Hello from North Carolina!
(Between Greensboro & Chapel Hill)
I am a Christmas Fanatic....I start thinking about Christmas mid-october but I refuse to start anything Christmas related until after Halloween. Then I go nuts :wink:
I'm only 20 right now...in college but I go home for the Holidays...at least for a few last years.
I found this community and started reading about a month ago, but I started a Myspace Christmas group last year that I adore:
http://groups.myspace.com/holidayseason
hmmmm... here's a survey I have
Favorites
Song: Happy Xmas(war is over)
Carol of the bells - many versions
I Want A Hippoptamus For Christmas
Food: cookies!
Movie: National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Scent: mmm...christmas trees
Snow
Do you get it where you live?: hardly ever! And then it's ice!
Do you play in the snow?: yes! we sled like crazy
Do you (still) get excited when school gets canceled, even if you aren't in school anymore?: I still am in school, so I DO get exited!
Did you looooove snow when you were a kid but then suddenly realized you HATED it once you got your drivers license?: yea kinda, now I am terrified to drive.
Have the snow plows ever block you in your drive way with big piles of snow?: WHAT snow plow. haha
Do you actually like to drive in it?: no way.
Ever have to shovel it?: No.
Do you love snow?: yes i do!!
Decorations
Fake tree or real tree?: Either is fine, Fake trees are easier and cheaper...
What do you decorate your tree with?: everything! The only tree I have of my own is a little one I got for clearance at Wal Mart for $8 last year. Cant wait to set it up!
Do you decorate your house?: Yes! I do a lot of it myself for ny family. I put up the lights inside
How soon do you start decorating?: Thanksgiving break from school.
Shopping/Presents
How soon do you start shopping?: after thanksgiving
Do you get up really early the day after Thanksgiving to kick off your holiday shopping?: oh god, I have done that a few times, it's tough standing in line outside Best Buy at 4 am when it's 30 degrees.
Do you like to shop at the mall or online?: At stores, not online.
How much do you usually spend on each person?: It all depends. $4 - $250 max usually
How many people do you buy for?: My family, my boyfriend and my friends.
Do you like to make gifts to make it more special and save on money?: Yea, I'm poor.
What's on your Chrismtas list this year? my car to be fixed...maybe a cheap camcorder
Santa
Do you still believe in him?: No, but he still visits every year
Did you ever believe in him?: yes I did!
When did you stop beliving in him and why?: I saw my parents being Santa.
Do you still get your picture taken with him?: Nah, that'd be kinda weird.
Have you ever dressed up as Santa/Mrs. Clause?: no
Have you ever helped out at the mall as one of Santa's little helpers?: haha nope.
Christmas Eve
Do you have Christmas Eve dinner with anyone?: With my family!
Do you open one present before Christmas morning?: Yeah, the presents from my grandparents and aunts/uncles
Do you set out cookies for Santa?: Every year
Do you wear Christmas jammies to bed?: I have some pink silk ones fro my boyfriend
Do you play Santa and set out all the presents under the tree?: No, not yet.
Does it take you forever to fall asleep?: Not as long anymore, but I used to stay up all night from excitement.
Do you or have you ever went Christmas caroling? No
Christmas Morning
How early do you wake up?: My sister wakes us all up really early! We used to be done by the time the sun came up, but we wake up a little later now.
Do you have kids that wake you up?: Still a kid
Do you travel on Christmas?: Only to my boyfriends house
If you travel, how far do you go?: less than a mile
Do you make Christmas dinner?: I like to help
If you don't make dinner, do you usually try to help or get kicked out of the kitchen for trying to steal food?: I help a little
Do you wear Christmas jammies?: yes!!
Do you play Santa and pass out all the presents to each other?: Some, me and my sister give the presents to our parents.
Do you do any volunteer work?: no
Do you donate to charities?: I plan to this year, maybe to local animal rescue.
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(Between Greensboro & Chapel Hill)
I am a Christmas Fanatic....I start thinking about Christmas mid-october but I refuse to start anything Christmas related until after Halloween. Then I go nuts :wink:
I'm only 20 right now...in college but I go home for the Holidays...at least for a few last years.
I found this community and started reading about a month ago, but I started a Myspace Christmas group last year that I adore:
http://groups.myspace.com/holidayseason
hmmmm... here's a survey I have
Favorites
Song: Happy Xmas(war is over)
Carol of the bells - many versions
I Want A Hippoptamus For Christmas
Food: cookies!
Movie: National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Scent: mmm...christmas trees
Snow
Do you get it where you live?: hardly ever! And then it's ice!
Do you play in the snow?: yes! we sled like crazy
Do you (still) get excited when school gets canceled, even if you aren't in school anymore?: I still am in school, so I DO get exited!
Did you looooove snow when you were a kid but then suddenly realized you HATED it once you got your drivers license?: yea kinda, now I am terrified to drive.
Have the snow plows ever block you in your drive way with big piles of snow?: WHAT snow plow. haha
Do you actually like to drive in it?: no way.
Ever have to shovel it?: No.
Do you love snow?: yes i do!!
Decorations
Fake tree or real tree?: Either is fine, Fake trees are easier and cheaper...
What do you decorate your tree with?: everything! The only tree I have of my own is a little one I got for clearance at Wal Mart for $8 last year. Cant wait to set it up!
Do you decorate your house?: Yes! I do a lot of it myself for ny family. I put up the lights inside
How soon do you start decorating?: Thanksgiving break from school.
Shopping/Presents
How soon do you start shopping?: after thanksgiving
Do you get up really early the day after Thanksgiving to kick off your holiday shopping?: oh god, I have done that a few times, it's tough standing in line outside Best Buy at 4 am when it's 30 degrees.
Do you like to shop at the mall or online?: At stores, not online.
How much do you usually spend on each person?: It all depends. $4 - $250 max usually
How many people do you buy for?: My family, my boyfriend and my friends.
Do you like to make gifts to make it more special and save on money?: Yea, I'm poor.
What's on your Chrismtas list this year? my car to be fixed...maybe a cheap camcorder
Santa
Do you still believe in him?: No, but he still visits every year
Did you ever believe in him?: yes I did!
When did you stop beliving in him and why?: I saw my parents being Santa.
Do you still get your picture taken with him?: Nah, that'd be kinda weird.
Have you ever dressed up as Santa/Mrs. Clause?: no
Have you ever helped out at the mall as one of Santa's little helpers?: haha nope.
Christmas Eve
Do you have Christmas Eve dinner with anyone?: With my family!
Do you open one present before Christmas morning?: Yeah, the presents from my grandparents and aunts/uncles
Do you set out cookies for Santa?: Every year
Do you wear Christmas jammies to bed?: I have some pink silk ones fro my boyfriend
Do you play Santa and set out all the presents under the tree?: No, not yet.
Does it take you forever to fall asleep?: Not as long anymore, but I used to stay up all night from excitement.
Do you or have you ever went Christmas caroling? No
Christmas Morning
How early do you wake up?: My sister wakes us all up really early! We used to be done by the time the sun came up, but we wake up a little later now.
Do you have kids that wake you up?: Still a kid
Do you travel on Christmas?: Only to my boyfriends house
If you travel, how far do you go?: less than a mile
Do you make Christmas dinner?: I like to help
If you don't make dinner, do you usually try to help or get kicked out of the kitchen for trying to steal food?: I help a little
Do you wear Christmas jammies?: yes!!
Do you play Santa and pass out all the presents to each other?: Some, me and my sister give the presents to our parents.
Do you do any volunteer work?: no
Do you donate to charities?: I plan to this year, maybe to local animal rescue.
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