This past weekend David and I finally put the finishing touches on our Christmas decorations. It feels great to have everything up, especially since we were feeling the neighborhood pressure when we arrived home from Thanksgiving to find our entire neighborhood completely decked out. It just took us a while to find the time to get things going. But now you can enjoy the fruits of our labor without even visiting out house!
My friend Andrea had this Christmas Quiz up on her blog and it made me laugh so I thought I would do it too. This quiz will give you all kinds of insights about my personality just by learning how I decorate during the holidays. Enjoy!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both! If it can't be wrapped, it must go in a bag. Although I am notorious for wrapping odd shaped gifts that should have been bagged.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Real! I love the smell of a real Christmas tree in our home.
4. When do you take the tree down? Usually the first weekend in January.
5. Do you like eggnog? No. It takes like crap.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Microphone, guitar, and jumpsuit. It was a karaoke set for kids. I totally rocked that gift. There are also embarrassing pictures somewhere...
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, we just bought our first one this year! David doesn't like the people that came in our set, but loves the Creche. As soon as we can find some suitable wooden figures we will replace them!
8. Hardest person to buy for? My sister Michelle. Her taste is all over the place and I never know what she will like.
9. Easiest person to buy for? My brother Donovan. He is very good about tell me exactly what he wants :). Thanks Deez!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail! Who doesn't love getting something in the mail besides a bill? This is the only time of year I look forward to getting the mail.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Tissues. No seriously. One time a relative who will remain nameless wrapped up tissues and gave them to me.
12. Favorite Christmas movie? Love Actually. This movie makes me melt and cry every time I watch it. I know it is not a traditional Christmas movie, but I am not very fond of those old school cartoons and claymation. Alright I also like Charlie Brown's Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Sometime in November.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Not that I can think of. . .
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Breakfast burritos! After we open presents on Christmas day we make breakfast burritos which consist of tortillas, salsa, eggs, bacon, potatoes with sausage and onion, cheese, black olives, sour cream, and hot sauce. Yummy. I can't wait!
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear lights inside and out!
17. Favorite Christmas song? Mary Did You Know? sung by Clay Aiken. (This is David's favorite too :)).
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel. Until we have children of our own we take turns doing Christmas with our families in Chapel Hill and Florida.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? On Dasher, On Dancer, On Comet, and Vixen, On Donner, On Prancer, On Cupid and Blitzen. Oh yeah and Rudolph.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas Morning. Usually around 10 am.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? The Christmas music on the radio. Well, you get tired of it by the time Christmas rolls around because it has been playing since before Thanksgiving!
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Red and Silver!
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Baa Baa Lamb. With yummy spinach and mushroom stuffing.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A baby. Just kidding David :). I would love to sleep in and hang out with family and friends. I have a feeling I will get to do all of those things!
5 comments:
Natalie--the house looks GREAT! Worth the wait, I'm thinkin.
I don't even eat eggs or sausage, but your description of those breakfast burritos made me want to stop by your place on Christmas morning.
Enjoy sleeping in! If your future kids are anything like mind, it won't last.
I like your stocking holders. Do you have a cap on your family at five members or will you have to add other letters to say "Peace Out" if you have more than three kids? :)
Natalie, I can't believe you don't love the claymation Christmas movies!?!?!?! How can you be married to Mr. Classic Christmas Movie David? LOL. We still want to come over and watch your DVR Christmas treasures.
Hahahahaha on question 25. I told Michael what you wrote and he said "is she really kidding or being half serious?". I told him I didn't know, so the mystery is on... This might be better than LOST!
We loved the Christmas Quiz!!! Especially # 25!! : ) Well-----??
The house looks beautiful!!! We wish we were going to be there so we could see it in person. Maybe next year! : )
Love your decor! Your comment #25- which has already gotten lots of attention, I see- made me think of a funny story. Our friend, Melissa, had a rule that her husband couldn't give her Christmas gifts with a cord... like toasters or irons or things like that. She wanted something more meaningful. Well, one year she told her husband she wanted a baby for Christmas. He said, "Sorry, that comes with a cord... its against the rule." Ha, ha.
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