clementine | christmas meme

So here we go!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
I love wrapping. I will seriously spend half an hour wrapping one present. My mother loves me because she hates wrapping, and I love making presents into works of art.
2. Real tree or Artificial?
Real!
3. When do you put up the tree?
I don't know... usually it's up by the time we get to Montreal... but probably around the 20th.
4. When do you take the tree down?
Again, not sure, but I'd say they usually do it by the beginning of January.
5. Do you like eggnog?
I used to, but it's kind of gross, actually. o_o
6. Favorite gift received as a child?
I don't know. :P I've never been one to get very excited about the presents. I know that's cheesy, but it's true! In grade 6 I got a CD that made me more excited than the MP3 player that went along with it.
7. Hardest person to buy for?
My dad. He ALWAYS says he wants socks. Then again, I can just buy him an interesting-looking book and he'll like it.
8. Easiest person to buy for?
Nicole. :P
9. Do you have a nativity scene?
My aunt has a really cute one under the tree, but I personally don't. I'm not religious at all. Neither is she, actually. But it's cute!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards?
I'm sending Christmas cards this year. It's way more fun that way.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
I can't think of anything. Maybe the gift card that my uncle promised me last year that I still don't have? Fail, Craig.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie?
Um... I like Teletoon Christmas specials more. :P But I guess It's a Wonderful Life, because it's the only one I actually watch. But it's boring! So I don't really like it!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
Craig and I both do it at the last minute... difference is, Craig does it at around 10:30PM on Christmas Eve and then wraps with newspaper or tin foil.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
Nope!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
EVERYTHING! I love food! But the Buche my Aunt makes is deelish.
16. Lights on the tree?
Yep. We have lights shaped like red peppers. :D
17. Favorite Christmas song?
Silver Bells, but I pretty much hate them all now. :P
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
I have never had a Christmas in Toronto. Every single one has been in Montreal.
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?
Dasher, Donner, Comet, Cupid, Blitzen, Vixen, Prancer, Dancer, Rudolph.... (Oh, and Olive. Like, "Olive the other reindeer"? Har har.)
20. Angel on the tree top or a star?
Um... at the one we used to have at my grandparents' before they moved to a tiny house and we could no longer stay with them, it was this cute little knit angel. I think my uncles both have stars.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
MORNING! :P Sometimes the little kids get to open one on Christmas Eve, but I can restrain myself. Plus, I usually don't get a lot of presents, so I like to save them for the morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
The music playing 24/7. :P
23. Favorite ornament theme or color?
I don't like themes or colours! My grandparents have the best tree. It's every random thing. It has traditional ornaments, but it also has cows, monkeys, the most hideous clay things I made in grade 2, pasta ornaments I made in kindergarten, a dinosaur...
24. Favorite memory of Christmas?
I don't think I have one. I always love it. :D
25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
Nothing in particular, really. It's not about the presents for me. I guess I just want a happy family time and yummy food. Now it's more about seeing my little cousins getting excited. That makes me happier than my own presents. :)