Rella927

Wishing all of my SR family a very blessed and Happy Holiday!

Let's have some fun...
Just a short questionnaire for fun to lift up our moods!


1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

4. What tops your tree?

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?

7. Favorite Christmas movie?

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?

10. What is your favorite holiday tradition?


I will start.....

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Mostly with Country ornaments/Snowmen/Rusty Jingle bells

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Spritz cookies

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Spending Christmas Eve with my best friend, her daughter and her mom-
It is a girl's night of celebration! For close to 16 years!

4. What tops your tree?
A lit Country Star

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?
I love many ....but I do love "Let It snow" Dean Martin

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?
My great great great Uncle wrote "Twas the night before Christmas" So I would have to say this is my all time favorite!
(Yes I have a famous person among my family tree )

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
"A Christmas Story" just love Ralphie in his Bunny P.J.'s :rof

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Love white!

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Egg nog girl here

10. Three words you would like Christmas to be?
Quiet peaceful & joyous


Enjoy

ICU

Oh cool, I'll play....

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Unfortunately, I don't have one this year. But when I did, it was different each year. My favorite is a Victorian Theme.

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
My Mom's recipe for French Chocolate candy rolled in sprinkles, nuts, or coconut

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
I'm in the process of creating all new ones. The first and foremost is realizing it's my Christmas too and to be sure to spend it doing things that "I" love

4. What tops your tree?
This year, nothing, but other years it's always an angel

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?
I'm torn between Oh Holy Night and The First Noel

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?
It would have to be 'Twas the Night Before Christmas too!
Soooo cool about your uncle Rella!

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
It has to be Rudolph (oh, wait, that was a tv movie) Hmmm...ok, then A Christmas Story. May I pick both?

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
All different Colors

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Mint hot chocolate

10. Three words you would like Christmas to be?
Loving, genuine, kind

When do we find out if we've passed the test Rella??

Wishing all of you a wonderful holiday season!

Krissy41

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? Mismatch ornaments and the ornaments my kids made when they were young

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Pumpkin pie

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Cooking

4. What tops your tree? A Star

5. What is your favorite Christmas song? All of them

6. What is your favorite Christmas story? Twas the night before christmas

7. Favorite Christmas movie? National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White it looks like snow

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate? Hot chocolate

10. What is your favorite holiday tradition? sitting by a fire and talking to my family, laughing and enjoying each other

Astro

Thanks Rella! This is fun!

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
White lights. All kinds of ornaments. Angel.

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Yulekake. Grandma took the recipe to the grave with her.

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
A Lionel train under the tree. My current home is too small for it though!

4. What tops your tree?
Angel

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Silent Night

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?
"Twas the night before Christmas"

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
A Christmas Story or Miracle On 34th St (The original)

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White!

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Both!

10. Three words you would like Christmas to be?
Peaceful, happy, joyous

ARealLady

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?

* It'll be a very small tree this year as there is so little room in my new house. So, I will buy a tree in a pot and decorate it with mini lights and tinsel. I am going to hang all my glass ornaments in the picture window (no blinds there) so we can still enjoy them that way.

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?

* The Christmas fruitcake covered with marzipan and royal icing which my family has made for 3 generations now.

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

* Probably baking aforementioned cake and "stirring in a wish" before it gets poured into the pan.

4. What tops your tree?

*Lights and tinsel this year.

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?

* Joy to the World

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?

* The Nativity but The Snowman makes me feel nostalgic too because it came out when my two adult sons were very young and we watched and re-watched it for a few Christmases in a row.

7. Favorite Christmas movie?

* The Snowman and the first Home Alone movie.

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?

* White!!!

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?

* Neither....a cup of strong tea with milk

10. Three words you would like Christmas to be?

* LOL...that implies I can control Christmas! Christmas IS peace, love and hope.

ARL

Barbara52

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?

This year most of the decorations are new on a new fake tree. So they all match in colors (green, red and silver) Usually its a mishmash. And will be again once I get all the old decorations back.

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?

Everything!

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

Trying to hide presents form the kids and wrapping them so they can't tell by looking what each package is.

Getting together with family on Christmas Eve and going to midnight service.


4. What tops your tree?

A red star (my son wanted to know if I was becoming a Communist)

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?

O Holy Night

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

7. Favorite Christmas movie?

Its a Wonderful Life

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?

