Christmas Questions

A 50 Question Christmas SurveyBefore Christmas
1. Does your family send out Christmas cards? YES!
2. How soon do you start shopping? Usually in the middle of November
3. Who do you shop for? family
Decorations:
4. Do you put up a Christmas tree? Yes!
5. If so, is it fake or real? fake - it's real skinny so that it'll fit into our living space
6. Do you like tinsel? yes, but Don doesn't
7. Do you use homemade or store bought ornaments? Mostly made by me
8. Do you put Christmas lights outside your house? no, but we have them on our porch year round!
9. Do you put lights on the tree? yes!
10. How about popcorn and cranberries? hello, it's 2007! (when the girls were little we did it once!)
11. Is there a wreath hanging on your door?not this year
Christmas Eve:
12. Do you celebrate it? Yes! Usually with church, every year is different as to what we do
13. Do you hang up your stocking? Not anymore since the kids are gone
14. Does your family read "Twas the night before Christmas?": Sure we did! It wouldn't have been Christmas without it! We also read about Jesus and Frosty!
Favorite:
15. Christmas Movie: The Christmas Story or Christmas Vacation
16. Character from any Christmas Movie:Cousin Eddie
17. Christmas Song: I'll Be Home for Christmas.
18. Christmas Memory: When Bill and I stayed up all night putting together a Barbie House and a 3 piece kitchen set - everything Santa brought that year had to be assembled!
This or That:
19. Give or Receive? give
20. Eggnog or Cider? Cider
21. Red or Green?: now that they are putting LIME green with red, Ill say both
22. Ham or Turkey? turkey
23. Star or Angel? star
24. White lights or colored?colored
25. Blinking Lights or Still Lights: definitely still
26. Were you Naughty or Nice this year? sometimes I'm naughty, but I still get what I want!
Presents:
27. What do you want for Christmas this year? Just give me Jesus
28. When do you open your gifts? depends on what we decide to do
29. What's the best gift you've ever gotten? a special ring
30. What's the worst gift you've ever gotten? a Hershey bar ornament with the previous year printed on it
31. Who gives you the most gifts? well, not Don! Let's say God and leave it at that
32. Have you ever had a secret Santa? oh, yeah!
33. Do you like wrapping gifts? yes!
Random:
34. Do you put change in those red buckets? not every time, but yes
35. Do you burn a yule log? no, and don't even give Don the idea
36. Can you name all the reindeer? sure, you know Dasher & Dancer & Prancer & Vixen, Comet & Cupid & Donner & Blitzen & the most famous of all, Rudolf
37. Do you bake cookies? Use to, but passed off the tradition to the next generation
38. Have you ever seen your mommy kissing Santa Claus? yes! I've been kissed by him also!
39. Have you ever gotten a kiss under the mistletoe? Yes & under the table & under the .......
40. Do you go caroling? do people still do that? they should. we did by cell phone!
41. Do you drive around and look at the Christmas lights? use to......I would like to.........my "bah, humbug" husband never wants to
42. Have you ever left Santa cookies? Of course! And he appreciated it, too!
43. Have you ever sat on Santa's lap? yes and I liked it!
44. Who do you celebrate Christmas with? My kids and grandkids, my parents, my brother and his family and Don
45. Where do you celebrate Christmas? It has varied, it's more about with who and why
46. Have you ever had a white Christmas? in NE Iowa, many!
47. What part of Christmas do you look most forward to? It use to be spending a quiet romantic Christmas Eve with my husband (the 1st one) NowI guess it would be watching the grandkids' excitement and innocence
48. Have you ever had your picture taken with Santa? yes, ho ho
49. Does your family always take a picture at Christmas? many candids, not formally
50. Have you ever heard the song "Thank God For Kids" by The Oakridge Boys? Ah, yes, a classic! It still makes me cry to this day because there's only magic for a while
Well I answered the 50 questions and it leads me back to knowing there was nothing wrong with Santa Claus when you're little and full of imagination and wonder. Such wonderful memories.