getting to know us...CHRISTMAS STYLE

okay, so my friend cindy had this on her blog and i LOVE doing these things...it is fun to get to know more about your friends. enjoy!!! hope you do this too!!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper for sure...it is much more fun
2. Real Tree or Artificial? two artificial...one upstairs and one downstairs.
3. When do you put up the tree? after thanksgiving.
4. When do you take the tree down? usually after Christmas and before new years.
5. Do you like eggnog? hmmmmm...yeah i do...a little, if i add a little rum!!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? (showing my age here) atari and a small b/w tv. also an andy gibb poster i got to color. (if you don't know andy gibb i am much much older than YOU). i also got skiis one year, hated every minute of it. i always got a doll too.
7. Hardest person to buy for? my husband...i'm not sure why, but he is pretty tough
8. Easiest person to buy for? kenadee...she wants everything. she keeps asking for a guitar but she already has one from last christmas. but now it looks as though she is getting a hannah montana one. (hey...it is the one thing she keeps saying!)
9. Do you have a nativity scene? i have had many but my favorite and the only one i have now is my willow tree nativity. it is simple and beautiful.
10. Mail or e mail Christmas cards? mail!!!! i love sending them as much as i love recieving them. i have made my Christmas card for the last 2 years. thanks jamie and amy.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? i can't think of a bad one, but my grandma 'c' would always give me very strange gifts, from finger hut. (if you don' know finger hut, remember ?? #6)
12. Favorite Christmas movie? no hesitation here...its a wonderful life
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? usually before thanksgiving, i'm not one to get it done early. but this year is going do be very simple. Christmas is about Jesus...not about $$ and gifts right??
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? i don't think so.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? chocolates, fudge, homemade treats. not fruitcake!!!
16. Lights on the tree? what is a Christmas tree without thousands of lights??
17. Favorite Christmas song? this is tough...i love 'santa baby' (eartha kitt version!). i also love 'sleigh ride' it is so happy and fun. but i also love the classics; 'silent night', 'its the most wonderful time of the year'. mikes favorite is 'little drummer boy'. kenadees is 'frosty' and 'rudoplph'
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? travel far? no. just in the valley to grandma and grandpas house.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? yes!!! (cindy you left out prancer and vixen!! :)) Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and don't forget Rudolph!!!!
20. Angel on the tree top, or star? a star!! on both trees
21. Open presents Christmas eve or morning? Christmas eve we always open pj's. family presents are open in the morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? the chaos and craziness. we forget about the true meaning of Christmas. its not all about gifts and santa.
23. Christmas traditions? we have alot!! every year i take kenadee's picture and put it in a frame (i have 5 now!) i always read a Christmas story from the bible on Christmas eve. we only have 3 presents under the tree for each of us. 3 gifts was great for Jesus right??!!
24. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? (and traditions) Christmas eve brunch (at jim & sues) quiche... yummy. Christmas eve dinner (betty's tradition, at my house this year) oyster stew (not my favorite) and i always make another a yummy soup. Christmas day at my mom's lots of dips, chips, salads, sweets and french dip or turkey sandwiches!!!
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? hmmmmm. i have all i want or need. my family. i would love to just enjoy this great season!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

i guess i just got tagged for this one...i am tagging kristen, deena, alison, shae and cassie