THE WRITER'S BLOCK

I saw this on Lesli and Sara's blogs and thought I would play, too!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I am fanatic about wrapping every single present with wrapping paper and ribbon. NO BAGS! It is a pet peeve of mine! I feel like it's a last minute effort if someone just throws it in a bag. No dollar store bows either. Ew.

2. Real tree or Artificial? I have artificial. Alan is allergic so that was settled pretty quick. I honestly don't mind the artificial tree though. I decorate it with white lights and red, gold and silver ornaments. Very pretty. We also have a "Charlie Brown tree" in the hall and that one had all the ornaments from my childhood.

3. When do you put up the tree? Usually the day after Thanksgiving. This year I put mine up a week before Thanksgiving. The holiday spirit hit me early this year.

4. When do you take the tree down? New Years Day or the day after. I think I can convince my husband to let me keep it up one extra day. It is so much more fun to deck the halls than to undeck them.

5. Do you like eggnog? No, not a fan of the nog.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? My Cabbage Patch Doll (which I still have)

7. Do you have a nativity scene? I do not have a nativity scene, but maybe one day.

8. Hardest person to buy for? My husband because he has everything already, but he loves anything he gets and appreciates things so much, so anything I give him is really fine. I just like to surprise him!

9. Easiest person to buy for? My Mom

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Regular mail of course!

11 .Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Someone (who will remain nameless) actually regifted me a gift that I gave them for doing something nice for me for my wedding.

12 . Favorite Christmas Movie? Christmas Vacation

13 . Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes, I have but I always follow the rules of etiquette while doing so and I always remember who gave me what.

14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Mashed potatoes, Broccoli Rice Casserole, all the yummy desserts.

15 . Clear lights or colored on the tree? I love both. I put white lights on the tree and colored lights outside.

16 . Favorite Christmas song? Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Mel Torme), White Christmas (The Drifters) and Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee)

17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? As long as we are with family it doesn't matter. I am a homebody though.

18. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all...Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

19. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? I have always opened on Christmas morning. We opened on Christmas Eve this year because we were going to be pressed for time Christmas morning.

20. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Traffic and long lines for sure. Or trying to find a gift and it's sold out.

21 . Favorite ornament theme or color? Red, gold and silver

22. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I try to shop year round. I started the bulk of it around September though and was so proud of myself for finishing early.

23. What, do you want for Christmas this year? A diamond eternity band to make my wedding set complete, a cream colored laptop computer, DVDs, Bath and Body Works, Lucky Brand purse in Kelly Green, Dyson Vaccuum. Santa was good to me. I got all of these things. YAY! That cream colored laptop is gorgeous!

24. Angel or Star on top of tree? We have a star on ours.

25. What do/did you leave for Santa? Cookies and milk usually, but we forgot this year. Sorry, Santa.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!