Friday, December 8, 2006

vAL'S CHRISTMAS TREE DEALIE

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?  
 
wrapping paper  but the cute bags are neat , too.
2. Real tree or artificial?  
We usually get a REAL flocked tree, but they are so expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  But you get the good smell and but not much needle droppage.
3. When do you put up the tree?  Usually the FIRST week of Dec.  Not this year though.

4. When do you take the tree down? ME TOO!  But usually that's by Jan first.  When it's over it is over!

5. Do you like eggnog?  Mmmmmmmmmmmm... YES!  Not the alcoholic kind, though. Exactly the same for us!  But the darn eggnog IS fattening!
 
6. Favorite gift received as a child?  My doll that said Momma is #1 and then my "Toni" doll which we gave home perms too.

7. Do you have a nativity scene?  I am always scared I am going to break it. I gave my Mom's really good one to Tim, as he likes them more than me.  I have a couple and they are smaller.  I don't especially like putting it up or taking it down, but I do love looking at it!
8. Hardest person to buy for?  Oh, everyone.  I am a stressed-out gift buyer You took the words right out of my mouth. We are a lot alike!
9. Easiest person to buy for?  A good book reading friend, or Amazon.com.

10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards?  Snail mail is more properAnd what I TRY TO DO IF 
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?  A sweater Dave got me he loved and I hated .  NOT nice, I know.
 
12. Favorite Christmas Movie?  Jimmy Stewart starred in it,     "It's a Wonderful Life."
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?<FONT lang='0face="Comic' color=#004000 FAMILY="SCRIPT" PTSIZE="10" MS? Sans>  Early to mid December.  If I start any earlier I spend too much otherwise!
 
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?  No way. but I thought of it (don't tell.)

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Not much on sweets.  Just good meals!  Chrismtmas Eve and Christmas Day and the presence of at least some family.

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree?  Dave likes the Multi and he puts them up so that is what we have.  I sorta like the white clear ones though. 
17. Favorite Christmas song(s)?  "Silent Night", "Hark the Herald Angels Sing."
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?  Stay at my warm house, I hope I hope.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?  "On Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, on Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen!"... and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
 

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? 
 
We have a star but it's cuz our this years tree is artificial white.  but honest it's pretty.  And the angel is from Precious Moments in Carthage, MO and beautiful but very heavy.
 
 
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Dave likes Christmas Eve but I like Christamas Day though we were raised opposite of that. Tim liked half and half. Don't know but don't think that they wlll be with us or us with them on the actual holiday....firsttime ever but for the year Tim was in Korea.  But we'll have a Christmas together sometime around that time.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year?  Commercialism.  People forgetting the reason for the season.  That it goes by too fast  ALSO CHRISTMAS MUSIC IN THE STORES SO LOUD AND OVER ANED OVER AND OVER.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?  No theme, hodge-podge  (ME TOO!)

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner?  Turkey first, 2nd choice roast beef........primie rib type.
25. Do you have Jesus in your heart this Christmas? ABOSLUTELY!
I would love to see your answers to this!  If you want to copy and paste and do this in your journal, please leave your entry URL in my comments section so I can come take a look!  Thanks and Merry Christmas!  xox