Eggnog or Hot Chocolate?
I like both. Hot Chocolate is for cold snowy days! and Eggnog helps ring in the new year. A little goes a long way though because it is so sweet!
Does Santa wrap presents or set them under the tree?
Both. Family gifts are wrapped under the tree and most Santa gifts are wrapped and in your part of the couch, but some left out unwrapped so you can see them first thing Christmas morning.
Colored lights on tree or white?
Colored lights! I LOVE that my tree is pre-lit.
When do you put your decorations up?
Just after Thanksgiving weekend
What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
We make Doug's Grandma's potatoe dish the night before and put it in to bake and when it is ready we take a break from opening presents and have a quick breakfast!
Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
I have many!!! but since we are cousin in laws... I want to share this one. One year when we had Christmas at Grandma M's house. All the cousins were sleeping down stairs and we we so EXCITED for Christmas and we kept waiting and waiting and there were no clocks downstairs. So finally we thought it MUST BE time to get up. So I being the oldest cousin was designated to go upstairs and see if Santa had come yet. He had been there but I looked at the clock and it was ONLY 4 AM but I had seen my Marie Osmond tee shirt and I was to ANXIOUS to go back to bed. So we talked until someone came downstairs and said we could come upstairs to open presents. Adults can sleep sooo late. It was 7 AM. I think I was 10 yrs old.
Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
No! We usually are out on Christmas Eve really late and so we just wait until morning!
How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
We have ornaments we have made or found over the years we decorate our pre-lit tree. So it has all sorts of different ornaments.
Snow! Love it or Dread it?
It is a love hate relationship! I love it when it snows and I am inside warm and cozy! It is so beautiful and makes everything so serene looking. But if I have to DRIVE in it I HATE it! It scares me! Go figure, because I grew up in Utah and live in Colorado. That is a plus of Colorado though, because it snows and usually by noon, the streets are free of snow. Unless it is really cold and then I try to stay home. I also like family SNOW DAYS but I do not like to be cold!
Can you ice skate?
No, I tried once and it was painful. So I chose not to!
Do you remember your favorite gift?
One year my Mom gave me a book of all the Christmas letters she had written since she and my Dad were married and I cherish it and add my Christmas letters to the book every year. Sime day I will give it to my daughter.
Also 1 year I got a book about my Great Grandma Mortensen from my Grandma M and I really got to know my great grandma through reading the book written by her children. It is a gift I truly treasure!
What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
I try to focus on CHRIST and the gift He gave to all man kind.
But I do tend to get caught up in the comericalism sometimes.
FAMILY! is key to Christmas!
What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
Doug's almond toffee and peanut brittle!
What is your favorite tradition?
Spending Christmas Eve with my in-laws, reading the Christmas story as a family. My MIL sharing her new Christmas story and then eating goodies and playing Rook late in to the night.
Which do you prefer, Giving or Receiving?
Definitely giving! I love to find that perfect gift.
What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Silent night
Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum?
Yum
