and took us the the back door to show us the footprints and fairy dust Santa had left. It looked so amazing... my dad made footprints coming towards the house and my mom sprinkled glitter all around the footprints to make us think Santa had really come...

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Shhh....?
I have no idea.

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

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Our tree is real and it's a hodge-podge of all kinds of ornaments.. no theme.

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
Love it! Esp. when i dont' have to go outside in it!

12. Can you ice skate?
I haevn't in a while, but I can fake it.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
A ballet bar when I was younger.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Hanging out with family and I love giving everyone their gifts.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Anything chocolate.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Watching National Lampoons Christmas Vacation every Christmas Eve!

17. What tops your tree?
Angel

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
Giving... it's more fun to see everyone's reactions.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Carol of the Bells

20. Candy canes?
Used as a stirrer for my hot chocolate... yes please!

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

22. What do you leave for Santa?
Nothing anymore.

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
Hanging with the fam.

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Both! Why choose???

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

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Depends on my mood. Usually both. White lights outside and colored lights on the tree. Last year there were no outside lights so the tree was all white lights.


4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Never before December 1.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Mom's sausage & walnut stuffing.

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Ther year I learned about the importance of surprises.

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

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
No, but DH has no patience and requires that something be opened at 12:01 AM!!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
I usually have a theme. I don't know what theme we'll be using this year.

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
Neither. I like watching it fall, but I hate shoveling it and driving in it.

12. Can you ice skate?
Sort of. I no longer fall, but I can't skate backwards or anything fancy.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Nope.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Spending time with family.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Whatever cookies I make!!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
My family doesn't have one. DH started getting ornaments to commemorate our time together, so this is starting to be our tradition.

17. What tops your tree?
An angel.

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
Neither. I like both equally.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Carole of the Bells.

20. Candy canes?
Yup.

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
Miracle on 34th Street.

22. What do you leave for Santa?
Cookies and milk.

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
Waking up on Xmas morning in my own home with my DH and our new baby! I can't wait!!!

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Hot Chocolate w/whipped cream

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

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Colored lights on tree-White on house

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
Whenver there is time.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Hmm...too many to list

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Sneaking a peek at the crack of dawn from the top of the stairs to see what santa left under the tree.

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

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Usually from relatives, not immediate family.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Lots of ornaments--new and old.

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
LOVE IT!

12. Can you ice skate?
Yes, but not the greatest.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Engagement ring.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Spending it with friends and family.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Overloading on christmas cookies and Honey Balls (struffoli)
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Going to midnight mass on christmas eve.

17. What tops your tree?
It changes from year to year
18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
I love both.
19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Jingle Bell Rock, Ave Maria, Silent Night(although it makes me cry my eyes out), I'll Be Home For Christmas

20. Candy canes?
Love Em
21. Favorite Christmas movie?
A Christmas Story

22. What do you leave for Santa?
Cookies
23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
Enjoying our daughter's first christmas

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Hot Chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrapped.....the most fun is unwrapping and getting a surprise

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Um I think we do both. Its only our 2nd xmas in the house so i cant rememeber

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Nope

5. When do you put your decorations up?
We start putting them up a few days after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish Sweet Potatoes. I am not a big meat eater

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Just being at my grandparents house in the morning eith all my cousins


8. When and how did you learn the truth about Shhh....?
There was a Judy Blume book. Fudge or something? It reveals the truth about Santa! I asked my sister and she told me

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Our grab bag gifts for my extended family and with my IL's

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Typical lights and ornaments

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
Hate it. Maybe when I have kids I will love it again

12. Can you ice skate?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Hmmmm Prob my Tiffany bracelet or heart necklace

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Spending time with family

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
"honey balls"

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
I dont know

17. What tops your tree?
Nothing! Maybe this year.....

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
Receiving! I have such a hars time buying gifts for people I am always scared they will be disappointed

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
"Rocking around the Xmas Tree" Reminds me of Home Alone

20. Candy canes?
Yummy

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
You'll shoot your eye out and the Grinch (cartoon version)

22. What do you leave for Santa?
When I was a kid we left cookies and carrots

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
Waking up on Xmas morning!!

Re: From LIW - Holiday survey!

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Hot Chocolate (w/ butterscotch schnapps)

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

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Definitely colored

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 Honeybaked ham

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Taking a nap on Christmas Eve & waking up to our stockings filled & later "Santa" would make a visit (& he'd get changed in our garage...we'd peek from the upstairs porch)

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Shhh....?
My older cousin told me (I was devastated)

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Yes, defnitely

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Colored lights, moveable (scary) angel & our ornaments (we buy one from every place we travel to) & have a number of special ones (first married Christmas, expecting & now this year baby's first)

11. Snow, love it or hate it?
Love it, except if I have to shovel...also means snow days!

12. Can you ice skate?
barely

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Probably a bike when I was younger or the big electric organ my parents gave me

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Spending time w/ family

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Aunt Lynn's chocolate chip squares or Patty's carrot cake

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Taking a nap on Christmas Eve & then waking up my brother & running down the stairs to open our stocking gifts & then we'd go out to eat & Santa would come soon after we came home

17. What tops your tree?
A scary moveable angel

18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
Usually receiving but this year giving, esp. to our baby girl

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Tough one...Dominick the Donkey or the Siberian Orchestra song

20. Candy canes?
Take em or leave em

21. Favorite Christmas movie?
Miracle on 34th Street

22. What do you leave for Santa?
We always saw him in person so we never left anything. My brother gave him his bottles one year

23. What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
Waking up on Xmas morning in our new house, next to my husband & baby daughter