Saturday, November 25, 2006

Holiday meme

This one is courtesy of KJ. She posted it a few weeks ago and I’ve been saving it for this weekend. Please play along and let me know when and where you post your answers.

1. Egg nog or hot chocolate? Hot chocolate
2. Does santa wrap the presents or just sit them under the tree? Wrap
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Both. Some shrubs are all red, some green, some white; multicolor on the larger tree in the yard. Several strings of multi-colored lights on the tree, some are blinkers and chasers. This year we’ve scaled back, but usually it wouldn’t take much for us to enter the Griswald zone.


4. Do you hang mistletoe? Why limit seasonal opportunities to just one place.
5. When do you put your decorations up? Thanksgiving weekend (I took the above photo ten minutes ago).
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Lasagna. Stop laughing.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Most of my childhood holiday memories are good. Up early, ate breakfast, opened presents.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Not sure. Probably age 5 or 6.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Many strings of lights first, then ornaments. Many of the ornaments are hobby-related (dogs, travels).
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it.
12. Can you ice skate? No.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? I liked them all. No favorites.
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Time with family and friends. Watching It’s A Wonderful Life again.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Pumpkin pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Decorating the house, hanging Christmas cards on long ribbons in the family room, writing our “Christmas letter” to include in the cards we send.
17. What tops your tree? A Santa with a Border Collie at his feet.
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? The Christmas Song … chesnuts roasting on an open fire, …..
20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? Yuck.
21. What's number one on your Holiday list this year? Time with my wife and friends. And maybe a nice new briefcase for my lap top computer.

Happy Holidays!!

No comments: