From Beverleys Blog

I saw this questionare on Beverly’s blog and thought I would answer it as well for Christmas!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Normally just wrapping paper but I do have some gift bags for the odd special present. I like lots of different coloured paper too.

2. Real tree or artificial? Has to be artificial due to hayfever.

3. When do you put up the tree? Usually around December 1st.

4. When do you take the tree down? When I get sick of it and want my rooms back to normal. Usually around New Years though.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Transistor radio comes to mind. Bit of a touchy point as my sister always got the pretty pink things and I got blue. Even my radio had a blue tag.

7. Do you have a Nativity scene? No.

8. Hardest person to buy for? My father-in-law and the kids find Andrew hard.

9. Easiest person to buy for? I would have to say Me and the kids.

10. Worst Christmas Gift you ever received? Can't recall an actual present although don't appreciate a treasure hunt to find it.

11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Don't do a lot of cards but mail.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? In our family the Die Hard ones come out of the cupboard but also really like the original Miracle on 34th Street.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I start on Boxing Day!! We only do $5 presents so that everyone in the extended family gets one and there are lots of bargains in the sales. Shop throughout the year as well.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Andrew gets given lots of bottles of wine etc and as we don't drink then yes it does get given away - not necessarily as presents though.

15. Favorite things to eat at Christmas? Ham, ham and more ham. Also KFC coleslaw.

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Coloured.

17. Favorite Christmas song? Cliff Richards, Mistletoe and Wine. Also love kids singing Edith the Elf!!

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? This year will be staying put and really looking forward to it too. Am a bit over the travelling around on Christmas Day.

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? On Christmas morning we have the grandparents come round to watch the kids open parcels but until they get here they are allowed to open the ones to each other and their stockings.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? How the schools leave everything to the last couple of weeks to organise trips, camps etc. Also no one seems to have any patience in mall carparks.

23. What is the silliest Christmas tradition you do? Mum made the mistake one year joking about the Christmas toilet paper that is in the shops so now each year she gets given it even if she is in Australia this year.

24. Ugliest Christmas Decoration ever invented? Can’t think of one.

25. Which looks best, theme trees or homey trees? Theme trees before kids and then once they came along with their handmade decorations from Playcentre, Kindy and School I let them have their own tree. Now I don't care.

26. Gingerbread or sugar cookies? Probably gingerbread.

27. Do you like Fruitcake? Definitely.

Have just received two courier parcels. One with Christmas presents from Australia and the other is tinbum Rebecca winning another competition. This time its full of skincare products to the value of $110. About a month ago she won $200 worth of haircare. Gonna be looking good ain't she!!!