This holiday meme was stolen from Katherine of Somewhere in the Middle. Enjoy, and pass it on.
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate, definitely!
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Neither–Santa leaves unwrapped gifts in our stockings.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? The more colors, the better.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No, but I used to want to when I was younger
5. Tacky holiday sweaters: yea or nay? Nay! (Apparently I left out #5–thanks to Blogging With Mittens* for this one!)
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Yorkshire pudding, part of my family’s traditional holiday feast.
7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? Making egg-carton ornaments with my dad and construction-paper garlands with my mom.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? No idea.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No, we wait until Christmas morning.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Lights and eclectic ornaments. I grew up with tinsel, but we don’t use it because of the dog.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it! Largely because we live in Los Angeles–if we see snow, we’re on vacation.
12. Can you ice skate? Badly, and not for long.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Slippers. It’s not a lame gift if your feet are always cold.
14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? Spending time with family.
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? My mother’s shortbread cookies.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Dinner.
17. What tops your tree? A clear star I bought the first year I had a tree of my own.
18. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving? Giving!
19. Candy Canes: Yuck or Yum? Yum, until the mint upsets my stomach. Then yuck, clearly.
20. Favorite Christmas show? How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
21. Saddest Christmas Song? I’ll Be Home For Christmas. (Because you can tell, no, they won’t.)
22. What is your favorite Christmas song? Joy to the World.
And you?
Update: You know what? I’m going to tag a few people.
Blogging With Mittens*
Confessions of a Semi-Domesticated Mama
Yay! Love this! I used to LOVE making paper garland when I was a kid…I made a Christmas Countdown one with my daughter last year. 🙂
I think Baguette and I may do that next year. She’s not quiiiiiite ready for it now, I don’t think.
Aw, now I’m in extra holiday mode! I think it’s great that your favorite memories are of decorating and spending time with your parents. Says something about what’s really important and would stand out in our kids’ memories.
We always got ridiculous number of presents, but what I remember is the time with family, not the things. I can’t tell you what most of the things were!
This was really cute! I love that you did crafts with your parents. That’s something I want to do with D.
I want to do that with Baguette, too–also baking!