Kim's Christmas List

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial. We used to always do real, which I prefer, but it's too much of a pain.
3. When do you put up the tree? Anytime after Ryan's birthday, which is the 3rd.
4. When do you take them down? December 31st-ish
5. When do you start listening to Christmas carols? Whenever I think - and am in the mood - to go and dig out the Christmas CDs
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I can barely remember what happened yesterday!
7. Hardest person to buy for? Everyone's hard to buy for anymore
8. Easiest person to buy for? See previous answer
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I'm sure there have been a few.... but, I can't remember.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Christmas Vacation
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? sometimes in November, sometimes December
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? ham
16. Lights on the tree? Yep
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night - it depends on who's singing it though
18. Travel at Christmas or stay at home? Home in the morning, we go to my mom's in the afternoon
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yes - and spell 'em too
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? all of the people at the stores
23. What theme or color are you using? Um, Christmas-y stuff
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Ham and beans at my mom's
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? a cruise - in June :)
26. Favorite Christmas special? the boys won't watch anything Rudolph-y anymore - we do watch Christmas Vacation and Elf together - does that count?
27. Favorite holiday tradition? making Christmas crafts with Camron, taking the boys' picture in front of the tree on Christmas morning, and, my most recent favorite tradition..... the boys putting the tree up and decorating it :)
28. Does Christmas mean Santa or Christ's birth to you? both - even though the boys don't believe in "Santa" anymore
29. Do you go to Church on Christmas? Christmas Eve? We used to go on Christmas Eve. Now it's always just the choir putting on a cantata, so we opt out. Whatever happend to a few Christmas songs and reading the story of Christ's birth from the Bible?????????
30. Midnight Mass or Day? see above answer
31. Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? Merry Christmas
32. Do you wear Christmas sweat shirts or sweaters? No - but I do have jammies with reindeer on them AND I have a Santa's helper outfit!
33. Do you put up outside lights? No