1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Mostly paper; some gift bags, but very few

2. Real or fake tree? Real

3. When does the tree go up? Somewhere between the 10th and 15th of December

4. When do you take the tree down? January 6th

5 . Do you like eggnog? Yes

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Hot Wheels Race Car Set

7. Do you have a Nativity scene? Yes

8.hardest person to buy for? My mom

9. Easiest person to buy for? My girls

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? The hideous necklace and earrings my MIL bought me last year from Jewelry TV. We believe that she watches it for at least one month before ordering me the ugliest thing she can find on there.

11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Don't send

12. Favorite Christmas Movie - Torn between Grinch and Charlie Brown, with Grinch having a slight edge

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? All year

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Cookies!

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Colored

17. Favorite Christmas song? I'll Be Home For Christmas or Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel, but not very far

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Mostly

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

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Eve with other family members, morning for us

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Shopping in the cold, because there's always that one person you just found out is coming to dinner and you didn't think you needed to buy them anything.

23. Best thing about this time of year? Seeing the little ones so excited.

24. What do you want for Xmas? I really have everything I want, but jewelry is always nice.