1. Hot Chocolate or apple cider?
Just coming in from spending hours playing in the snow, it's gotta be hot chocolate.
2. Turkey or Ham?
Traditionally, ham. I can just taste it now...
3. Do you get a fake or a real Christmas tree?
Well, the folks get a real one every year and we decorate it the day after Thanksgiving. Due to the fact that our little condo cannot accommodate a tree, we've had to get an artificial one. I do miss the smell of pine needles.
4. Decorations on the outside of your house?
We've got a wreath as well; it'd be great to deck our kitchen window with lights. I'm afraid we've had to forego the giant inflated Christmas snow globe this year.
5. Do you prefer a white Christmas?
Definitely. Back home, there is approximately 14 inches of snow on the ground...I can't wait to throw Daisy into it.
6. Do you enjoy singing Christmas carols?
Indeed. The religious ones are by far the best...but sometimes I find myself breaking out into "Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire" or "Winter Wonderland". It happens.
7. Favorite Christmas carol?
It will have to be 'favorites' - Silent Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, The Holly and the Ivy, and The Angel Gabriel.
8. How do you feel about Christmas movies?
They are alright, as long as they are not over-played or over-dramaticized. My uncle plays "A Christmas Story" for 24 hours straight every Christmas Eve...it's maddening.
9. Favorite Christmas movie?
I'm not sure. I used to be afraid of "A Christmas Carol" as a kid. Other than "The Grinch" and "It's a Wonderful Life", my Christmas movie repertoire is pretty slim.
10. Stockings before or after presents?
Oh, definitely before. Great things come in small packages...and small packages are usually to be found in stockings.
11. Do you open a present or presents on Christmas Eve, or wait until Christmas day?
We do both. One side of the family always celebrates Christmas on the Eve, the other side does it on the actual day. As for my immediate family, we open presents Christmas morning.
12. Go to someone else's house?
Usually a relative of my mother's. We get to watch all the crazy little cousins open presents.
13. Do you read the Nativity Story? If so when?
That's never really been a tradition of ours, but it'd be great to start.
14. Do you go to Mass on Christmas Eve, at midnight, or Christmas morning?
As of just a couple of years ago, we try to go to Midnight Mass. It's very beautiful.
15. What is your favorite holiday smell?
I'm caught between pine needles and sugar cookies - how awkward!
I'm going to Meme:
Whiskey
Mr. Tilter
Mr. Flyte
