Your Christmas

[BTFLCHLD]

Christmas Survey

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate? hot chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? wrap

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? white

4. Do you hang mistletoe? no

5. When do you put your decorations up? near mid-month...takes me a week.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? stuffing...and leftovers.

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? i asked for an antfarm and received a puppy instead.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? i awoke one christmas morning and no one was up yet...i burst into my moms room and she was in bed with santa (not my daddy!)

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? yes

10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? sugar

11. Snow! Love it or dread it? love

12. Can you ice skate? yes, and very well!

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? my antfarm puppy...a jar of leaves my bro gave me...kept if forever.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? being with family...all of us happy and healthy.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? my moms cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? chirstmas eve at sis'

17. What tops your tree? angel

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? giving
*sweets...above is the sex question

19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? oh holy night

20. Candy canes? the bigger the better...

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Okay, this is so funny, but all this time, I thought YOUR name was Sara. And then, I read #10, and thought that you were talking about yourself in the third person!!!

Thanks for the laugh this morning! I'm Maria, my daughter is Sara. I just assume everyone here knows who I am and what I'm talking about. I apologize.... Sara is my 7 year old. She was born in '98... thus Sara1998..... hahahaha

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by Mari

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate?
never tried eggnong. hot chocolate!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Santa comes on dec. 5 here. I get birthday gifts though!

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
No outside lights, but inside it's white this time

4. Do you hang mistletoe? no

5. When do you put your decorations up?
I was a bit late this year, put it up this week. But I let them hang for a looong time!

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
There's no traditional holiday dish really, we just use the excuse to make some really nice food

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
decorating the tree

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
Sinterklaas (the guy from december 5th), eh.. I can't remember I ever actually believed in him.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, my birthday gifts.

10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? hehe.. we did stuff like that for december 5th, usually stuff for Sint's white horse, like a carrot.

11. Snow! Love it or dread it? love it! Hardly ever get it with christmas though

12. Can you ice skate? It's been quite a while, but I think I can. Well, you can't call yourself Dutch and not skate! Me and a friend are going iceskating one of these days.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? no

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? getting through it without feeling too sorry for myself

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? uh.. I'm making mangocrème this year, really nice.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Christmas eve church service.

17. What tops your tree? I've no tree! My cats would ruin it!! I just have decorations all through the house.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? both

19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Happy birthday to you... j/k. Ehm, I don't know the English title, though I'm sure there is one: Er is een roos ontloken.

20. Candy canes? another American tradition? I love kerstkransjes. It's sugar, eggwhite and chocolate, basically.

Very interesting. I love to hear from people of different countries and hear of their traditions first hand. What are mangocrèmes? I'm assuming this is made from mangos?? If so, it sounds good.

[Mari]

Originally Posted by sara1998

Very interesting. I love to hear from people of different countries and hear of their traditions first hand. What are mangocrèmes? I'm assuming this is made from mangos?? If so, it sounds good.

It's a dessert that has nothing to do with christmas, it is just good Mango cream: mango pulp and some coconut milk. Really yummy!

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by Mari

It's a dessert that has nothing to do with christmas, it is just good Mango cream: mango pulp and some coconut milk. Really yummy!

I need to try some of that. My mouth is watering!!!

[Miss Vicky]

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate?
The peppermint hot chocolate they sell at Starbucks. Mmm..



2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Santa doesn't do sh*t. I wrap them.


3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Too lazy to do lights on house. Tree lights are white.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No, never have.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
This year I did it Thanksgiving day.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Excluding dessert? Hell I don't know. We're having tacos and enchiladas for Christmas dinner.

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
My favorite memories have all been recent.



8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I don't remember. I do remember though that I lied for several years afterwards so that I'd still get presents "from Santa" along with gifts from my family.



9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
No, the only gifts that get opened prior to Christmas are the ones that I exchange with friends. Family gifts are always Christmas day.


10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him?
We never did that.
The cats would've eaten them if we did anyway.

11. Snow! Love it or dread it?
Umm... I live in California. The last time it snowed here I was like six. It can be fun, but it's just too damn cold!

12. Can you ice skate?
Never tried.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
My favorite gift was given to me twice and I still have it. About four years ago a friend of mine gave me two kittens (after being told I didn't want any more cats) in late November. My dad threw a fit and told me that I had 30 days to get rid of them or he was taking them to the pound. A month later (Christmas day) I still had one. We had already opened the presents and I was in my room listening to a new cd or something and my dad comes knocking on my door and says "Merry Christmas, the kitten is yours."
I wasn't happy about it at the time, since I truly didn't want another cat and wasn't fond of this particular kitten, but I adore him now.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
That it is a driving force that helps my friends and I to actually make an effort to get together all at once.



