This, and other "Getting to know you" threads, are good places for ideas when creating your Secret SoWaller's ornament. If they bothered to fill it out! :nono1: :nono1: :nono1:
Getting to Know You - Christmas version
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Cool thanks John R!
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Choc.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? wrap
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Changes yearly
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Yep
5. When do you put your decorations up? after Thanksgiving
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? turkey sandwich the day after Christmas!
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? driving with fanmily on Christmas Eve looking at the lights.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? older sister
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? nope, anticipation....
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? lots of ornaments,balls and lots of lights
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Let it snow, let it snow!
12. Can you ice skate? once
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? diamond earrings I gave to my mother
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? We stop for a short time to think of those less fortunate and actually do something to help these families/people.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Not rally a dessert person.hmmm coffee and bailey's
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? decorating the tree
17. What tops your tree? a starfish i have had since moving to sowal
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? giving, but heyyy.......
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? I'll be Home For Christamas
20. Candy Canes?
John R--
Your favorite holiday memory--helicopter rides? Was this a tradition?
Your favorite holiday memory--helicopter rides? Was this a tradition?
yooohoooo anybody out there that might want to fill out the "getting to know you Christmas version" that hasn't already?
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Thanks JohnR
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Neither I prefer hot spiced tea
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? both
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? both, tree is multi, house is white
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Yes
5. When do you put your decorations up? :funn:some are still up from last year. But the tree and outside go up the week after Thanksgiving.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? cornbread dressing
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? the year we got a pool table
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I plead the 5th
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Ornaments, lights, bows, garland,
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? love it, love it
12. Can you ice skate? Yes but as good as my hubbie, he played hockey as a youngster
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? bride doll and I still have her
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? family
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? chess pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? we take our daughter and our dog to see the lights around town
17. What tops your tree? angel
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? both
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Christmas in Memphis and Silent Night
20. Candy Canes? don't like them to eat, love to use them as decorations
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Neither I prefer hot spiced tea
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? both
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? both, tree is multi, house is white
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Yes
5. When do you put your decorations up? :funn:some are still up from last year. But the tree and outside go up the week after Thanksgiving.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? cornbread dressing
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? the year we got a pool table
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I plead the 5th
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Ornaments, lights, bows, garland,
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? love it, love it
12. Can you ice skate? Yes but as good as my hubbie, he played hockey as a youngster
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? bride doll and I still have her
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? family
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? chess pie
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? we take our daughter and our dog to see the lights around town
17. What tops your tree? angel
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? both
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Christmas in Memphis and Silent Night
20. Candy Canes? don't like them to eat, love to use them as decorations
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I am surprised at the No's for mistletoe, I will use any excuse to get kisses. :roll:
Mistletoe grows very high up in large trees and is very hard to get to, hence the shooting it out of trees, which we did and still do. I am a very good shot.
Mistletoe grows very high up in large trees and is very hard to get to, hence the shooting it out of trees, which we did and still do. I am a very good shot.
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1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate. Or Chardonnay.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? We wrap all of the adult gifts. When our daughter was a child, the toys from Santa were displayed unwrapped around the room, and presents from us were wrapped. Now we might take items that are hard to wrap and display them around the room, but we mostly wrap.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No.
5. When do you put your decorations up? We try to do it the first weekend in December if I have time. It's pre-exam time for me, so I'm pretty busy this time of the year with school work.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Beef tenderloin infused with garlic, olive oil, and fresh rosemary. YUM!
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Listening to "Rubber Soul" with my daddy on our new stereo near the Christmas tree. My favorite holiday memory as an adult was when my Mother brought Christmas dinner, complete with china, crystal, and sterling silver, to me on Christmas Day because I was hospitalized on bed rest for the last two months of my pregnancy with our only child and wasn't allowed to go to Mom's house, even for a few hours.
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Don't remember when, but I was probably in the 7th grade before I admitted it to my parents.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We open new pj's.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Lots of ornaments collected over the years. I'm especially fond of the many ornaments Mom bought our daughter for her first Christmas -- she was Mom's first grandchild. I have also been collecting Neiman Marcus sterling silver Christmas balls for years -- I now have 26 of them. They really do give a theme to the tree, despite the other random decorations.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I hate cold weather.
12. Can you ice skate? Never tried. Not a Southern thing.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? When my husband asked me to marry him again and planned a wedding for our 25th anniversary. He gave me an invitation to it on Christmas day (we had the wedding on our anniversary on June 20).
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Being with my husband and daughter and Mom.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? For Thanksgiving my sweet potato-pecan pie. For Christmas my chocolate pecan pie.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? My daughter and I make Christmas cookies. We have so much fun.And they're decorated not just using the using Christmas themes, although we do some of that. We'll make cookies decorated like Britney Spears or Michael Jackson or whatever pop culture person is in the news at the time.
17. What tops your tree? An angel.
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? "Silent Night" when at the Christmas Eve service at church when they distribute candles, lower the lights, and we all sing it a cappella. Brings tears to my eyes.
