{Christmas Meme} || some random facts ||

I've been seeing this go around and figured i'd jump on the bandwagon as well :) So here are some random Christmas facts relating to me...

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1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? neither...

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Um, he wraps them.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White!

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No, but maybe I will this year ;)

5. When do you put your decorations up? I have been ready for weeks, but i'm making myself wait until after Thanksgiving is over (although I think we should put the lights up outside now before it gets too cold and snowy...)

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Sweet Potato Fluff (with melted marshmallows all over it)! My Grandma makes it with extra marshmallows for me.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Laying around in the living room full of torn wrapping paper, bows and tags, new stuff, family, and Christmas music.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I don't remember how old I was but I realized that Santa's handwriting looked an awful lot like my parent's handwriting...

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? It really depends on who we're with that year.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? With white lights and silver garland and ornaments i've collected/made over the years.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I really like it...but by the end of the Winter i'm ready for it to be done for sure.

12. Can you ice skate? Yep! I love ice skating! I spent every weekend at the skating rink in middle school and the beginning of high school. That's where I hung out with my first "boyfriend". Oh the memories :) I actually went ice skating when I was 4 or 5 months pregnant with Porter. I was dying to go so I just did...I felt confident in my skills :)

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Those sparkly red shoes. OH MAN. Apparently we looked all over for months for them and never found them, then "Santa" found them at the last minute and I was ECSTATIC when I opened them. I was all "OH MY GOD SANTA FOUND THEM!!!!!!!!"

14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Being with the important people in my life...

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Apple Pie!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? We don't really have any traditions other than the norms (opening presents on christmas morning, stockings, christmas lights, etc)...but with Porter, I plan on starting some :)

17. What tops your tree? A star.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Both! And this year i'm planning on making most of my gifts, so i'm pumped about that.

19. Candy Canes: Yuck or Yum? YUM YUM YUM

20. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story. My mom has the marathon on tv a TON :)

21. Saddest Christmas Song? Grandma got run over by a reindeer. I'm not sure if this is as much sad as it just is kind of horrible!

22. What is your favorite Christmas song? Silent Night. So pretty.