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Monday, December 03, 2007

Fun Christmas Survey

50 Question Fun Christmas Survey

Before Christmas

1. Does your family send out Christmas cards? Yes...I usually address them on Thanksgiving night.
2. How soon do you start shopping? Little stuff around the first of November...but I'm a BIG Black Friday shopper.
3. Who do you shop for? Immediate family, friends and co-workers.

Decorations
4. Do you put up a Christmas tree? Yes
5. If so, is it fake or real? Fake
6. Do you like tinsel? No...my cats don't like it either.
7. Do you use homeade or storebought ornaments? Both
8. Do you put Christmas lights outside your house? I love to, but Charlie isn't much for it.
9. Do you put lights on the tree? Oh yes...lots!
10. How about popcorn and cranberries? No
11. Is there a wreath hanging on your door? Yes

Christmas Eve

12. Do you celebrate it? Yes
13. Do you hang up your stocking? Yes
14. Does your family read "Twas the night before Christmas?" Yes and Luke 2

Favorites
15. Christmas Movie "A Christmas Story"
16. Character from any Christmas Movie...The little boy in a Christmas Story...you know the one who wanted the BB Gun.
17. Christmas Song "O Holy Night"
18. Christmas Memory...So far, it was seeing Ian's little face last year on Christmas morning.

This or That

19. Give or Receive? Give
20. Eggnog or Cider? Eggnog
21. Red or Green? Red
22. Ham or Turkey? Ham
23. Star or Angel? Star
24. White Lights or Colored Lights? White
25. Blinking Lights or Still Lights Still
26. Were you Naughty or Nice this year? I like to think I've been nice...but there's a little naughty streak in me.

Presents

27. What do you want for Christmas this year? Besides a travel date to Vietnam...a new watch with a heart rate monitor.
28. When do you open your gifts? Now that we have children, on Christmas morning. Before Ian...as soon as we got home from church on Christmas eve...I couldn't wait.
29. What's the best gift you've ever gotten? A new piccolo when I was 13.
30. What's the worst gift you've ever gotten? A girdle
31. Who gives you the most gifts? Charlie
32. Have you ever had a secret Santa? Yes
33. Do you like wrapping gifts? NO, NO, NO

Random

34. Do you put change in those red buckets? Yes
35. Do you burn a yule log? No
36. Can you name all the reindeer? Yes...Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen....and of course Rudolph.
37. Do you bake cookies? Yes
38. Have you ever seen your mommy kissing Santa Clause? No
39. Have you ever gotten a kiss under the mistletoe? Oh yes.
40. Do you go caroling? I love to, but I haven't done it in several years.
41. Do you drive around and look at the Christmas lights? That's one of the things we do after church on Christmas eve. One of the churches / bible colleges here in Tulsa has a huge display. We go there every year. Plus we love driving through the neighborhoods.
42. Have you ever left Santa cookies? Yes, when I was little. Now that we have children, we're doing it again.
43. Have you ever sat on Santa\'s lap? Many times.
44. Who do you celebrate Christmas with? Charlie, Ian and our best friend Brad.
45. Where do you celebrate Christmas? Our house.
46. Have you ever had a white Christmas? Several. Being from West Virginia and now living in Tulsa...we get them occasionally.
47. What part of Christmas do you look most foward to? Our Christmas Eve service at church. It's such a beautiful family time.
48. Have you ever had your picture taken with Santa? Yes...many times.
49. Does your family always take a picture at Christmas? At some point. Our new tradition is doing a "family picture" every other year and one of the kids alone the other year.
50. Have you ever heard the song "Thank God For Kids" by The Oakridge Boys? Love that song. Hadn't thought about it in years.


That's it for me. Now all of my blogging friends...I hope to see this survey on your blogs soon.

Happy Christmas Season.

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