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               CHRISTMAS TAG

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
    both..... it depends on the package and what I have to wrap in.
2. Real tree or Artificial? 
  We use to do real trees but i got tired of putting the lights on it so we got a fake tree a few years back. But I still will every once in a while get a real tree..... there is nothing like picking out a tree and bringing it home. 
3. When do you put up the tree?  
  Mom likes to still have Thanksgiving up until after her birthday which is the 30th of November. So around December 1st.
4. When do you take the tree down? 
 New Years weekend.
5. Do you like eggnog? 
    No not really.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? 
 Simon says game
7. Hardest person to buy for? 
 Kevin, my brother. 
8. Easiest person to buy for? 
Sofia..... it's fun buying for little kids. They love everything
9. Do you have a Nativity set?
 Yes and I love it.... it actually is Mom's that we put up. She made it herself the Christmas after Dad died.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? 
   Mail..... hopefully I get around to doing it this year.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
   Nothing is coming to mind!
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? 
 It's a wonderful life and The Christmas story
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
  when ever I see something that might work for someone but the majority is November.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? 
 Yes...... white elephant
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? 
 Date Cookies, sugar cookies and a  yummy Christmas dinner
16. Lights on the tree? 
 Plain white
17. Favorite Christmas song?
Silent Night, Oh come all ye faithful, I love Dwight Yoakam's Christmas CD
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? 
  Both.... most of the time we stay home but this year we are traveling to Arizona to have it with my sister and my brother and their families. 
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's?
Yes.... from years of singing Rudolph.
20. Angel on the tree-top or a star? 
 Neither.... poinsettias
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? 
Christmas morning.... growing up we would open one present on Christmas eve and it was usually our P.J's
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
 People forgetting what Christmas is all about.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? 
 We use poinsettias, red balls but this year we are adding a few Snowman ornaments. We have tried other colors but we go back to red with our poinsettias.
24. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? 
  It use to be a ham but now that I have given up pork it is turkey. Christmas eve dinner we try to make a meal from another country. Not sure what it will be this year.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
 My Husband getting off a plane in Utah wrapped in a big red bow! 

I tag Kristy, Abby, Brandi, Ryane, Trudy, Katie and Hillary