In The Process

Christmas Meme

This is meme comes from Heather at Stepping Heavenward

Wrapping paper or gift bag?  I like gift bags.  With four kids it is much less time consuming!

Real tree or artificial?  Real, although growing up we had an artificial tree

When do you put up the tree?  Whenever my husband goes to the tree lot and buys one, hopefully this weekend!

When do you take the tree down?  Usually after New Year's Day, before hubby has to go back to work

Favorite holiday theme?  Theme?  Our tree is loaded with homemade ornaments.  I'd love it to be all red and silver with fancy ornament and ribbons.

Favorite gift received as a child?   I wasn't really a child.  I was 19 and my brother spent a lot of money to buy me a CD player/boom box.  As a poor college student that was awesome!

Do you have a nativity scene?  Yes

Hardest person to buy for? My dad.  What do you buy someone who needs nothing?

Easiest person to buy for?  My mom.  Family photo or smelly lotions.  She's good!

Worst Christmas gift you ever received?  I can't think of the worst one.  What was annoying though as a kid was getting my birthday and Christmas presents as one gift.  My birthday is less than a week before Christmas

Mail or email cards? Mail.  I really need to get that finished up!

Favorite Christmas movie?  It's a Wonderful life, Christmas Story (you'll shoot your eye out kid), Christmas Vacation (the cleaned up version-Clark and the lights and sledding, CLASSIC) and White Christmas

When do you start shopping for Christmas? I haven't yet.  Whenever I can go by myself.

Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?  Probably (sheepish grin)

 White lights or colored on the tree?  White!

 Favorite Christmas song? Silent Night, all the verses and Joy to the World with all the verses. 

Travel for Christmas or stay at home? After the third child was born we stay home!

Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?   Yep

Angel on the tree top or a star?  A star

Open the presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?  We open 1 on Christmas Eve then the rest on Christmas Day

Most annoying thing about this time of year?    How  Merry Christmas has become Happy Holidays!

What I love most about Christmas?  Everything!  I love Christmas.  I love that my Savior lowered himself to come as a baby just to save us!

If you're reading this and want to participate, consider yourself tagged! Let me know if you do, I love to read about how others spend their holidays!

Ha!

2:04 PM, Dec. 11, 2007 .. Posted by hrlabonte

Great post!

I know what you mean about going shopping alone. Goodness! I have so much to do!!!

~Heather