Christmas getting to know you...

I generally don't buy off on these things, but this one is cute and I thought it might be fun to get to know me better...don't you all want to get to know me better? Who wouldn't right? ;)


1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Depends...when I have little time, bag, when I have planned ahead and given myself time...paper and cute bows for sure.

2. Real tree or Artificial? No tree right now...really, it's a waste of money for us at this point, especially when we are at our families houses for Christmas. I have two 1ft. tall fake trees we decorate. :) Someday we'll chop one down.

3. When do you put up the tree? Refer to above answer

4. When do you take the tree down? Refer to question # 2

5. Do you like eggnog? YES!!

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Hmmm, ponies, saddles, horse stuff.

7. Hardest person to buy for? I would agree with Cassie on this one, Mom

8. Easiest person to buy for? Distant friends and relative you send cards to.

9. Do you have a nativity scene? A miniature one, compliments of mom Sorensen

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Email? Good idea.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Hmmm, I may offend someone.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Not soon enough

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Everything, I'm kinda a little piggy during the holidays

16. Lights on the tree? Little white ones

17. Favorite Christmas song? I have to answer that with favorite Christmas artists: Harry Connick Jr, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and there is this one song by Faith Hill that I love, I don't know what it's called though, maybe 'Where Are You Christmas?'

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Hmmmm, both sound great. If we travel though, it will be somewhere fun and warm. :)

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

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star of course, what angel wants that prickly tree top up their butt?

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? On on the Eve and all the rest in the morning. You can't open too many on the Eve because Santa hasn't come yet. duh!

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Stress!

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? My mom has purchased an ornament for us each Christmas, usually something that resembles what we did that year, I like those ornaments.

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Funeral potatoes

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Vacation time. Oh and bike stuff, always bike stuff. :)

Christmas ramblings - read at your own risk (you may want that 5 min of your life back)

Oh the joy of the holiday. I have two favorite parts of Christmas, the first part is the best and most obvious, hanging out with the fam, but the second part is a little more misunderstood...Anticipation! The anticipation begins about a week before Thanksgiving when the first bold radio station plays a Christmas song (They only play one or two though, because everyone knows that Christmas music belongs after Thanksgiving) Then the Thanksgiving holiday gets you warmed up for some time off. You enjoy that day or two of not going to work and doing what YOU want to do. When you are back to work with a full lunchbox of turkey leftovers you have that taste of freedom on your tongue and realize that another brake is fast approaching. Now, back into the swing of real life you have Christmas surrounding you. Everywhere you go you hear bells, jingles and manger songs and everywhere you look is red, green and gold. Every store is on sale for gifts, buy this, buy that. You have a list in your head at all times, get this, get that. And although you have months to prepare, those last three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are when you get all your shopping done anyway. If you are like me, you work and play very hard and leave little time for practical things, like shopping. This stress or adrenaline only adds to the anticipation. After Thaksgiving you also set up your tree, decorate your house and join the church choir for the Christmas program, because everybody knows that Christmas songs are the greatest songs anyway. That brings up church, what a great time to go to church. I love Christmas lessons. The entire month of December you get to hear about Christ, sacrifice, birth, love, Christ and Christ. I wish we could have these lessons off and on all year round, the true meaning of Christmas.

Anyway, my mind starts on one thing and ends on another, that's the way this grey matter enclosed within my scull works, it's odd sometimes.

I would like to say something quickly about my beef with the Christmas season. Why do we give gifts to people? Really. Why do we walk up and down aisles of clothes, gloves, candy, candles, toys, why do we subject ourselves to hours of indecisiveness for a gift for that one person you know with get you something so you have to find something for them, but unfortunately you don't even know them well enough to have an idea of what they may really want. We've all been there, admit it.

here's an idea, next Christmas lets not give any gifts. Let's plan ahead and give our Christmas gift to those we love and care about before Christmas, at a time when they seem to need it most. I would like to give gifts when its not expected, when there isn't a million gifts under every tree in every house. I want to give a gift that will suprise someone and really be special. So maybe next year, instead of raising my blood pressure one more notch to find something for someone who will be getting a million other gifts, so mine won't be as special anyway, I will give a gift in July and attach a note that says..."Merry Christmas, I thought this gift was perfect for you and I hope it brings you the spirit of Christmas when it's least expected"

(But we all know I will still give Christmas gifts in December)