Me Me (why do they call it that?)
Topic: Stuff
1. Christmas is: A time for family
2. In memories, what was the best part of your Christmases past?
My sister Kim and I would wake up very very early on Christmas morning, too early, and we knew it. I don't remember if we tried to get them up and were told to come back at 7 or if we just knew instinctively that it was way too early, but we would wait. We would play games until the time came. I remember playing that "memory" game where you turn over cards and try to remember where they are located and also "Who's It" (not the correct name) where you would use clues to figure out which character your opponent picked to be. The anticipation was electric!!!!
We weren't allowed in the living room until Oz and Mom were awake and Oz would go out and light the tree before we could pounce.
3. Was Santa ever good to you?
Most definately
4. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or both?
Gifts are for Christmas day.
We did each get one gift to open on Christmas Eve though, another special tradition I should have thought of above. Mom made each of us girls match pajama's to wear overnight. The most comfortable... snuggly PJ's. I miss them SO much!!! Mom has carried the tradition onto my daughter and makes matching jammies for my daughter and for my little sister Molly, who was the only girl still at home for the past few years. Another one of my sisters, Beth, has also continued the tradition. She is a sewing expert and makes PJ's for her kids for Christmas Eve too. The few times I wasn't at home in Mass. for Christmas I bought Sami her new PJ's, but she got them, just like I did.
5. Is there something you make each and every year? [craft or recipe]
Reindeer dust. My sister Beth started this tradition with her babies and they shared it with Samantha, so they make it every Christmas eve. It's an oatmeal and glitter mix and it attracks the reindeers. On Christmas eve you take the dust and sprinkle it on the front lawn. It looks best when there's snow on the ground - but either way, the reindeers are very attracked to it!
6. What are your favorite five Christmas songs/hymns?
Honestly, I'm not really all that into Christmas carols. I do like the more current ones, if any at all.
7. Is there a new tradition for Christmas since your childhood days?
Tracking Santa for my niece and nephew at Norad.Com. Have you ever been there? On Christmas Eve if you go to this website it will give you Santa's whereabouts as he travels all over the world. In other countries it's daytime when it's our nighttime so you get to watch Santa fly all over the other continents.
8. Describe one of your Christmas trips. [whether it’s across town or across country]
Most every year is a trip home for me but I'd have to say my most interesting trip was in 1993. Samantha was 1 month old and we actually lived up in the Mass. area and were making the trip to Va. to visit Eric's (Sam's Dad) parents. We were to meet Clinton in Washington D.C. For no other reason than he wanted to drive his brand new Thunderbird on a road trip. So that's what we did. We met them and I followed Clinton down the road. Still to this day, I'm not quite sure why they wanted to drive to DC and have us follow them. We had made the trip many times, it's not like we were going to get lost... Anyway, in Clintons car was himself, Trish (his wife), her son, Patrick and Shannon (Eric's sister) and Jeffrey (Erics sisters' boyfriend) all packed into this Thunderbird. In mine was Eric and myself and Sami, only one month old. She did great and of course slept most of the trip down to Va. We were about 2 hours away from Roanoke when we stopped to get some gas and munchies. From the time we went into the store, to the time we came out, which couldn't have been more than 10 minutes - the roads had frozen over to solid black ice. We debated what to do, after watching dozens of cars slip and slide and debated too long because they shut down 81, leaving us with one option, which was to drive the roller coaster looking backroad. It was well traveled, but very "up and down hill" and not one bit condusive to ice. I could tell you more, but to make a long story a little shorter, we (all 8 of us) split a motel room and completed the trip in the morning!
9. Do you have a special Christmas outfit to wear for the day?
No
10. Have YOU or any of your family members sat on Santa’s lap?
Not this year
11. What is/or will be on your Christmas tree this year?
White lights and new ornaments. My Mom bought me a theme for my birthday. She does a "theme" tree every year and I wanted one too. Mine is Angels and all my ornaments for this tree are angels of some sort. I wanted to put my tree up today, but couldn's afford it, so hopefully next weekend.
12. Do you/or have you decorated your yard for Christmas?
No - a few times I've done lights around the outside door, but that's about as creative as I get with it.
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