15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Cookies. But we ate them already.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
We don't really have any traditions anymore. We used to watch all the Die Hard movies on Christmas when I was growing up though. Don't ask why.
These days I usually have a Blackadder marathon instead.


17. What tops your tree?
Nothing. Damn tree is 9 feet tall and there's no space between the top of the tree and the ceiling for anything.


18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?
Giving. Though I do quite a bit of that to myself this time of year.



19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol?
None.


20. Candy canes?
I eat a few every year. I like peppermint but I don't have the patience to sit there and suck on them. They make nice inexpensive tree ornaments though.

[michelle2677]

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate?
Hot chocolate for sure!! I dont' think I've ever even had eggnog.



2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
wraps



3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White lights all the way!

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
Not really, but if I feel like it sometime I may.

5. When do you put your decorations up?
errr...well..usually weekend after thanksgiving, but I only have my tree up this year. And the only reason it has lights on it is because it's a pre-lit tree. no ornaments or decorations up. I'm in a bah humbug mood this year.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
stuffing probably. Or my grandmother's corn pudding.

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
waking up and getting presents from santa!


8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
what truth??

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
yep. there are too many family members to visit, so I have to.



10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him?
chocolate chip


11. Snow! Love it or dread it?
I love it, but hate the ice!


12. Can you ice skate? I've never tried, so I'm assuming "no" ha ha



13. Do you remember your favorite gift? not really.


14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Being with family and friends



15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? brownie cake



16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? It's all screwed up now since a lot of family members have moved away.


17. What tops your tree? A bow with ribbon coming down the tree.



18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? def giving



19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? O Holy Night


20. Candy canes? nah..not really.

[rbs3676]

Christmas Survey


1. Eggnog or hot chocolate?
Red wine and champagne. And lot's of it!



2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Santa wraps presents, fills stockings and sometimes throws another log onto the fire. However, it's 70 degrees today, so I doubt there will be any of that this Christmas.



3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Color everywhere!


4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No...but always wanted to.



5. When do you put your decorations up?
Decorations usually go up the first week of December. This year, the house is decorated and the tree is up but the tree is bare...so, we are doing the "soap opera" thing and decorating the tree tomorrow on Christmas Eve.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
Honey baked ham on Christmas Eve, Steaks on Christmas day.



7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Getting everything on my Christmas list...my parents spoiled us rotten.



8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
I was about 9 or so. I found gifts in a storage room and put two and two together.



9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Yes...but just one.



10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him?
Santa is in a big hurry and has no time to eat. At least, not at my house.


11. Snow! Love it or dread it?
I'm not a big fan of snow. I live in South Texas where we might get snow every ten years and even then, it lasts about 4 hours.



12. Can you ice skate?
I can. It's been years, but I was actually pretty good.


13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
As a child, it was this complete Wizard of Oz set with barbie-doll-ish figures of all the main characters. It came with the Emerald City that you could open up and it became the wicked witch's castle. It was awesome. As an adult, my boyfriend gave me 3 huge wrought iron crosses on our first Christmas together and they hang in my entry hall. They're gorgeous.


14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Being with my family and the friends that I love the most.



15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Homemade cookies with that sinfully delicious icing.



16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Champagne on Christmas morning, opening presents.


17. What tops your tree?
A star



18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?
I do love to get but I think I get a bigger kick giving.



19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol?
Stevie's "Silent Night", of course...


20. Candy canes?
Not at all...it's chocolates all the way in my home.

rbs

[wondergirl9847]

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate?

Hot chocolate with marshmallows and whipped cream. Love the mint chocolate bliss from Starbucks. I don't think they have it here, but they do in England.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?

They were always left on the couch, in the floor and under the tree.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?

Colored lights on the tree and outside...although, I bought one of those spiral trees and it has white lights on it. Shoulda got a colored one, but ah well.

4. Do you hang mistletoe?

No.

5. When do you put your decorations up?

I decorated on Thanksgiving Day this year. Have never done that before, but wanted to try it out. It's not something I'll continue to do, as I couldn't really watch the Cowboys game and I got frustrated. LOL Normally, I decorated about 2-3 weeks beforehand.


6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?

My grandmother's mashed potatoes, because they aren't flakes! I always have a huge blob of them on my plate.

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?

I remember getting my Fisher Price tape recorder. Now, I could listen to my tapes, EVERYWHERE!! YAY!!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?