White this year.

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?

Egg nog

10. Three words you would like Christmas to be?

Joy, Peace and Love

Lilyflower

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
My tree is usually decorated in gold, red and silver. I put up baulbles, stars, ribbons, angels anything I love! As most of my decorations are cheap plastic ones from my first xmas living alone, each year I buy one or two special ones to replace the old. I have a glass Mickey Mouse head wearing a santa hat, a 4 inch Minnie Mouse, a snowman with a bell for a bottom, and a few my daughter has made at school over the years. This year I purchased two from a charity for children here in UK that are made from wool.

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
I love Stollen! If you haven't tried it or know what it is, it is a delicious cake made with yeast, water and flour. It has dried fruits, citrus peal, almonds, marzipan, cinnamon and doused in icing sugar. I love it with pouring cream! Very, very unhealthy but hey, it is the holidays!

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
I love christmas eve. Each year we have sausage meat and onion baps for our tea, have our baths and put on brand new pjs, sit in the living room in front of a nice hot fire and allow the children to open one present. All the stress is over, the meat is cooked and the kitchen spreads a great aroma through the house. I relax and just look forward to the morning.

4. What tops your tree?
I have a fairy made of pottery, like a traditional doll. She is dressed in white lace and has brown curly hair.

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?
I cannot remember the name, or who sang it but...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping at your nose,
Yule tide carols being sung by a choir and folks dressed up like eskimos,
Every body knows, that turkey and some mistletoe,
All help to make the season bright,
Tiny tots with their eyes all a glow, will find it hard to sleep tonight.
They know that Santa's on his way,
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh,
And every mother's child is gonna spy,
to see if reindeer really know how to fly.
And so I'm offering this simple phrase, to kids from 1 to 92,
All though its been said, many times, many ways...
Merry Christmas to you!

Always makes me well up with tears of joy.

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?
The little Match Stick girl - Hans Christian Anderson. So moving and it has always helped me appreciate that their our those without at christmas who should be welcomed into our hearts and who deserve our benevolence.

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
Miracle on 34th street.

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Gotta be white for me, totally classic!

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
I'm a hot choc girl!

10. Three words I would like Christmas to be?
Loving, peaceful and happy.

Lily xxxx

Lilyflower

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
My tree is usually decorated in gold, red and silver. I put up baulbles, stars, ribbons, angels anything I love! As most of my decorations are cheap plastic ones from my first xmas living alone, each year I buy one or two special ones to replace the old. I have a glass Mickey Mouse head wearing a santa hat, a 4 inch Minnie Mouse, a snowman with a bell for a bottom, and a few my daughter has made at school over the years. This year I purchased two from a charity for children here in UK that are made from wool.

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
I love Stollen! If you haven't tried it or know what it is, it is a delicious cake made with yeast, water and flour. It has dried fruits, citrus peal, almonds, marzipan, cinnamon and doused in icing sugar. I love it with pouring cream! Very, very unhealthy but hey, it is the holidays!

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
I love christmas eve. Each year we have sausage meat and onion baps for our tea, have our baths and put on brand new pjs, sit in the living room in front of a nice hot fire and allow the children to open one present. All the stress is over, the meat is cooked and the kitchen spreads a great aroma through the house. I relax and just look forward to the morning.

4. What tops your tree?
I have a fairy made of pottery, like a traditional doll. She is dressed in white lace and has brown curly hair.

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?
I cannot remember the name, or who sang it but...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping at your nose,
Yule tide carols being sung by a choir and folks dressed up like eskimos,
Every body knows, that turkey and some mistletoe,
All help to make the season bright,
Tiny tots with their eyes all a glow, will find it hard to sleep tonight.
They know that Santa's on his way,
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh,
And every mother's child is gonna spy,
to see if reindeer really know how to fly.
And so I'm offering this simple phrase, to kids from 1 to 92,
All though its been said, many times, many ways...
Merry Christmas to you!

Always makes me well up with tears of joy.

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?
The little Match girl - Hans Christian Anderson. So moving and it has always helped me appreciate that their our those without at christmas who should be welcomed into our hearts and who deserve our benevolence.

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
Miracle on 34th street.

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Gotta be white for me, totally classic!

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
I'm a hot choc girl!

