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A Holiday Survey!
Brown Eyes:
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Both, but more often, wrapping paper. I love, love, love wrapping presents. I find it really a fun and calming activity. It's fun to see how excited my cat gets over the activity too.
2. Real tree or Artificial?
In my apartment I usually don't bother decorating at all. But at my parents' house we have an artificial tree. Long, long ago, my Mom was once in a building where a Christmas tree caught fire, and I guess that was enough to scare her into using an artificial tree all these years.
3 When do you put your tree up?
My family's tradition is to put up all the Christmas decorations the day and weekend following Thanksgiving. If I was home right now, today would be the first decorating day. But, alas, I'm writing this post from my office. One nice thing about the artificial tree is that you can leave it up all month without worrying about anything.
4 When do you take the tree down?
My parents usually take the tree down on New Years day or shortly thereafter.
5. Do you like eggnog?
I love eggnog. If it was socially acceptable, I'd swim in it. :P
6. Favorite gift received as a child?
When I was about 8 or 9 my parents got me an old fashioned wooden dollhouse kit. My Dad and I spent years building it. It's very, very elaborate and even has electricity both indoors and outdoors. We put real wood siding on it and wood shingles on one by one. Inside we wallpapered each room and spent a long time decorating it. There was a really neat dollhouse supply store not far from our house. It was actually part of our weekly errands for a while to go to Lollies (that was the store's name) and pick out one new thing for the house each week. Really it's a work in progress still to this day.
7 Hardest person to buy for?
I have a lot of out of town friends who I buy for still... and it's hard to know exactly what they might want these days since I don't exactly know what they're up to on a daily basis anymore. My parents are very easy to buy for.
8. Easiest person to buy for?
My Dad.
9. Do you have a nativity scene?
No.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards?
Mail.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
No one thing stands out. I have received various awful articles of clothing over the years, but again none stand out as the absolute worst.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie/Cartoon?
A Christmas Story. And, the televised version of The Nutcracker
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
October
14. Have you ever regifted a Christmas present?
Shamefully, yes.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
I love very old-fashioned, though now seemingly weird foods. My fav is plum pudding with brandy sauce.
16. Lights on the tree?
white lights
17. Favorite Christmas song?
"Good King Wenceslas"
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
I have to travel to get to my parents' house.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?
no
20. Angel on the tree top or a star?
star
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning?
Christmas morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
Having to deal with travel and having to deal with the post office a lot in shipping things.
23. Favorite Ornament theme or color?
I like retro ornaments. I also like Dickens Village lighted house displays.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner?
anything having to do with sweet potatoes
25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
a new stereo with multi-CD changer. some new furniture items for my apartment. those are the big items on my list
jstephens9:
I thought when you said "Lights on a tree?" it was a yes or no question :) If we are talking about what kind I would say multi colored, steady with a twinkle every now and then.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 28, 2008, 01:50:33 pm ---
17. Favorite Christmas song? "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
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This is my Mom's favorite Christmas song! She had my Dad make her a cassette tape for the car with all the different versions of that song (different singers, eras, etc.) he could find. So, she drives around listening to that song over and over again during the holiday season.
I like the song too. It has an interesting almost melancholy sound to it. And, the Judy Garland/WWII history to it is pretty interesting too.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 28, 2008, 03:54:47 pm ---
--- Quote ---Castle's sectret
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What's that, Chrissi?
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It's basically medallions of pork fillet in Bressot- sauce. You wrap every slice of medallion in a slice of bacon. Not really bacon, something in higher quality, like Spanish Jamon, with much less fat than bacon has.
Place the medallions tightly packed in a casserole dish (but sauté the medallions gently before). The sauce is made of Bressot and sour cream. Bressot is a specific cream cheese with herbs.
Mix sour cream with Bressot, pour it on the medallions and put the whole thing in the oven.
We always serve it with wide noodles. Green salad fits nicely as a healthy side dish, since the Castle's Secret is a heavy, high-calory meal.
Hubby and me made it a tradition in our family to have it every Christmas Eve. :)
And it's called "secret" because you can't see what's in the casserole when you take it out of the oven. The sauce is so thick, you don't see the meat. But I have no idea where the "castle" part comes from :laugh:.
ednbarby:
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial, but I like the pine scent so I get a couple of pine scent Yankee candles to burn.
3 When do you put your tree up? The weekend before Thanksgiving this year, but usually the weekend after.
4 When do you take the tree down? The weekend after New Year's Day.
5. Do you like eggnog? LOVE it. Especially with whiskey in it.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Barbie's Dream House. I wanted that soooooooo bad.
7 Hardest person to buy for? My husband. He's very picky about... everything.
8. Easiest person to buy for? My son. He provides Santa with a detailed list every year.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? No.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Workout clothes from my husband that were already too small for me. So wrong on so many levels.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie/Cartoon? The Homecoming / How the Grinch Stole Christmas
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually right after Halloween.
14. Have you ever regifted a Christmas present? No. But I've received some I'm sure were regifts (I know because one was something I'd given her the year before!)
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Frosted Christmas sugar cookies.
16. Lights on the tree? Yes. I like white lights, but we did multi-colored this year at my son's request.
17. Favorite Christmas song? O, Holy Night and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (preferably the Judy Garland version)
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Depends on where the rest of the family is.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star - that lights up!
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? One on Christmas Eve, the rest on Christmas morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Not getting to be with all the family members I want to be with.
23. Favorite Ornament theme or color? Traditional red and green.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Turkey or ham, potatoes, green beans and rolls.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? I already got it on November 4. Other than that, a Dyson roller vacuum cleaner! Seriously! And safe and happy travels for all of us.
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