Can't remember exactly, but I had a fight with my cousin who insisted that he existed and I was all "No, he doesn't." I might have been 11 or something. He so totally exists and I know that now.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?

No.

10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him?

I think I left Oreos once. Can't remember.

11. Snow! Love it or dread it?

LOVE IT!! We never get it and it will be like 65 degrees and sunny on Christmas this year...BOOOOOOO!!

12. Can you ice skate?

Tried it once...and no.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?

I mentioned one earlier...my Fisher Price tape recorder, also, my Atari 400/800! I still have it! My stereo that plays tapes and records I've had forever.

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?

Being a Christian, celebrating the birth of Christ. Also, seeing the look on my family's faces when they open gifts I've given to them.

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?

Fudge. My mom's is the best.

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

Getting up on Christmas morning to exchange gifts with my parents, then going to my grandmother's house to eat dinner and have our Swap thingy. "Steal!! Steal!!" Then, we ball up the wrapping paper and bomb each other. Hee!

17. What tops your tree?

An angel.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving?

Giving, most definitely! Although, receiving is great too.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol?

O Holy Night.

20. Candy canes?

I gotta find these Hersheys mint chocolate ones you were talking about!!!!! YUM!!!!

[Villavic]

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate?
no!!! I prefer any fresh drink in summer.


2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
No Santa at home. Nobody can see him. Gifts appears under the tree, we wait on 24 til midnight, then we wish everybody merry christmas and eat supper and then open gifts.



3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? green tree with red and golden decoration

4. Do you hang mistletoe? what is mistletoe?? anyway, I guess not


5. When do you put your decorations up? around dec 8


[B]6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? we do eat turkey on christmas, we don't celebrate tksgiving. but all the combination is what I like (salad, turkey, corn, vegatables!

[B]7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? there were a lot


[B]8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I must have been very young. I remember when I was very very young, asking my dad if Santa and God were the same person. And he sorta said yes.

[B]9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, peruvian tradition is: we all open gifts at midnight

[B]10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? none
[B]
11. Snow! Love it or dread it? I LOOOVE snow because there is no in Lima. I just touched snow 3 times: Switzerland, Boston, and DC. Vacations or training trips. Right now is summer in Peru (tomorrow maytbe i'll go to the beach)

[B]12. Can you ice skate? I tried during last vacations in Bariloche, Argentina. i couldn't

[B]13. Do you remember your favorite gift? my pet.

[B]14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? see everybody happy

[B]15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? ice cream for any ocation.

[B]16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? the dinner at christmas eve

[B]17. What tops your tree? nothing, it's natural look, i don't like angels nor stars.

[B]18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? [both

[B]19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? i liked the spanish carols.

[B]20. Candy canes? no

[skcin]

Originally Posted by StevieNicksEO17

06. what is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
<~>I don't really have anything that's my favorite... Ew, I hate dessert.

Freak.

Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? i awoke one christmas morning and no one was up yet...i burst into my moms room and she was in bed with santa (not my daddy!)

Oh. Oh my.

[skcin]

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate?
Either, but I prefer hot chocolate.



2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Wrapped.



3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White inside & out.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No.



5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually the day after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? My father-in-law's french toast breakfast, my mom's lasagna dinner

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? Waking up, rubbing my eyes, walking into the living room & being blinded by the spotlights my dad was shining on us so he could get video of us on the old camera.



8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I remember waking up & walking down the hall to pee when I was about 4, and I saw my mom wrapping gifts in the living room. She convinced me those were not the gifts from Santa. I believed until I was about 7 or 8, I guess. I think the neighboor kid told me. Then I told my little brother that summer - boy, was my mom pissed.



9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Used to open 1 or 2 when I lived with my parents. I tried to start a tradition for Mark & I to open gifts on Eve since we have SO many places to go to on Day & I figure it could save us time in the morning. He refuses.



10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? Whatever was left in our house! Plus milk to wash it down & a carrot for Rudolph.

11. Snow! Love it or dread it? I'd better love it living here.



12. Can you ice skate? I've never even tried.



13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Atari. Cabbage Patch Kid.


14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? Family & friends

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Cookies



16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? The whole day - early at my house opening gifts with hubby, then morning at my in-laws with all siblings & nieces for gifts & drinking mimosas with breakfast; then on to my parents for more gifts & an early afternoon dinner; a quick nap if we can squeeze it in; then finally hubby's grandmother's house with the aunts, cousins, etc. This year will be hard, as it's the first one without his grandpa & gram has terminal cancer.

17. What tops your tree? Star



18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving



19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? O Holy Night, O Come All Ye Faithful


20. Candy canes? They're OK. I don't seek them out or anything.