A Few of My Favorite Things.....

1. What is your favorite Christmas carol/song? Little Drummer Boy (Bing Crosby/David Bowie version).

2. White lights or multicolored? Both.

3. Do you you have a cut tree, live tree or an artificial tree? Fresh cut tree.

4. Eggnog, mulled cider, or hot chocolate? Hot chocolate with lots of whip cream.

5. Do you decorate your house with lights? Of course, ever heard of the Griswalds'..they don't stand a chance.

6. Do you write a Christmas letter? No.

7. Do you like receiving Christmas letters/photos? Yes, very much.

8. What is your favorite Christmas story/movie? This is tough, "The Little Drummer Boy", "Nester, the Long Eared Donkey", "Santa Clause" "Jack Frost" too many to name...

9. Have you ever made a gingerbread house? Yes both me and my sister did, and then my brother walked by and poked his finger on the roof of my sis' house and it all collapsed....

10. Poinsettias or holly? Poinsettias
11. Do you display a nativity scene? Yes. I do more than one. I have a small Precious Moments one that I put in my room.

12. Do you bake Christmas cookies? Yes.

13. Ham or turkey? Both

14. In what languages can you wish someone a Merry Christmas (without cheating)? English, Spanish.

15. Do you know all the words to Jingle Bells? I think so...

16. Do you put presents under the tree? Yes.

17. How do you eat a candy cane? Suck on it and bite of small pieces at a time.

18. What is your biggest holidays pet peeve? People being scrooges and grumpy.

19. What is your favorite Christmas tradition? Opening our gifts on Christmas Eve around 10:00 and then going to midnight mass.

20. What was the best present you ever got for Christmas? Too many to count but probably the best was around 14 years ago when my brother showed up at our house on Christmas Eve. We hadn't talked four about a year and he showed up and we finally got to meet my nephew who was 6 months old. Since then we have not had any more silly arguments that would keep us apart like that and are closer then ever.