Holiday getting to know you
This is fun...just like you, Dee Dee!
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? hot chocolate
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? wraps
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? white
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No, not with young adults and old folks around
5. When do you put your decorations up? Thanksgiving evening while we watch the lighting of the Great Tree on tv
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? sweet potato casserole
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? getting my blue sparkly big girl's bike
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I uncovered all of the presents under a blanket in the back of our station wagon. (Brilliant move, DAD!) I was five. Unfortunately, I also showed my sister and the neighbors. Barb was three at the time.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, hubby's family exchanges on Christmas eve.
10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? chocolate chip
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it!
12. Can you ice skate? yes
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? first Barbie with extra clothes that Grandma made
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? celebrating Jesus' birth
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? chocolate pecan pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? placing the nativity scene near the tree (used to be under before the tree began rotating); I also collect ornaments, so it's kind of a year round tradition.
17. What tops your tree? an angel
18. Which do you prefer Giving or Receiving? giving, but I never feel like I am able to give enough, so...."blues"ville usually hits
19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Oh Holy Night...still remember the first time I heard it as a child...the high notes, the words, especially divine, made me cry (with joy) at eight years old... and there's no mention of evil deer
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1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wrapped
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No, afraod my kitty will eat it if it falls
5. When do you put your decorations up? The day after Thanksgiving
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Green Bean Casserole and Ham
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Seeing all the family when we went to grandmas.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? What truth? He exists, I promise!
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Only one
10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? Sugar Cookies
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it here, couldn't stand it if I lived up North.
12. Can you ice skate? No, but I want to try- maybe next year!
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? They are all my favorite!
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Time with family and friends
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Pumpkin Pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Decorating Cookies on Christmas Eve (my parents and sister come over and we all decorate)
17. What tops your tree? An angel
18. Which do you prefer Giving or Receiving? Both
19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Favorite is We Three Kings, but I love The First Noel and all the rest too!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
3 Weeks out -24 lbs
Carla

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Egg Nog! yummy
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Sits them out, he doesnt have time to wrap!
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No
5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually day after T-giving
6. What is your favorite holiday di****s all goood, but I have a weak spot for chocolate covered cherries and danish sugar cookies.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Going to my grannys house on Christmas eve
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? What truth? *looks innocent*
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Always!
10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? Usually cheese
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it on the first day! Then it can go.
12. Can you ice skate? Always wanted to, but too hard balancing on a pair of steak knives!
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My Mrs. Beasley doll of course
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Being with those you love
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Red velvet cake
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Lighting sparkers on xmas even to help Santa find us
17. What tops your tree? An angel
18. Which do you prefer Giving or Receiving? Giving, but receiving is nice too
19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Santa Claus is back in town by Elvis--Ooh that gets me going. And I really love Sleigh Ride.
Happy Holidays!
Kelly S
Holiday getting to know you
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Egg Nog
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
He put them under the tree unwraped until we figured out who
Santa was. Now they are wraped
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White only.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Just over my desk at work
5. When do you put your decorations up? I don't decorate since I am not
home for the holidays but I put up 2 trees Thanksgiving weekend. My
parents and my aunt.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? My aunt's sweet potato casserole. Nobody could make it better.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Going to my maternal grandparent's on Christmas Eve when everyone was still alive
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Not sure. But I beat up the girl next door for telling my sister there was not a Santa
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Only with my mother's family.
10. What kind of cookies does Santa get set out for him? No cookies. Carrots for the reindeer
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it
12. Can you ice skate? No
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Probably my desk when Iwas in about the second grade. Felt very grown up. Still have it.
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? spending time with family and friends
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Pecan pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Making the biggest mess possible opening the gifts Christmas morning
17. What tops your tree? Bow
18. Which do you prefer Giving or Receiving? giving
19. What is your favorite Christmas Carol? Rudolph