Kids Love Christmas

I'm swiping this from my new blog-buddy, Domestic Chicky. A Christmas meme - how fun, right?

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both
2. Real tree or artificial? Real
3. When do you put up the tree? A week or two before Christmas
4. When do you take the tree down? Sometime in January
5. Do you like eggnog? I do - sans alcohol, please
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Three-story Barbie dream house
7. Do you have a Nativity scene? Yes - we have about five of them. One is from my childhood, and others we have collected since we've been married. Two of them are tiny, though.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Husband - hands down!
9. Easiest person to buy for? My dad - book store gift certificate - every time - the man eats books for breakfast!
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? A watch - that I thought was going to be an engagement ring.
11. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Neither - became overwhelmed and gave up on sending them a few years ago.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? It's a Wonderful Life
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I don't - hubby does it.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Oh sure!!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? My mother's stuffing and my mother's cheese ring.
16 Clear lights or colored on the tree? Colored!
17. Favorite Christmas song? Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
18 Travel at Christmas or stay home? Mostly stay at home, although, when I was seventeen, we went skiing, and we actually skied on Christmas day and it was awesome!!!
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? Nope.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel!! Although, I am saving a star with tinsel and lights from my childhood.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? One on Christmas Eve, the rest in the morning!
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Lack of money, grumpy men.
23. Favorite Christmas tradition? Believing in Santa Claus!!
24. Up early or sleeping in? Early!!!
25. Who hands out the gifts? Take turns.
26. Does Santa wrap your gifts? When I was a kid, yes. For my kids - no.
27. Do you tell the Christmas story? Some years we do.
28. Do you leave cookies for Santa? Yes, of course!

Alrighty, then. Let’s hear all about Christmas at YOUR house. Tag. You’re it!

I just love making Christmas crafts with kids and I can't wait to get started! Now that Halloween is over, I'm sure we'll do a few Thanksgiving crafts here and there, but, I'm really ready to start working on some Christmas crafts! Get out all of your red and green construction paper and let's decorate the house in joy and love!