Christmas Tag

To brighten up my days, and be merry through the holidays (which should be everyday of the year, actually) here is a fun Christmas Tag I borrowed from Laurie's blog.

Feel free to copy it and have fun on your blog too. :)

CHRISTMAS TAG

1. Do you like hot chocolate or egg nog?
I used to like Egg nog, but I can't handle the fact that it has all those calories and cholesterol in one single gulp...yikes! I prefer Stephen's Mint Truffle hot chocolate (although it still has calories).

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just put them under the tree?
Growing up "Santa" would put the majority of our presents on a special chair for each child, unwrapped and ready to go. After playing with everything on our chair we'd then go for the gifts under the tree.

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

4. When do you put up your decorations?
After Thanksgiving, except I still have a box of things I still need to put up, and it's Dec. 9th....yikes!

5. What is your favorite holiday dish?
Mom's homemade cheese ball. I can eat that whole thing up in one sitting...no joke. Growing up we'd each get a box of our favorite cereal in our stocking, that was always the highlight of our christmas breakfast.

6. What is your favorite holiday memory from your childhood?
-Walking up the stairs one by one, oldest to youngest, (or youngest to oldest) going really slow to annoy everyone else who wanted to get up there really fast. Getting to the top of the stairs and being in AWE of the cool things we all saw...and then mom or dad standing in the middle of it with their video camera on.

7. Do you open a gift on Christmas eve?
When we were younger, and still to this day, we open just our pixie gifts Christmas eve. However, now that I'm married my husband just can't wait until Christmas morning to open presents. So, after we get home from my parents house we start our own little tradition and open things Christmas Eve. Then we go back to mom & dad's and open a couple things they have for us.

8. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
We bought a whole bunch of ornaments at Cracker Barrel our first Christmas and still use those. We add a few things each year, but stick with the same theme of more antique, vintage looking things. It's a pre-lit slim tree (Martha Stewart Collection from K-mart) and then we add some red lights to it, as well as some pretty berry garland. I love our tree!!

9. Snow! Love it or dread it?
Love it - but only during the holidays. It can go as soon as their over.

10. Do you remember your favorite gift?
I remember when I was 4 or 5 I got this doll with stars in her eyes. I loved it so much!!! Also, my husband got me a guitar our first year and I LOVE it!!! (need to play it more often...I try)

11. What is the most important thing about the holidays for you?
The whole magic of the season: Being with family, friends, seeing lights, snow, baking, love all around, giving, togetherness, serving others. That's Christmas to me.

12. What is your favorite Holiday dessert?
Again back to when I was younger, we'd always look forward to my Uncle Jack's big package of 'Petit Fours'. We would sneak into those things like crazy. Now he sends us a HUGE box of Oranges...I think he's trying to tell us something??? Also, my Aunt Eileen's fudge....the best.

13. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Opening pixie gifts on Christmas Eve, listening to Christmas music, eating soup and breadsticks for Christmas Even dinner...a candle lit dinner too. Going Christmas caroling, watching lots of christmas movies. My favorite though is opening gifts with Ryan on Christmas Eve.

14. What tops your tree?
A copper-ish, antique look of a Star.

15. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving?
Love to see people's faces as they open gifts I give. Not too concerned about what I get...ok I could be lying.

16. What is your favorite Christmas song?
'Merry Christmas darling' by the carpenters. Also, my Dad's "Lullaby-Christmas baby" song.

17.Candy canes?
I like them on trees, but not a fan of eating them. Although they taste great in hot cocoa.

18. Secret Santa?
Say what??!!

19. Favorite Christmas movie?
There's a movie that Erin, Caiti and I would always watch called, "All I want for Christmas", one of my favorites along with White Christmas. I also LOVE Elf!!!

20. Can you ice skate?
Sure, as long as I'm holding onto someone or onto the side railing.