Holiday edition of getting to know each other

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Not fond of either. Hot apple cider, please.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or set under tree?
Unwrapped under the tree (or wherever there is room)

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

4. Hang mistletoe?
Yeech!

5. When do you put up decorations?
Thanksgiving weekend

6. Favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Any cheesy potatoes (sour cream is a plus)

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Snowmobiling and sledding on the Big Hill and the Cedar River up at my
uncle's farm

8. When did you learn the truth about Santa?
Don't remember. It wasn't really earth shattering

9. When do you open gifts?
This year: Dec. 19 with DH, DD, and pup
Dec. 23 with my extended family
Dec. 24 with my parents and sister
Dec. 25 with DH's extended family
Dec. 26 with DH's parents and brothers &c.

10. How do you decorate tree?
Drag boxes up from basement, strew stuff all over living room, pull
4-yr-old out of lights, test lights, untangle lights, pull 4-yr-old out
of lights, put lights on tree, take ornaments out of boxes, put
batteries in ornaments requiring such, take breakable ornaments away
from 4-yr-old, hang breakables at the TOP of the tree, let 4-yr-old hang
"safe" ornaments on the lower 1/3 of tree--often 3-4 per branch, give
4-yr-old cookies to distract her so you can re-arrange her ornaments,
get out miniature tree and ornaments for it, decorate it, place it on
top of piano so 4-yr-old can't reach it, get a stiff drink.

11. Snow! Love it or dread it?
Beats 90° in the shade!

12. Do you know how to ice skate?
Yes

13. Your favorite gift?
Kisses from DD

14. What's the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Not gaining weight

15. Favorite holiday dessert?
Cut-out sugar cookies

16. Favorite tradition?
Dad deciding if it's after midnight, it is the "proper time" to open gifts

17. What tops your tree?
Star

18. What do you prefer, giving or getting?
Giving

19. Favorite Christmas song?
Stille Nacht

20. Candy canes Yuck or yum
Not so much

21. RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER OR HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Neither. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town but ONLY if Jessica's song (My
World Is Beginning Today) isn't cut {*&%@! commercial networks!}

22. Favorite Holiday Movie?
Who has time to watch movies over the holidays (see 9 above)

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Brenda
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