Christmas Traditions

I saw this on Meghan’s page and thought I would pass it along… and see what your traditions are!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? For Christmas—wrapping paper!

2. Real tree or artificial? Artificial. Got it for $20 last year after Thanksgiving!

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

4. When do you take the tree down? Sometime after Christmas, haven’t decided when yet

5. Do you like eggnog? No way! Grandpa Hall when he was alive always made me take a sip of it and I hated it! Yucky!

6. Favorite gift received as a child? I had so many! From the trampoline, to a bike, skateboard, clothes, dolls, barbies, quilts, too many to name!

7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yup! I love them!

8. Hardest person to buy for? My mom! She never gives many ideas!

9. Easiest person to buy for? My dad!

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Coal???

11. Mail or email Christmas cards? At Christmas time I love getting them in the mail and displaying them…send me some!

12 . Favorite Christmas movie? Christmas Vacation, Santa Clause 1,2,3, and the Rudolph classic one

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? After Thanksgiving (but this year I have procrastinated and need to do it this week)

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Nope…well, only at White Elephant things

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Anything that is Christmas candy!

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear--- have my silver and purple tree

17. Favorite Christmas song? I love a lot of them

18. Travel for Christmas or stay home? This year we are planning on going to Vegas to visit Corey’s family

19. Can you name all of Santa's' reindeer? Yes, but I’d have to sing the song, and you don’t want to hear that.

20. Angel on the treetop or a star? I have a silver star

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning baby! 4:00 am this year!

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Stores are way too crowded and I need groceries!

23. What I love most about Christmas? That it is about the birth of the Savior

24. Favorite Christmas Tradition? First it starts on Thanksgiving weekend. We paint a new decoration; day after we put everything up (has to be up before my birthday). Then we take goodies around to all the people we visit teach, and then open presents on Christmas morning and have a great dinner with the family.