Christmas Meme

I picked this up from Annie Knits and thought it was such a fun list I would participate!

1. What was the best Christmas present you got as a kid? One year I got a custom built stereo cabinet from my Dad with a stereo inside and one year I got a small TV for my room. These were both very big deals for me as at the time we only had ONE TV in the whole house. Of course we are talking 1984 and I think most people still only had the one (or two) at the time.
2. What was the best Christmas present you got as an adult? Hmmm... this one is tough. I think the best thing will be the thing I bought for the whole family this year but as my kids MIGHT read this I can't say what it is. ;)
3. What's your favorite Christmas carol? Well since my daughter has just learned Carol of the Bells, I like that one a lot, I also love The Chipmunk song (hee), Santa Baby....truly though I love MOST Christmas songs.
4. How long can you stand to listen to Christmas music before you break? As long as its not the ONLY thing I listen to I never tire of it really. What I tire of is the &*%$# Christmas commercials.
5. How many Christmas albums do you own? Not too many- maybe 5-6. I just got one of my favorites replaced by my Secret Santa. Ally McBeal - A Very Ally Christmas. Robert Downey Jr. sings a great song on there too.
   
6. Did you ever go caroling as a kid? A few times in Junior High with Glee Club. I enjoyed it!
   
7. Would you willingly eat fruitcake? Never had it and with all the talk - me is afraid. LOL
8. Do you own any Christmas sweaters? Not anymore but I did get a cute cheap T-shirt this year.
   
9. Do you own any Christmas jewelry? What? I used to have some cute wreath earrings and a jingle bell set but I can't find them.
   
10. Do you wear them? If I could FIND them.
    
11. Did your family have any weird Christmas traditions? No not really....just the running around like crazy on Christmas Day to get everywhere. Well my husband thinks that coming down the stairs together (me and brother in hand) to see our stockings was weird but growing up doing that - it doesn't seem so weird to me. It was really a photo op for Dad.
    
12. Do you buy Christmas presents for your pets? Yes but we don't go overboard. He has a stocking and gets a bone, treats or something and then a toy under the tree.
13. What's your favorite Christmas cookie? My grandmother always made cookie press cookies. Green Wreaths, Red Poinsettas and white snowflakes. My press died so I don't get any. Maybe with any luck she will have made some this year for me to partake of.
    
14. What's your favorite Christmas candy? Peanut Butter Balls. Otherwise known as "Buckeyes" for Ohio folks. I also love a Peanut Butter Roll but most people don't know what that is.
    
15. What's your stocking look like? Mine is store bought but looks like needlepoint of carolers caroling "old timey". I got it the year Mike and I moved in together. (yes we did live in sin for a few years. shameful I know)
16. How do you feel about the "Steal from Your Neighbor" Christmas present game (the one where people pick gifts from a pile, but others get to steal it)? Love it! I got stuck with an awful right wingers book once though. Should have been no surprise since it was an Accountants Christmas party. Someone walked away with a killer cut glass vase though.
    
17. What is the oldest ornament on your tree? I made an ornament in 1st grade Sunday School class. I always loved it. It was a small gold ball with a styrofoam cross on top held together with the official Sunday School staple: Pipe cleaner.
    
18. Real or artificial? I LOVE the tradition of cutting our own tree. However I also like looking at a nice tree for more than 2 weeks and I hate picking up the needles. So we bought a FANCY pre-list tree 4 years ago. Best investment ever. If we ever have a bigger house and can do TWO trees I will relish going and cutting one down again.
    
19. How do you feel about Christmas letters? Anne said: "Like to read them. Guilty of mocking them. Don't like to write them." Ditto!
    
20. Do you have Christmas decorations or lights outside your house? What are they? We have in years past but I just wasn't up for it this year. Hopefully next year we will be moved and I think I will pay a service to do it. I like the look and hate the headache.
21. How far would you drive to see Christmas lights? We usually go to Our Lady Of the Snows in Belleville. But I have heard of a few that are really nice. I might bring that idea up. Dinner then lights sounds great to me.
    
22. Are you a fan of tasteful or tacky? Tasteful. Unless it's in someone else's neighborhood then I like the tacky and will drive through to look at it. We have a neighborhood in town and I think each house tries to outdo each other. PRETTY fun though..
23. Do you have any Christmas themed collections? I have more Santas than any one person should have but I didn't buy any of them and I feel guilty not keeping them. My fave is the Polar Express one that talks.
    

This was a fun list! I will tag Lucinda (I know her as Cindy but have found other knitting bloggers know her as LUCINDA) as she is the only other blogger that "knows" me IRL and may possibly read this blog. LOL