Thursday, December 21, 2006

Christmas Questionnaire

Jobina put this on her website and I thought I would do it for myself and share it with you. Enjoy!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? to give, gift bags; to get, wrapping paper
2. Real tree or artificial? Artificial - no needles in the carpet!
3. When do you put up the tree? used to be November 25th, B. R. (Before R:)
4. When do you take the tree down? first week in January
5. Do you like eggnog? No, so gross, so gross! It glug, glug, glugs out of the carton! Yuck!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Our dog Winston (though we only got him in February, he was a Christmas gift)
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, a Snowbabies "pageant"
8. Hardest person to buy for? My father-in-law
9. Easiest person to buy for? R- there are too many things that I could get him!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Both
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Exlax and toilet paper (gotta love gift exchanges! Wonder why no one tried to steal it from me!?! ;)
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Sound of Music, Cand I used to stay up til all hours on Christmas Eve to catch it on TV
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? If I see something I know someone will love, all year round
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yep, again, gift exchange
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Creme sandwich cookies
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Both, though we have coloured on ours - its prelit!
17. Favorite Christmas song? Oh, so many... How about CDs? I love Avalon - Joy, SCC's Music of Christmas, and 4Him's Season of Love
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Being with family wherever that may be
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Yes, but only because of the song ..."You've heard of Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?...(ba-dum bum bum) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer..."
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Usually an angel, but this year it is bare (thanks Jobina for mentioning that I'd forgotten to change it!)
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? One on Christmas Eve, the rest, Christmas Morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Pushy people shopping
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Snowbabies! (I collect them.)
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Ham with all the rest of the holiday meal.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A relaxing time with family
Merry Christmas everyone!

2 comments:

Jobina said...

oh yay, you did it too! But Rayna, do you really also have a huge paper star from Nepal?? (#20)
I forgot about gift exchanges. Especially youth ones. Yes, then I am very guilty of regifting. Shhh, don't tell my blog.

RLE said...

I changed it!