what are your family traditions?

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Just copy (not forward) this entire email and paste into a new e-mail that you can send or post it to your blog. Change all the answers so that they apply to you.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I prefer to wrap so I can putt ribbon and bows.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial. Last year we got a real tree but it laned on Abby. That is the end of real trees for our home.
3. When do you put up the tree? the first weekend in December
4. When do you take the tree down? as soon as I am sick of it
5. Do you like eggnog? yeh. Only about 2 glasses
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Cabbage Patch Kids
7. Do you have a nativity scene? No but I want one
.8. Hardest person to buy for? my brother Jeremy. He usually gets a gift card
9. Easiest person to buy for? my Mom
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail. I love to give and receive X-Mas cards. I keep the pics up all year.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? a singing snowman..Yikes
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Christmas Box
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Normally the week of Christmas. This year we thought it would be more economical to start in August. So I am almost done shopping. Yeh
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I gave a book away. Only because I had 2 other copies of the same book.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Fudge and chocolate peanut butter balls.
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Staying home. I would love to be home in Michigan but not this year
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Nope. I cannot even fake it
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? open 1 on Christmas Eve and I get to open my birthday presents. The remaining X-Mas gifts open in the X-Mas morning.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Blue and silver. .24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Turkey. Michael is being brave and making turduken-turkey stuffed with duck stuffed with chicken. The things you can see on Food network.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year?the You books by Dr. Oz. I love him. I would also love to see my family. I miss them.