{"id":707,"date":"2006-12-15T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2006-12-15T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.52.55.152\/?p=707"},"modified":"2006-12-15T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2006-12-15T19:26:57","slug":"christmas-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snatched from the blog of a certain ferret lover<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?<\/li>\n

    Wrapping paper, mostly. I do recycle gift bags for odd-shaped gifts or small things that I want to combine, though.<\/p>\n

  2. Real tree or artificial?<\/li>\n

    Fake. I can’t stand cutting down a living tree, just to have it sit in my house for a few weeks and watch it die. I would get balled trees, but eventually you run out of places to plant them. So, fake it is.<\/p>\n

  3. When do you put up the tree?<\/li>\n

    Any time after Terry’s birthday on the 8th.<\/p>\n

  4. When do you take the tree down?<\/li>\n

    January-ish.<\/p>\n

  5. Do you like eggnog?<\/li>\n

    Definitely. Don’t forget the nutmeg!<\/p>\n

  6. Favorite gift received as a child?<\/li>\n

    I don’t know. I don’t remember the gifts so much as the wonderful family time spent together and the traditions that we had.<\/p>\n

  7. Do you have a nativity scene?<\/li>\n

    Nope. We always had one when I was growing up, but I don’t have one now.<\/p>\n

  8. Hardest person to buy for?<\/li>\n

    Terry! He never gives me ideas and always buys himself whatever he wants, so I have to wrack my brain every year for something special. One of these years, I’m going to come up empty.<\/p>\n

  9. Easiest person to buy for?<\/li>\n

    I think that my friend Mary is the easiest. She loves whatever I give her! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

  10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?<\/li>\n

    I don’t remember.<\/p>\n

  11. Mail or email Christmas cards?<\/li>\n

    Mail. Except this year. I’m either skipping cards completely or doing them via email.<\/p>\n

  12. Favorite Christmas Movie?<\/li>\n

    The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (the original, animated version). Ooooh no, Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol! THAT is my favorite!<\/p>\n

  13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?<\/li>\n

    June-ish. I have to be done by Thanksgiving or I’ll have a panic attack. \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n

  14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?<\/li>\n

    No<\/p>\n

  15. Favorite thing to eat and drink at Christmas?<\/li>\n

    Sparkling grape juice (non-alcoholic, of course) to drink and turkey with stuff, gravy, cranberry sauce and broccoli casserole for dinner. Oh, and peanut butter kiss cookies. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

  16. Clear lights or colored on the tree?<\/li>\n

    Multi-colored for indoor trees. Clear for outdoors.<\/p>\n

  17. Favorite Christmas song?<\/li>\n

    Mmmmm… not sure. Maybe Bing Crosby’s White Christmas? I have both volumes of the Time-Life Christmas collection and there are a lot of “oldies but goodies” on there.<\/p>\n

  18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?<\/li>\n

    Stay home. Ever since we built the house, Christmas is here. It’s just easier that way.<\/p>\n

  19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?<\/li>\n

    I can sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” so yes.<\/p>\n

  20. Angel on the tree top or a star?<\/li>\n

    Oh come on, like you even have to ask? \ud83d\ude09 Actually, we had an angel until I found the perfect star topper last year. It’s the Hallmark Starbright Illuminations tree topper.<\/p>\n

  21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?<\/li>\n

    Both. Terry and I exchange gifts with each other the night before to have some special, romantic time to ourselves and we exchange gifts with the rest of the family Christmas morning.<\/p>\n

  22. Most annoying thing about this time of year?<\/li>\n

    The stress and the crowds, but mostly the over-commercialization of the holiday.<\/p>\n

  23. Favorite thing about the Christmas holidays?<\/li>\n

    The generosity of the Christmas spirit, giving gifts and the general glow of this time of year.<\/p>\n

  24. Most memorable gift?<\/li>\n

    Many of the gifts that Terry give me have some special significance, but I could not point out any single gift as the most memorable. Mostly because my memory is terrible!<\/p>\n

  25. What’s the one thing you seem to never get done at Christmas time?<\/li>\n

    I can never seem to get everything stitched that I would like to for gifts. I even started earlier this year, but then took on too many other obligations, so I ended up worse off than usual.<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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