June 2010 Weddings
Chelsiver
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Christmas then and now-poll!
Then = as a child. Now = as an adult (whatever you take that to mean)
Favorite tradition then:
Favorite tradition now:
Favorite decoration then:
Favorite decoration now:
Favorite candy/cookie then:
Favorite candy/cookie now:
Favorite present received then:
Favorite present received now:
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Re: Christmas then and now-poll!
Favorite tradition then: helping my grandpa decorate their tree. also, opening one present on christmas eve and opening our stockings first christmas morning
Favorite tradition now: decorating our tree
Favorite decoration then: my grandmothers antique ornaments and having lights on the house
Favorite decoration now: besides the tree, i think this year its our stockings... i got H and i new ones with our names embroidered on them. i still love the antique ornaments but i don't put them on our tree now.
Favorite candy/cookie then: my moms mexican wedding cookies (i don't think they're a christmas cookie but thats when she makes them)
Favorite candy/cookie now: same
Favorite present received then: stuffed animals
Favorite present received now: clothes
Favorite tradition then: Waking up my parents and siblings with a teddy bear that plays xmas music when i got up in the morning to open gifts
Favorite tradition now: Waiting for J to get home from work to open gifts
Favorite decoration then: My Angel with the year I was born
Favorite decoration now: Our engagement ornament
Favorite candy/cookie then: Aunt Carol's Chocolate Choc Chip Cookie Cake
Favorite candy/cookie now: All 10 different kinds I make - and chocolate covered Cheerios
Favorite present received then: Anything and Everything I was a kid
Favorite present received now: My Butterfly necklace from J
Favorite tradition then: baking Christmas cookies on Christmas Eve with my Mom and sister
Favorite tradition now: opening presents
Favorite decoration then: my baby's first Christmas stocking
Favorite decoration now: my nativity set
Favorite candy/cookie then: iced sugar cookies
Favorite candy/cookie now: the same, plus snickerdoodles
Favorite present received then: toys, clothes
Favorite present received now: a pair of earrings H bought me
Favorite tradition then: walking through the snow on Christmas eve to go to mass with my whole family and coming home to open gifts after.
Favorite tradition now: baking some yummy cookies and cuddling with DH to watch a Christmas movie on Christmas eve
Favorite decoration then: My mom's nativity set, I used to love setting it up every year
Favorite decoration now: All of them! I went crazy at Pottery Barn this year because DH and I both didn't have any decorations.
Favorite candy/cookie then: Peanut Blossoms or ribbon candy
Favorite candy/cookie now: Peanut Blossoms
Favorite present received then: Ummm.....no idea
Favorite present received now: The necklace DH got me our first Christmas together. I still wear it every day.
Favorite tradition then: Opening one present on Xmas eve
Favorite tradition now: Pizza Xmas
Favorite decoration then: Glittery dancers and pointe shoes
Favorite decoration now: Santas
Favorite candy/cookie then: Spritz
Favorite candy/cookie now: Fudge
Favorite present received then: Bike
Favorite present received now: A Tiffany Bracelet
Favorite tradition then: Christmas Eve with my whole family at my grandparents
Favorite tradition now: midnight mass with my immediate family
Favorite decoration then: Christmas village
Favorite decoration now: Gingerbread houses
Favorite candy/cookie then: Peanut brittle
Favorite candy/cookie now: Sugar cookies
Favorite present received then: American Girl Doll
Favorite present received now: KindleMy Planning Bio
Favorite tradition then: going to get the tree and decorating it.
Favorite tradition now: it's a tie: decorating the tree and cooking and baking with my mom. if those two things dont happen it's not christmas.
Favorite decoration then: probably the ornament from my birthyear
Favorite decoration now: all of the homemade stuff from my great grandma. and the things i picked up in alsace.
Favorite candy/cookie then: sugar cookies! (yay decorating!) and 7-layer bars. (this was a staple. we haven't made them in a while because we've been trying to cut down on the "crap" so we've made some changes to the lineup.)
Favorite candy/cookie now: oatmeal scotchies, choc covered pretzels, darch chocolate cookies with white chocolate chips. molasses cookies. gingerbread. orange cookies. omg... i love them all. hahaha
Favorite present received then: a giant my-little-pony that had hair (it was bendy) and you could do her hair and it was stay. it was by far my favorite present.
Favorite present received now: oh i dont know... i'm not really in it for the presents anymore. i get mostly clothes and DVDs now. i'm more interested in giving and being in the christmas spirit and dragging everyone else there with me. lol
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