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Christmas Poll! - faves
in Holidays
What are your fave Christmas -
Songs:
Movies:
Eats:
Drinks:
Activities:
Memories:
Just celebrated 6 blessed wedded years! 9.24.06
Re: Christmas Poll! - faves
Songs: White Christmas, Silver Bells, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), and This Christmas
Movies: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (original), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Polar Express, The Family Man
Eats: Turkey, stuffing & gravy, shortbread cookies
Drinks: Starbucks Peppermint Mocha, Candy Cane Martinis - yum!
Activities: Looking at lights and decorations, watching Christmas movies, all the parties and GTGs!
Memories: When my sis and I were little ones, she'd sneak into my bed on Christmas Eve and we'd listen to Christmas songs on my little radio and be so freaking excited, we could barely sleep.
What are your fave Christmas -
Songs: O Holy Night, Breath of Heaven, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Movies: Miracle on 34th Street, The Santa Claus movies
Eats: gingerbread cookies, ham
Drinks: peppermint hot chocolate
Activities: driving around looking at Christmas lights, shopping
Memories: Christmas morning brunch at my grandparent's house, always so much fun!
What are your fave Christmas -
Songs: Silent Night, Hark the Harold Angels Sing, Emmanuel (by Amy Grant)
Movies: All 3 of the Santa Clause movies, any Christmas Hallmark movie
Eats: little smokies with grape jelly and chili sauce, my moms fudge
Drinks: Eggnog by far!
Activities: spending Christmas Eve with DH's family and then driving back up to see my family for Christmas Day. Baking.
Memories: opening stockings Christmas Eve with my family and then the rest of the presents Christmas morning. Baking every year with my grandma, aunt, and mom. Day after Christmas shopping with my best friend has also become a great tradition!
What are your fave Christmas -
Songs: Frosty the Snowman, Grown Up Christmas List and All I Want For Christmas Is You
Movies: A Christmas Story, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and Frosty
Eats: Kielbasa, Pierogis and Christiki (Butter cookies)
Drinks: Egg Nog.
Activities: Sitting around with all my cousins eating and watching A Christmas Story on Christmas Eve.
Memories: Ahhh there are so many good ones. Especially all the Christmas' we had with my Busia (Polish for Grandma).
What are your fave Christmas -
Songs: O Holy Night and Silent Night (especially when sung by Josh Groban); Do They Know It's Christmas (Band Aid) and Christmas Eve/Sarajevo (Trans Siberian Orchestra)
Movies: A Christmas Carol (with George C Scott as Scrooge), Miracle on 34th Street (original), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated), A Charlie Brown Christmas
Eats: Gingerbread men, cheesey potatoes
Drinks: Wine, egg nog with rum, flavored hot chocolate
Activities: Decorating and shopping
Memories: Having Christmas eve dinner at my grandma's house with all my aunts, uncles & cousins on my dad's side. Hide & seek in her big old house with all my cousins was always fun when I was a little kid. Also, the annual family Christmas party with my mom's side of the family in PA. I don't get to go every year, depending on the weather, but it's always a fun time!
Thanks Turtle, you have a wonderful Christmas as well!
What are your fave Christmas -
Songs: White Christmas, Silver Bells, The Christmas Song, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow(Michael Buble version), O Come O Come Emmanuel(Carter's Chord version), All I Want For Christmas Is You, also from my childhood I enjoy the N Sync Christmas album.
Movies: The Santa Clause (all of them), White Christmas, Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Family Man, any Hallmark Christmas movie, A Christmas Story, The Family Man, The Holiday, The Family Stone
Eats: My Grandma's homemade fudge, cookies, other Grandma's Banana Pudding
Drinks: I don't have any.
Activities: Watching Christmas movies, putting up decorations, looking at Christmas Lights, Baking
Memories: The Saturday before Christmas we do Christmas with my one set of grandparents and that still to this day is one of my favorite memories. Any of the Christmas's with Grandma Carol. She died when I was in 3rd grade so I only remember a handful of them with her. Baking Christmas goodies with my family.
What are your fave Christmas -
Songs: White Christmas, All I Want For Christmas Is You.
Movies: Miracle on 34th Street, The Santa Claus movies, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Eats: Mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing.
Drinks: Hot chocolate, fruit punch
Activities: Looking at Christmas lights and decorations, shopping.
Memories: Family Christmas party.