This quiz is floating around and I thought it looked kind of fun. Go ahead and do it yourself if you want to, just let me know.
1. Hot chocolate or apple cider? Definitely hot chocolate.
2. Turkey or ham? Gotta be ham for Christmas.
3. Do you get a fake or real-you-cut-it-yourself tree? Fake, but it looks very realistic and I burn pine scented candles. I just got tired of cleaning up pine needles till June.
4. Decorations on the outside of your house? Just wreaths on the windows and doors this year.
5. Snowball fights or sleddin’? Neither. There’s a nice cozy fire or a warm, sandy beach calling my name.
6. Do you enjoy downtown shopping? I don’t know. I haven’t done it since I was a kid.
7. Favorite Christmas song? ‘I Celebrate the Day’ by Relient K.
8. How do you feel about Christmas movies? I confess to a not-so-secret addiction to them. In addition to a whole box full that I own, I watch all the specials on television, too.
9. When is it too early to start listening to Christmas music? Before Thanksgiving.
10. Stockings before or after presents? Before. Keeps the kiddos busy long enough for Dad and I to grab a cuppa and try to wake up.
11. Carolers…do you or do you not watch and listen to them? We’ve never had carolers here.
12. Go to someone else’s house or they come to yours? We don’t go anywhere on Christmas Day. One thing I got from my dad is that kids should be home on Christmas. You never know who might end up here, though.
13. Do you read the Christmas Story? If so, when? We’ve always been so involved in the church that we didn’t really read the story at home since we heard it so many times anyway. This is the first Christmas we don’t have a church so I’m going to try to incorporate it into our celebrations at home. Probably on Christmas Eve.
14. What do you do after presents and dinner? Nap, play games, watch movies, conversation.
15. What is your favorite holiday smell? Pine. We had real trees when I was a kid and ‘Santa’ always brought them after I’d gone to bed on Christmas Eve. I would know Santa had come when I woke up Christmas morning and smelled pine.
16. Ice skating or walking around the mall? I guess I’d have to choose the mall because at least I can’t (as easily) break my ankle there.
17. Do you open a present or presents on Christmas Eve or wait till Christmas Day? We always wait.
18. Favorite Christmas memory? My parents coming to stay with us for our son’s first Christmas and all of us working together to make the stuffing the night before. Even my dad. It was the best stuffing ever.
19. Favorite part of winter? The end.
20. Ever been kissed under mistletoe? Yep. I usually have some hanging in the house.
I thought you had joined up to a Church… Don’t mind me being nosy… It’s my priviledge as a friend? hehe
Comment by Rachel — December 20, 2005 @ 11:05 pm
We went to a church for a while to heal from the wounds we acquired at “our” church. It was too far from us for us to get very involved, though it did give us a glimpse of what a healthy church is like. So, when the new pastor at our old church started asking us to come back we decided to give it a try. At first it was great to be back and we were welcomed like the prodigal son but as time went on it became clear that under the surface there were still a lot of hard feelings toward us. Even though we tried to get reinvolved it just never felt like we were really included. Kind of like being on the committee that planned the dance but never being asked to dance. Anyway, we finally decided to give up in September. The old church is like an exclusive country club and we just don’t fit the mold and they have no plans to change their ways. They like their little club. Hubby now says he has no plans to attend any church for a while. Son is out on his own. Daughter and I are going to start looking after Christmas. I didn’t want to try and make any decisions when everyone is on their best Christmas behavior.
Comment by Stacy — December 21, 2005 @ 3:08 am