Christmas Questioneer

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? gift bags. My mom was a gift wrapper at ZCMI for years and years. Her packages were always decorated to the nines. I was so intimidated, I was lucky to get my gifts wrapped at all.
2. Real tree or artificial? artificial.
3. When do you put up the tree? the day after Thanksgiving
4. When does the tree come down? The day after Christmas if I can wait that long.
5. Do you like eggnog? love it. Reminds me of my dad when he would bring it home and add a little bit of 7up.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? package from Grandma each year. She'd wrap a toothbrush and tooth paste, a few other little odds and ends, add in a US saving bond, and wrap up the whole thing. We loved opening the little individual packages.
7. Do you have a Nativity scene? yes
8. Hardest person to buy for? RICK
9. Easiest person to buy for? Summer
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? morning sickness, thanks Summer
11. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? I love to get a letter in the mail, I'll keep sending them as long as stamps are less than $1
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Christmas vacation, although I'm realizing that the kids don't need to watch it with me.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? January
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Christmas, no
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? peacan pie, ponoche, oranges, sugar cookies
16 Clear lights or colored on the tree? clear
17. Favorite Christmas song? Silent night
18 Travel at Christmas or stay home? HOME
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? yes, and it's Donder, by the way
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? traffic
23. Favorite Christmas tradition? leaving cookies for Santa, and carrots for the reindeer
24. Up early or sleeping in? sleep in, please
25. Who hands out the gifts? the person who happens to be closest to the tree
26. Does Santa wrap your gifts? He used to at the Robison's, but not at the Herlevi's causing quite a controversy over the years.
27. Do you tell the Christmas story? yes
28. Do you leave cookies for Santa? yes, and milk--skim