Christmas Gift Tags

Kika tagged me for these Christmas questions.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Bags. They are reusable, and they get through airport security easier. And the corners don’t tear.

2. Real tree or Artificial?
Artificial. And you buy them after Christmas for the future years. And you can put more lights on them because the needles don’t fall off when you do it.

3. When do you put up the tree?
Day after Thanksgiving.

4. Do you like eggnog?
I do. But I dilute it with milk. I’ve tried the Sprite thing. I know several people who dilute it with Sprite. But it’s just not what I like. Milk is better.42D

5. Favorite gift received as a child?
There are a lot I remember.

6. Hardest person to buy for?
Generally any male.

7. Easiest person to buy for?
Probably my mom.

8. Do you have a nativity scene?
Several. And I’m always getting more. I even leave one or two out year round.

9. Mail or email Christmas cards?
Mail. Definitely mail. Need to get that thing out soon.

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
I have no idea.

11. Favorite Christmas Movie?
There are a few I like. I don’t know that I’d say I have a favorite.

12. When do you start shopping?
I shop all year long. I make my presents, so I’m always looking for ideas and supplies.

13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
Since I make them, probably not.

14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
Cheese balls, eggnog, fudge, sweet rolls, mint M&Ms, hot chocolate, apple cider…

15. Lights on the tree?
Of course. The more the merrier. And colored. Although I toy with the idea of white.

16. Favorite Christmas song?
O Holy Night. Oh Come Let Us Adore Him. Silent Night. Away in a Manger.

17. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
Right now I travel to my parents house for Christmas. Being on an educators schedule makes it easy. But when I have my own family, I’ll stay home. Christmas is for family and home.

18. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer’s?
yup

19. Angel on the tree top or a star?
I have an angel right now that I made when I was in Young Women’s. But I think I’d like a star instead. I’ll have to see about making one of those.

20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
Morning? We get up around 10am at my house. So it’s almost noon before we start opening presents. It’s a holiday! Why wake up early?

21. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
I love Christmas music. Don’t doubt that. But I do NOT like Christmas music on the radio. And I do not like Christmas in the stores. And blinky lights. Blinky lights are annoying.

21a. Favorite things from Christmas?
I like the lights. I love Christmas lights (as long as they don’t blink). And luminarios (more with the lights).

22. Favorite ornament theme or color?
I kind of think most tree themes look fake, not real, contrived. I like my trees how I like my houses, looking lived in and comfortable. Some people can pull off the theme thing though. I guess you can say my tree has a theme – homemade. Almost all of the ornaments on my tree are homemade, and almost all of them by me (there’s nobody else around to be making them).

23. Favorite for Christmas dinner?
I love the food. But I love the wind-up toy and cracker on my plate too.

24. What do you want for Christmas this year?
I never really know how to answer that question. I don’t really like that question.