Christmas tag

More than likely, my last post until after the holidays. Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Egg nog. I hate eggs but this stuff makes me weak in the knees. I allow myself one or two sips a night! Great with ice cream and nutmeg.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Santa does not wrap gifts. Everyone has a pile with their stocking laid out beside their stash.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White, although they were colored when I was little.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Never

5. When do you put your decorations up? The weekend of Thanksgiving. I like getting the full season out of them!

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Mexican food Christmas Eve. Turkey/dressing/sweet potato casserole with so much butter and sugar that it should techically be called a dessert! Holiday breakfast casserole on Christmas morning.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? My favorite memories as a child revolve around Christmas. It was just magical. Dad was off from teaching at ACU and spent a lot of time with us. The anticipation on Christmas Eve. Watching A Christmas Carol which we do every Christmas Eve. The smells in the kitchen. Waiting by our bedroom door while mom and dad took forever lighting the fire and starting their coffee. Hearing Dad say every year while we are waiting by our door, "I think Santa made a mistake! He left way too many presents for just the three of you!" We still make him say it every year! Doing a big Christmas puzzle that sits on our table. Nonstop Christmas music. Reading the Christmas memory book that Mom has kept since we were little. I wish I could bottle it and bring it back every now and then.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Second grade. Diane McKissick
told me. I was told not to tell Michael and Lauren because Santa would stop coming. I still haven't told them.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Never! I hated this when I was a kid but now it makes me happy to anticipate Christmas morning. Christmas Eve, we eat mexican food and watch A Christmas Carol. Christmas morning, we would play with our Santa toys, eat a little breakfast and begin the slow process of watching everyone open gifts.

10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? Sand tarts or sugar cookies

11. Snow. Love it or Dread it? LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! I live in the WRONG state!

12. Can you ice skate? Tried it a few times in high school and loved it. Haven't done it since.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Cabbage Patch Kid. Mom told me that it probably wasn't going to happen so it was quite a surprise. She and a friend went out at 5 in the morning one morning and got one for my sister and me! I got a new bike one year and a microscope in 5th grade that I was crazy about.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Replaying the traditions that have been a part of me since my very first Christmas. Getting to relive childhood through my children. Great food. Being with the whole family.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Pecan pie, our traditional cookies, white hot chocolate.

16.. What tops your tree? A star.

18. Which do you prefer Giving or Receiving? Giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Have yourself a Merry little Christmas, Merry Christmas, Darling both by Karen Carpenter.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? If they are sitting around, I will eat one.