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A Holiday Survey!
Clyde-B:
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Depends on the gift and how rushed I am. If I'm rushed or the gift is weird shaped (like those things in plastic bubbles) I use bags otherwise wrapping paper.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial with real boughs for centerpieces and additional decorations, so you get the pine smell.
3 When do you put your tree up? Thanksgiving day while dinner is cooking and before football.
4 When do you take the tree down? New Year's Day after the Rose Parade and before the Rose Bowl
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes! with Jack Daniels!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Erector set. and a metal Buck Roger's ray gun made by Daisy
7 Hardest person to buy for? Anybody that doesn't give me a list.
8. Easiest person to buy for? Me.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Christmas cards. (Old fashioned, like Currier and Ives)
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Clothes from relatives trying to change my tastes.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie/Cartoon? Christmas Story and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? January 1
14. Have you ever regifted a Christmas present? We had this hideous tie that got passed around and around as a gag.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Chocolate Peanut butter fudge
16. Lights on the tree? Individual blinking multicolor or bubble lights.
17. Favorite Christmas song? White Christmas.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel to friends.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel (cheap and cardboard, but old enough to be an antique.)
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Both. There are two shifts. Christmas Eve is five way chili night (I make the cornbread) for a small group of immediate family and friends. We watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as a tension reliever from planning a big party and because it's a comic version of what tomorrow is going to be like. Christmas day it's presents for the rest of the family when they come for dinner.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Unpredictable weather.
23. Favorite Ornament theme or color? Old fashioned ornaments. I like a Christmas setting that evokes a timeless nostalgia.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Financial security for me and my friends.
jstephens9:
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I prefer wrapping paper, but sometimes I use bags if I am in a hurry. I think wrapping a present gives it more meaning for some reason. Let's put it this way if I were giving my special one a gift it would be wrapped.
2. Real tree or Artificial? I prefer real trees although artificial ones are easier and safer. I like the smell the real ones give the house.
3 When do you put your tree up? Well, I think about putting it up early every year, but then it seems like I never get around to it until a week or less before Christmas. Sometimes I do better than that.
4 When do you take the tree down? Never ever before New Years Day. I always heard it was bad luck to take it down before New Years Day.
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes I love egg nog, especially if it has liquor in it.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Hmmmmmm, I'm not sure. There were plenty of favorite gifts.
7 Hardest person to buy for? My father.
8. Easiest person to buy for? My mother.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? No.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I believe in being old fashioned when it comes to cards. I mail them. That adds a special touch as far as I'm concerned. I'm not a big fan of email cards in general. I used to like them when I first discovered them, but now I would rather go for the real thing.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? This thing that looked like some kind of doll. I never understood that one.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie/Cartoon? I'm not sure.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Well I try to do it early, but then I seem to end up waiting until the last minute. However, I do not wait until Christmas Eve.
14. Have you ever regifted a Christmas present? No.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole
16. Lights on the tree? Definitely!!! What is a Christmas tree without lights?
17. Favorite Christmas song? All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home I guess although I would love to go to New York, Los Angeles, or San Francisco. I think each would have its own magic.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel.
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning of course. Santa Claus doesn't come until very late on Christmas Eve so how can you open presents before?
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? The repetitive nature of family gatherings.
23. Favorite Ornament theme or color? Icicles, but you can't use them if you have a pet. Colors are red, blue, and green.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Turkey and all the trimmings.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? The special one I mentioned who I would wrap a present for.
serious crayons:
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Paper for most under-the-tree-type gifts, bags for little-nice-gesture presents or odd-shaped ones.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Real! Unless it's one of those unabashedly fake trees, like the retro silver ones.
3 When do you put your tree up? We aim for a couple of weeks before Christmas.
4 When do you take the tree down? Not on New Year's Day, but as soon as possible thereafter.
5. Do you like eggnog? Ask my waistline.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? A bright-red typewriter.
7 Hardest person to buy for? My kids. They're not interested in anything that doesn't cost at least $100.
8. Easiest person to buy for? Myself!
9. Do you have a nativity scene? No. I'm not Christian.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I jettisoned the card tradition several years ago.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? An easel. When I saw the long skinny package, I thought it was X-country skis.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie/Cartoon? "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I try really, really hard to start shortly after Thanksgiving.
14. Have you ever regifted a Christmas present? No.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Cookies.
16. Lights on the tree? Yup!
17. Favorite Christmas song? "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and all the verses of "Deck the Halls."
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? This year, stay home.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes, except I keep calling one of them Nixon.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? A tinfoil Happy New Year's tiara.
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Both, with different branches of the family.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Too much to do.
23. Favorite Ornament theme or color? Eclectic.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Duck.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A clean house.
Penthesilea:
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? sadly artificial because of allergy
3 When do you put your tree up? one or two days before Christmas
4 When do you take the tree down? on or around Epiphany (Jan. 6th)
5. Do you like eggnog? yes!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? a Sony walkman (I was a teenager then, hope it counts ;))
7 Hardest person to buy for? all men
8. Easiest person to buy for? my son
9. Do you have a nativity scene? yes
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? both
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? dunno
12. Favorite Christmas Movie/Cartoon? hm, difficult. Maybe Scrooged
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? about two weeks before Christmas
14. Have you ever regifted a Christmas present? no!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas cookies
16. Lights on the tree? white, non twinkling
17. Favorite Christmas song? dunno
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? kind of both. staying at home, but putting lots of miles on the car visiting our extended families
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? no
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? neither. A bell
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas Eve. All of them.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? weather
23. Favorite Ornament theme or color? gold and blue
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Castle's Secret
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? I don't tell ;D
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on November 28, 2008, 02:51:25 pm ---24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Castle's Secret
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What's that, Chrissi?
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