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POLL: Christmas Favorites
What is your favorite...
1. Christmas movie?
2. Christmas cookie?
3. Christmas song?
4. Christmas tradition?
5. Christmas dinner item?
6. Place to shop at Christmas?
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid?
Re: POLL: Christmas Favorites
1. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Elf and White Christmas are also faves)
2. Iced sugar cookies are my fave
3. Probably, Santa Clause is back in Town by Elvis Presley (I know, weird)
4. Decorating the tree
5. My mom's Sausage Fondue (its basically a breakfast souffle) but she only makes it for Christmas breakfast once a year
6. I don't have a particular fave place to shop, it depends on what I'm looking for each year
7. Probably my scooter, because my dad said that I didn't need one because I already had a bike but he went out bought a neon green one for me on Christmas Eve anyway :-) Although my Barbie Hawaiian pool set comes in a close second
1. Christmas movie? Christmas Vacation!
2. Christmas cookie? Tollhouse chocolate chip. My mom always made them with me when I was a kid and I think about fond memories when I eat them.
3. Christmas song? Traditional: Little Drummer Boy, Non-Traditional: Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time
4. Christmas tradition? Having our big family Christmas the Saturday after Christmas Day. It makes the holidays feel like they last just a little longer!
5. Christmas dinner item? my grandmother's whipped potatoes
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Online. Usually Overstock or Amazon. I don't bother with stores anymore.
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? Probably my Fashion Phillies. Does anyone remember them??
What is your favorite...
1. Christmas movie? National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (I can seriously quote that movie from start to finish)
2. Christmas cookie? Iced soft sugar cookies
3. Christmas song? Sleigh Ride
4. Christmas tradition? Going to the candlelight service at church on christmas eve then coming home to sit by the fire with my family eating cookies and just talking. I remember getting SOOO excited as a kid.
5. Christmas dinner item? Chicken breast eden isle that my mom makes for christmas dinner. It is seriously the best thing ever!!
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Depends but I like department stores like Kohls, Macys, etc so I have more options.
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? Oh man...probably my Barbie dream house or anything Barbie related.
What is your favorite...
1. Christmas movie? Love Actually (not really Christmas but set at Christmas time anyway)
2. Christmas cookie? That's a tough one. I made some really good chocolate cookies with white chips this year.
3. Christmas song? Any Hanson Christmas song (hangs head in shame...)
4. Christmas tradition? My parents gave me PJs on Christmas eve. I'll definitely do that for our little one.
5. Christmas dinner item? We never do a fancy Christmas dinner but we always do cinnamon rolls for breakfast.
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Anywhere!
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? Some sort of stuffed dog that came with puppies. I remember being pretty excited about that one.
1. Any of the old school specials, but Muppets Christmas Carol is up there!
2. peanut blossoms when the hershey kiss is warm, but not melted mmmm
3. Josh Groban singing Oh Holy Night is my absolute fave and I LOATHE that stupid hippopotamus song
4. as a kid: being the only one willing to trek through the snow for an hour with my dad until he FINALLY picked out a tree! now: getting to see the whole family, we live 3 hrs away and don't get home a whole lot
5. my mom's filling
6. I can't say I have a favorite, I get stuff all over. I think Etsy will be my fave next year though, I love getting unique gifts!
7. I was so psyched about that darn pogo stick! Man, I was a nerd.
1. Christmas movie? White Christmas
2. Christmas cookie? Snickerdoodles
3. Christmas song? O Holy Night
4. Christmas tradition? Growing up we always went to my grandparent's house on Christmas Eve for our family gathering then went to candlelight service at church. Now Christmas Eve is spent with my parents and brother's family--we open gifts and eat steamed shrimp
5. Christmas dinner item? Sweet potatoes or baked pineapple
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Any place that isn't crowded
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? Cabbage Patch Doll
What is your favorite...
1. Christmas movie? Elf and White Christmas
2. Christmas cookie? sugar cookies and forgotten cookies
3. Christmas song? Carol of the Bells, Silent Night, and pretty much all of TSO's songs
4. Christmas tradition? going to the movies Christmas eve with the ILs, and having cinnamon rolls for breakfast
5. Christmas dinner item? homemade chicken pot pie that my dad makes
6. Place to shop at Christmas? the internet
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? hm... I don't know if i can pick just one, each year it was something big and what I wanted
I loved my pound puppies!!
I had a pound puppy tent that went over my bed! If only they made them in queen sizes!!!
1. Christmas movie? White Christmas
2. Christmas cookie? Sand tarts
3. Christmas song? I can't pick just one, I love the more traditional songs. My ipod has so many right now, I just keep them going constantly.
4. Christmas tradition? Christmas morning, opening presents with my family and having a good time together.
5. Christmas dinner item? Stuffing and gravy
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Ha, the mall and online.
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? Probably getting my American Girl doll Samantha and her accessories.
1. Christmas movie? Christmas Vacation and Scrooged. Both must be watched while trimming the tree.
2. Christmas cookie? This one my neighbor makes each year with a peanut butter cup in the center. Yuuuum.
3. Christmas song? "I want a hippotamus for Christmas" and "Dominic the Donkey".
4. Christmas tradition? Getting 2 trees is the only one we have so far.
5. Christmas dinner item? We're doing dinner at the IL's now so no tradition yet. Except for blood pudding. Why am I not eating it? Hmmm, lemme think. The name maybe?
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Anywhere and everywhere that may have what I'm looking for.
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? I got a Clip-clop horse (plastic horse on a metal frame that you rode on and it made sounds). I loved it so much I slept underneath it for days. I was an odd kid.
1. Christmas movie? Tie between White Christmas, Holiday Inn & Polar Express
2. Christmas cookie? Walnut Butter Balls
3. Christmas song? White Christmas by Bing Crosby (anything by Bing Crosby honestly)
4. Christmas tradition? Just getting up early and opening presents.
5. Christmas dinner item? Pie. Pumpkin and cherry
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Don't have a fave. here.
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? My orange portable tape player and the New Kids on the Block Christmas Tape.
1. Christmas movie? Love Actually
2. Christmas cookie? Rugelach
3. Christmas song? Either Jill Sobule's Christmas is the Saddest Day of the Year or her version of Merry Christmas from the Family
4. Christmas tradition? My mom's neighbors Christmas Eve party
5. Christmas dinner item? Filling balls
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Ebay
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? Fisher Price Safari Set - I still have it
1. Christmas movie? Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
2. Christmas cookie? Cut out sugar cookies
3. Christmas song? Not sure
4. Christmas tradition? Monkey bread for christmas breakfast
5. Christmas dinner item? scalloped potatoes
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Sunrise Soap Co
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? A pony. Literally. :-)
1. Christmas movie? Elf and Miracle on 34th Street. DH and I also watch the Santa Clause movies every year.
2. Christmas cookie? Peanut butter kisses
3. Christmas song? All of the traditional songs sung by the "originals" Burl Ives, etc.
4. Christmas tradition? Christmas Eve church, opening one present that night.
5. Christmas dinner item? We're always changing this up, but now that I live so far from home I love anything my mom makes!
6. Place to shop at Christmas? Lately, online.
7. Christmas gift you received as a kid? Hmmm...my cabbage patch dolls the year they were the rage, my fishing tackle box and biking gloves (same year - don't ask), a bean bag chair. Why can I not remember any good gifts?