I've been tagged by Vicki!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?  Wrapping paper, but I'd love to get to the point that we use cloth gift bags year after year.

2. Real tree or artificial? Artificial

3. When do you put up the tree?  Normally the weekend after Thanksgiving, however, my little guy is a wee bit too curious and rambunctious so we're waiting ... I have no idea when the tree will actually go up (it could be Christmas Eve!).

4. When do you take the tree down? Usually Jan. 1st, but this year it will probably be Christmas Day (see #3).

5. Do you like eggnog? No.

6. Favorite gift received as a child?  Barbies.

7. Do you have a Nativity scene? No.

8. Hardest person to buy for? Hubby.

9. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Mints and chocolate covered cherries from dh's mother.  I don't like either.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail.  It's not a huge list.

11. Favorite Christmas Movie? I love Tim Allen's Santa Clause movies and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

12. When do you start shopping for Christmas? All year long.

13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?  I don't think so.

14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?  Homemade cookies.

15. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear.

16. Favorite Christmas song? What Child Is This?, O Holy Night, Carol Of The Bells.

17. Travel at Christmas or stay home?  Stay home!

18. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? No.  We don't "do" Santa at our house.

 19. Angel on the tree top or a star? A paper plate angel ds1 made when he was 3.

20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning.

21. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Crowded stores, cranky people, too much commercialism and materialism.

22. Best thing about this time of year? Music, decorations, reading great children's Christmas books, food, and Jesus!

I'm tagging Angela and Amanda.