We had the holiday fever today! Actually, Landon did. He and his dad hung some lights outside and got our lame, artifical, anorexic, but good enough for me, Christmas tree up! Tanner had fun "helping" which is his definition for destroying the decorations. It was fun and super fast putting up our skimpy tree and few snowmen ornaments we have! I'm not high maintenance when it comes to my tree, obviously. It sure makes the house fun and festive though!!
My sister is burning me a Christmas CD and soon the tunes will ring through the house as well. What a fun time of year. I want to enjoy everyday until Christmas because it comes and goes too fast. I hope we can all find some random acts of kindness to do as well. That's what the holiday's are all about!!!!! Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Change all the answers so that they apply to you. 1.
1.Wrapping paper or gift bags? Either. I like cute gift bags, but wrapping paper is fun to rip off!
2. Real tree or artificial? I love real but do artificial. I don’t like to deal with the mess of real.
3. When do you put up the tree? When Landon gets it out!
4. When do you take the tree down? A few days after Christmas
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes, yes, yes!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I remember one year (when I was 8) specifically because that is when I found out the "secret" about Santa...and I got a "my doll" and CD player.
7. Do you have a Nativity scene? Yes-precious moments
8. Hardest person to buy for? Step mother-in-law
9. Easiest person to buy for? My mom and Landon
10. Worst Christmas Gift you ever received? I really can’t think of any
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? MAIL! Hello!
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? White Christmas
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? October
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yep
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Anything pumpkin, eggnog, chocolate and all the fun goodies you (hopefully) get from neighbors!
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? I really don’t mind either...but probably clear over colored if I HAD to choose.
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home :(
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Comet Cupid Donner
Blitzen...but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? RUDOLPH
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star (I need to find it)
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? One or maybe 2 (if lucky) on Christmas Eve, the rest in the morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD
Additional note: my all-time favorite thing about Christmas is the Christmas cards, photos and letters I receive from family and friends in the mail. Going to the mailbox is the highlight of every day in December! (Hint hint....I gladly accept cards from ANYONE)!
If you need my address, email me here. Luckiestgirlalive@hotmail.com
I don’t want to publicly post it, but I will gladly share it with you!!MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL!! Feel free to consider yourself tagged!
7 comments:
I went to Michaels tonight to buy a fake tree and I couldn't quite do it. Then when you said how easy yours was to put up, I felt jealous. Maybe I'll have to reconsider. All the sap and the needles from real trees are getting old.
I love decorating! Just ask my kids! They want to help, but I make them clean up their rooms first, which is totally my way of getting to decorate all by myself.
I put my fake tree up today and loved it...actually, I put up 2 fake trees...both pre-lit. That's the way to go, Celia! They fold down like an umbrella and I fall in love with them every year.
Why two trees? Because Mommy likes pretty things and Mommy likes traditions. Mommy likes to exchange ornaments every year, but cannot handle her main tree being engulfed by Elmo and Barney. So, Mommy makes a nice, big, fancy tree for the living room, and a dinky, but nice, tree in the family room for our yearly ornaments.
Don't you fret, pictures will be posted after FHE where we give out our new ornaments for 2007.
Our tree is up too, but we're trying to figure out why the lights are out in two of the sections. John thinks we should put up ornaments anyway and I'm like NO!!! Not until the blasted tree is fixed, dangit!!!
SO, that was my saga that went on this weekend. That's the only downside to prelit trees. But... totally worth it because they ARE the way to go!
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You're tree looks much better than ours. We have a little tiny 4.5 foot tall one that we bought for the kids to decorate themselves. It's a little on the scrawny side, but the kids have a blast doing it, and that gets them into the Christmas spirit. And...since I suck at decorate, I think it's great!!
WOW you got your tree up!? I want to do ours this week! I really want to attempt Christmas cards this year with our picture--better get crackin huh? :)
We put up our fake tree last night. It's over 12 years old and still looks ok if you don't look too close. Love love love Christmas!!!
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