10. Three words I would like Christmas to be?
Loving, peaceful and happy.

Lily xxxx

Lilyflower

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queenteree

Great thread to help cheer us up and get to know each other!


Let's have some fun...
Just a short questionnaire for fun to lift up our moods!


1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
With ribbons and country decorations

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Christmas Cresecent Cookies

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Christmas Eve (even more than Xmas Day) where the kids and the family all come over and we eat a 6 foot hero and sing Xmas songs.

4. What tops your tree?
Large Bow

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Chrissy the Christmas Mouse (cause I've always seemed to have a mouse or two in my house around Xmas and so the kids weren't scared when they were little we used to sing that song - it's a real song)

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?
Rudolph

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
As of now, Polar Express

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White lights on tree, white and colored on house and bushes

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Hot chocolate

10. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Asked that already, but another one is day after Thanksgiving decorating party

Rella927

Love this! Bath and PJ's and hang out! I'm in!

ARL sure you can control your own Christmas in a way-

These are great everyone! More More More.....

Lilyflower

That begun with my mum, every year we would get our one present on christmas eve and it was always new pjs! She would've washed all our bedding too despite everything she had done during the day. I still carry the tradition now, as does my sister!

Rella927

QT

:rof Krissy kind of copied #10. twice and I think some followed her instead of the blank one up top! It is all good! That Krissy!!!

parentrecovers

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
Usually quickly with really big old fashioned ornaments and ribbon. and a lot of lights!

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Sugar cookies, decorated by kids

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Mr K in his santa suit

4. What tops your tree?
A simple star

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?
'Twas the Night Before Christmas

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
Ntl Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
Just white, no blinking

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Egg nog

10. Three words you would like Christmas to be?
Peaceful, safe, full of gratefulness

denny57

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?

Lots of lights, lots of ornaments, most hand made.

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?

Apple pie is my favorite dessert for every holiday, including my birthday.

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?

Writing letters back from Santa for my friends' children. Making Italian biscuits.

4. What tops your tree?

Sometimes an angel, sometimes a star.

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?

Oh Holy Night.

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?

A Christmas Carol

7. Favorite Christmas movie?

A Christmas Story

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?

None; but I like looking at everyone else's

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?

Egg nog

10. Three words you would like Christmas to be?

Filled with love

FormerDoormat

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? With tropical lime-green and aqua-colored fish

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Apple pie

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Baking

4. What tops your tree? A star fish

5. What is your favorite Christmas song? White Christmas

6. What is your favorite Christmas story? T'was the Night Before Christmas--how cool that Uncle Rella wrote it!

7. Favorite Christmas movie? White Christmas

8. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate? Hot chocolate

10. Three words you would like Christmas to be? Peaceful, happy, joyous

kelsh

How do I get the questions to answer about Christmas ???

kelsh

Astro

Just quote Rella's original post, delete her answers and put yours in!

cmc

1. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
We always buy a Fraser fir and use ALOT of mismatched ornaments collected over the years with no garland, bows, tinsel or tree skirt.

2. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Butter cookies with icing are especially good but we have whatever we are in the mood for. We always have pumpkin pie for Christmas.

3. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
My adult kids decorate the tree. This year we had another helper, my son's fiancee!

4. What tops your tree? A lit up star that looks like crystal.

5. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Oh Holy Night
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Little Saint Nick by the Beach Boys- my kids used to love that one.
Run, Run Rudolph by Chuck Berry.

6. What is your favorite Christmas story?
Matthew 1:18-24 The story of the Nativity.


7. Favorite Christmas movie?
"It's A Wonderful Life"


8. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
White on the tree. We don't put up lights outside anymore.

9. Egg nog or hot chocolate?
Both, but traditionally we have eggnog together on Christmas morning.

10. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Taking time to pray together as a family, before the meal and/or before opening gifts. It's usually a prayer of thanks and recognition of God's blessings during the past year.

11. Three words you would like Christmas to be?
Happy Birthday Jesus

Rella927

Actually funny thing FD....My cousin and I could not stand our middle name and never knew what the meaning behind it was other than it was from my mom's side somewhere down the tree! "Moore" what a middle name to grow up with ......amazing how when we grow and we learn more ....and we recover more than we are blessed with certain things such as my middle name from "Uncle Rella"

Clement C. Moore


And CMC.......... Love that song too! Run, Run Rudolph by Chuck Berry really gets you going!