Slackermom's Holiday Quiz

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?

Wrapping paper. I can't ever make a gift bag look nice with the tissue paper peeking out the top and the gift inside hidden. Mine look like a disgruntled sacker at the grocery store filled them. So I use wrapping paper and when it looks like crap, I tell the recipients that the kids helped me wrap gifts. Yes, I blame the kids.

2. Real tree or Fake.  

Fake. I don't want to murder a tree so it can sit in my living room dropping needles for a month.

3. When do you put up the tree?

Usually the Friday after Thanksgiving. If not, then at least by Saturday or Sunday after Thanksgiving.

4. When do you take it down?

As soon as possible. Usually the day after Christmas. That is, if the cats haven't already taken it down.

5.  Do you like eggnog?

Yes.

6. Favorite gift received as a child?

I can't say I remember, which really makes me wonder if finding the perfect gift for my children is as important as I've always thought.

7. Hardest person to buy for?

My mother-in-law.

8.  Easiest person to buy for?

My children.

9. Do you have a nativity scene?

Ack! No, no, no. There was one here briefly that Lexie got from her deceased Grandmother's things. Read all about the Jesus War at My House.

10. Mail or email  holiday cards?

Snail Mail. Cost me sixty bucks last year in postage alone. I may trim my list down this year.

11. Worst Holiday gift you ever received?

A visit from Aunt Flo.

12.  Favorite Christmas Movie?

Probably the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know, the one made in 1966.

13. When do you start shopping for the Holidays?

I usually start in november and hope to be done before Thanksgiving so I can avoid crowded stores. Of course, that never works out. I'll be lucky if I get my mother's Christmas list before December 20th.

14. Have you ever recycled a Holiday present?

I've given them away to someone that might appreciate them more but not as a gift, just as a "Hey, I got this and it really isn't me but I thought you might like it."

15.  Favorite thing to eat at on the Holiday?

Pecan Pie.

16.  Decorate with lights?

Yes.

17. Favorite Holiday song?

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. I even bought the CD. Go ahead. Make fun of me. It has sentimental value.

18. Travel on Holidays or stay home?

We usually travel. We have family in three states and five cities.It's really one big nightmare. I'd love to just once wake up on Christmas morning and not have to rush all over the countryside with kids that really just want to play with the toys they just got from Santa.

19.  Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's?

Yes. So could you if you had a daughter that performed in the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ballet.

20.  Angel on the tree top or a star?

Unfortunately, yes. I hate that fiber optic angel. It was a gift from my mother-in-law. In fact, I'd like to amend my answer to #11. I keep hoping the cats will break it. It's going to meet with disaster this year even if I have to put it in the microwave by accident.

21.  When do you open your Holiday presents?

Christmas Morning.

22.  Most annoying thing about this time of the year?

Gads! Almost all of it. I hate, hate, hate that the Halloween stuff was being crowded out by Christmas crap in October. I hate Christmas carols. I hate trying to figure out how I'm going to pay for it all. I hate getting a family portrait. I hate crowded stores. I hate trying to be five places at once. Thank the fates I love seeing the kids' faces on Christmas morning.

23.  Favorite ornament theme or color?

Anything non-traditional and offensive.

24. Favorite for Chanukah dinner?

Ham? See #23 if you're offended by that.

25. What do you want for the Holidays this year?

I want the money to fall out of the sky for the gifts I'd really like to give people. I hate having to shop on a limited budget.

26. Who is most likely to respond to this?

Anyone who is point-whoring for Christmas and hasn't done this already.

27.  Who is least likely to respond to this?

My husband. He's a lazy point-whore that needs to do his share.