1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Buying things from stores that wrap for me ;) Thank God for Tiffany and Saks :)
2. Real tree or Artificial? Real. Always. No Exceptions.
3. When do you put up the tree? Day after Thanksgiving!
4. When do you take the tree down? New Years Day. Every year.
5. Do you like eggnog? Never tried it. Doubt I will like it.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? A family ring with a diamond from Russia carried by my great-grandparents in an antique setting which was my Baba's Sweet 16 ring...she tied it to a doll named the Diamond Fairy (loved diamonds ever since!).
7. Hardest person to buy for? Mom and Dad. They never ask for anything...and are totally selfless.
8. Easiest person to buy for? Me ;)
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Never.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I try to mail most ;)
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Dead seahorse from a different grandma...
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? 1) Miracle on 34th Street 2) Love Actually 3) White Christmas 4) It's a Wonderful Life
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? During the year ;)
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Probably (shameful, I know).
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Used to be Draeger's catered each year with my Pa and Baba on Christmas Eve...along with Russian food ;)
16. Lights on the tree? Always white!
17. Favorite Christmas song? Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (by Ella Fitzgerald) Baby, It's Cold Outside (Dean Martin), Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt)
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Heck yes!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Bow ;)
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Both!
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Spending money and then having people hate the gifts...
23. Favorite ornament, theme, or color? Always my Baba's ornaments since she passed away...it was a themed tree her last year of life...and it was her favorite.
24. Favorite for Christmas Dinner? Piroshkis!!!!!!!
25. What do you want to do for Christmas this year? Health, friends and family :)
26. Favorite Christmas tradition growing up? Christmas eve at Pa and Baba's with the WHOLE family (and it makes me cry knowing I won't ever get that again, until we are in heaven...)
27. Favorite tradition now? None :(
28. Favorite Christmas Memory? A year when we were short of money, it was our last in my childhood home...my parents did the whole house up even though we were struggling and somehow Santa brought the same amount of gifts that year...
(My tree this year...)
1 comment:
Your tree is adorable! xoxo
SC
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