20. Candy Canes? I always buy them to put in our stockings because it was Mom's tradition.
Thanks for this thread. It brought back a lot of nice memories.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? We wrap all of the adult gifts. When our daughter was a child, the toys from Santa were displayed unwrapped around the room, and presents from us were wrapped. Now we might take items that are hard to wrap and display them around the room, but we mostly wrap.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? No.
5. When do you put your decorations up? We try to do it the first weekend in December if I have time. It's pre-exam time for me, so I'm pretty busy this time of the year with school work.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Beef tenderloin infused with garlic, olive oil, and fresh rosemary. YUM!
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Listening to "Rubber Soul" with my daddy on our new stereo near the Christmas tree.
My favorite holiday memory as an adult was when my Mother brought Christmas dinner, complete with china, crystal, and sterling silver, to me on Christmas Day because I was hospitalized on bed rest for the last two months of my pregnancy with our only child and wasn't allowed to go to Mom's house, even for a few hours.8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Don't remember when, but I was probably in the 7th grade before I admitted it to my parents.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We open new pj's.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Lots of ornaments collected over the years. I'm especially fond of the many ornaments Mom bought our daughter for her first Christmas -- she was Mom's first grandchild. I have also been collecting Neiman Marcus sterling silver Christmas balls for years -- I now have 26 of them. They really do give a theme to the tree, despite the other random decorations.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I hate cold weather.
12. Can you ice skate? Never tried. Not a Southern thing.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? When my husband asked me to marry him again and planned a wedding for our 25th anniversary. He gave me an invitation to it on Christmas day (we had the wedding on our anniversary on June 20).
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Being with my husband and daughter and Mom.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? For Thanksgiving my sweet potato-pecan pie. For Christmas my chocolate pecan pie.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? My daughter and I make Christmas cookies. We have so much fun.
And they're decorated not just using the using Christmas themes, although we do some of that. We'll make cookies decorated like Britney Spears or Michael Jackson or whatever pop culture person is in the news at the time.17. What tops your tree? An angel.
18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? "Silent Night" when at the Christmas Eve service at church when they distribute candles, lower the lights, and we all sing it a cappella. Brings tears to my eyes.
20. Candy Canes? I always buy them to put in our stockings because it was Mom's tradition.
Thanks for this thread. It brought back a lot of nice memories.
A Christmas getting to know you. Copy and paste to share your Christmas thoughts.
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate. Egg nog is naaasty.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Santa doesn't have time to wrap presents. He just chucks 'em under the tree and moves on to the next house.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored lights on the tree, white on the house. Yes, my preference really is that specific.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nope
5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually December 1st.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? My grandma's cornbread dressing. Yum yum yum.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Any time we came to visit Grammy and Grampy in SoWal. (And now it's any time my parents come to SoWal to visit me.)
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I dunno, really. I think I just kind of realized at one point that Santa and my mom had very similar handwriting. Santa always wrote our names in sparkly ink, though, and my mom just used a regular pen.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yep. My brother and I usually open one gift from each other on Christmas Eve, and we all get together and open gifts that day with my Dad's side of the family.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? We usually don't have a tree....
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it, and miss it.
12. Can you ice skate? Not very well.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Getting to see my grandpa one more time before he died.
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Being with family and friends.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Peanut Butter Pie. I only make this for the holidays because if we made it year round we'd all weigh a ton.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Watching "A Christmas Story" with my brother and playing Dirty Santa/Greed/Yankee Swap with the family.
17. What tops your tree? See question #10
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? Receiving gifts is nice, but I love the feeling you get when you find the most perfect gift for someone you love.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" - John Lennon.
20. Candy Canes? Not really.
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot Chocolate. Egg nog is naaasty.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Santa doesn't have time to wrap presents. He just chucks 'em under the tree and moves on to the next house.
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored lights on the tree, white on the house. Yes, my preference really is that specific.
4. Do you hang mistletoe? Nope
5. When do you put your decorations up? Usually December 1st.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? My grandma's cornbread dressing. Yum yum yum.
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Any time we came to visit Grammy and Grampy in SoWal. (And now it's any time my parents come to SoWal to visit me.)
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I dunno, really. I think I just kind of realized at one point that Santa and my mom had very similar handwriting. Santa always wrote our names in sparkly ink, though, and my mom just used a regular pen.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yep. My brother and I usually open one gift from each other on Christmas Eve, and we all get together and open gifts that day with my Dad's side of the family.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? We usually don't have a tree....
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love it, and miss it.
12. Can you ice skate? Not very well.
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Getting to see my grandpa one more time before he died.
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Being with family and friends.
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Peanut Butter Pie. I only make this for the holidays because if we made it year round we'd all weigh a ton.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Watching "A Christmas Story" with my brother and playing Dirty Santa/Greed/Yankee Swap with the family.
17. What tops your tree? See question #10
18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? Receiving gifts is nice, but I love the feeling you get when you find the most perfect gift for someone you love.
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" - John Lennon.
20. Candy Canes? Not really.