Its too early to be up...
General
1. When do you put up the Christmas tree?
Well dad used to be anal about getting one with the root ball, so we'd put it up like 2 days before Christmas, which sucked. On the Cape, we would usually putit up once we got there which was about the same itme. Last year we finally went fake, and we've had it up since Wednesday.
2. Real or Fake?
I love real, but you can't keep it up as long. So we have a fake one and then buy a big wreath that is real, so the room still smells like a real tree. The Cape also is fake.
3. Use Lights if so what color?
Multicolored this year, it's usually white on the Cape.
4. Garland?
Not usually, the big stuff is really tacky. We used to have these pretty pearl-looking small beads, but we only have enough for a small tree. I odn't think grandma and grandpa use any either.
5. Theme or no theme?
Themed: all the shit we've collected over the years. This is the same for both houses
6. What kind of topper?
We have this antique silver star, but its kinda small for a 7 foot tree. So, we bought a new pretty star. Gma and Gpa have an angel
7. What's your favorite ornament?
One of my first Christmas ones which is like a little mobile with a cloud for the base that is glass so light shines through it. Gma and Gpa have a PTP one I like for obvious reasons.
It's a quilt that I think was made for us. I dunno, we don't have it out yet.
9. Where do you put your tree?
Its always been by the front door, it doesnt matter where we are except on the Cape, where its in the dining room.
10.Who decorates the tree?
Usually me and my brother, at both houses.
11.What's "under" the tree?
The floor.
12.Do you put candy canes on your tree?
One year we did, and my brother ate them ALL in about a day. So not anymore.
Foods
1. What's your favorite Christmas cookie?
My candy cane cookies
2. Do you bake cookies and give them away?
I bring a batch of my candy cane cookies into shcool each year, but beyond that not really.
3. Any "special" foods or candy that you only have at Christmas time?
the candy cane cookies, and I think thats pretty much it
4. What do you eat on Christmas EVE?
Depends on where we are big time. Here, I think we got together with Jesse's family and had a real dinner. On the Cape, we go to this Oober nice Chinease restruant, which is a very big tradition for dads side of the family.
5. What do you eat on Christmas Day?
Always ham. Doesn't matter where we are.
Not at all.
7. Do you like candy canes?
Yes, especially the non-traditional fruity ones like the starburst ones. Yummm. I like them hard though, not the cheap chewy kind.
Decorations
1. Where do you hang your stockings?
That's a whole new adventure each year. On the Cape, usually right outside of mine and Jack's room, just out of lack of other places to put it. Here we usually put them halfway down the starewell so that Jack is awake enough to put the effort into going and getting htem since he likes to wake us up at 4 in the morning.
2. Do you put lights on your house?
Dad has these garland lights that he lines the porch with. Nothing else here really this year because we're not going to be here. I don't know about the Cape this year because they got rid of the humungo evergreen they used to put lights on. Uncle Doug lights the tree in the marsh though.
3. Got any outside lawn decorations?
No, they tend to be pretty tacky. But the neighbors have enough for the both of us.
4. Do you put up a nativity?
Not here this year, but on the Cape yes, over the tv. And we put the baby in the cradle thingy on Christmas eve.
5. Do you hang mistletoe over the door?
Rondomly. Jesse does.
6. Got a wreath on your front door?
Not yet.
7. How long does it take you to decorate?
We usually do it little by little until right before Christmas when the house is about to puke it all out the doors.
Movies/Shows
1. Favorite Children's Christmas TV show/cartoon?
Origional Grinch, Rudolph, and GARFIELD! If someone gave me the Garfield Christmas special I'd love them forever, or at least todl me when it was on tv. I havent seen it in quite awhile.
2. Which is best Wonderful Life/Miracle on 34th Street/A Christmas Carol (Scrooge)?
The muppets a Christmas Carol, otherwise Wonderful Life.
3. Favorite Christmas movie?
Griswalds Family Christmas
4. Have you ever seen the Nutcracker Suite Ballet live?
I think so. I saw something.
5. Ever been to the Radio City Music Hall Christmas show?
That would mean that I've been to New York ,and I think everyone knows the answer to that one.
6. Ever gone to the movies on Christmas Day?
No, I've gone the day after
7. Did you know it's the biggest day of the box-office?
Yes, thats why there are so many damn movies released that day.
Christmas Things
1. Favorite Christmas book or story?
Don't really think I have one, come to thunk it.
2. Do you stuff your stockings with any types of food?
Candy, unless dad and I find somehting out there for mom, like when we got her the pickle in a bag.
3. Do you go to church on Christmas or Christmas Eve?
Only when I went with Jesse.
4. Have you ever gone Caroling?
I think a long time ago, and we're supposed to go again today.
5. Favorite Christmas Carol?
Anything I can sing out really loud. 'I'll be Home for Christmas' is up there. Silent Night is too.
6. Do you "believe" in Santa?
I like to believe in a lot that isn't real for some odd reason, and I don't believe that he comes to every hosue and lah de dah. However, it had to freaking start soemwhere.
7. Do you leave Santa cookies?
Used to. Now we jsut leave them out and usualyl eat them ourselves.
8. What about Rudolph...leave him anything?
Um, no
9. What was your best Christmas gift?
I honestly don't know. The ring from Jesse last year rates pretty damn high. This year, who knows.
10. What was the worst/most odd gift?
Well, when my parents got me my tv they wrapped a food prcessor box, then put inside of it a can of tow realyl gross things. Then in the bottom was the note saying I got a tv. That was pretty odd.
11. Do you go to a "work" Christmas party?
Nope
12. Do you hate going?
Well since it doesnt exsist for me, no way I love it!
13. Do you send Christmas cards (handmade or bought)?
I'll sedn a few to my friends that live out of state, but mostly I'm included on my parents cards.
14. When do you start shopping?
Last year I had someones gift in August, because I bought it on the Cape. This year, I started like a week ago.
15. Do you shop on Black Friday?
Only after noon because the physco moms are gone.
16. Random Christmas Memory:
Danielle sitting in the lemon cake at her houe when we went there for dinner. It still cracks me up.