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1. Wrapping paper or gift bags
Both
2. Real tree or artificial?
Are you kidding me! Real.
3. When do you put up the tree?
We cut it down usually the day after Thanksgiving and it goes up right away.
4. When do you take the tree down?
Right around new years.
5. Do you like eggnog?
yes, I love eggnog, especially my next door neighbors recipe!
6. Favorite gift received as a child?
A huge doll, it was as tall as I was then.
7. Hardest person to buy for?
My husband. He is so great at getting me presents!
8. Easiest person to buy for?
Me, and then James.
9. Do you have a nativity scene?
We did.
10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards?
Mailed and home made.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
I wonder if I should wait to answer this, because Christmas is in a couple of days! I really haven't received a bad Christmas present.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie?
I can't remember the tile but, the movie is about a little boy and his Family and his friends tongue gets stuck to a flag pole. Is that a Christmas movie?
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?
I started too early this year, Nov is usually when I start.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
No.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
Pumpkin pie!
16. Favorite Christmas tradition?
Getting our Christmas Tree and open an early present!
17. Favorite Christmas song?
O Holy Night
18. Travel at Christmas or stay at home?
Home.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's?
I would but, I don't know the names.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star?
Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
One Christmas Eve, The rest in the morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
Last minute shopping in the slushy road.
23. Favorite for Christmas dinner?
Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, funeral potatoes, fresh rolls, crackers and crab cheese balls, Dominican cabbage salad, my Mom's spit roasted pig, chicken ,potato salad. Pumpkin Cheesecake, cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake, pumpkin pie, my wassail and Martinelli's.
24. What do you want for Christmas this year?
I am not sure!
25. How many days left until Christmas?
2
Christmas in the Dominican Republic:
People celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December but the Christmas season lasts all of December and part of January. They also have the same Santa as we do except he doesn't go down the chimney. For Christmas they have lots of food even the poor families have more food than they can eat. Dominicans celebrate Thanksgiving on the 24th of December they start eating and celebrating early in the day and don't stop till late that night. They get presents on Christmas and also give presents on January 6th which is called the day of kings. The day of kings is to remember the three wise men bringing gifts to Jesus. One really fun tradition that Dominicans do is called little angels. little angels is were friends and family draw names and give funny gifts to the person whose name they drew, without letting them know who gave it to them. Then on Christmas they give the person a really nice present and reveal who was the little angel.
I have been making jewelry for some time now, I really enjoy it. I decided to start making my own because I was never happy with the ones I had bought. In 2005 I bought me some tools to make my own jewelry and I love making it. I also couldn't find a wreath that I truly really loved, So I decided to make my own too. Some day I would like to have my own retail shop! Here are some of my favorite jewelry and wreaths.
I have been looking for a can opener for about four weeks. Looking for a can opener wasn't difficult, but finding a good one was! I decided to look at Target and I found one, I looked at Ross and found one also! So I got them both. I got home to try them out and the first can opener was so hard to use, I mean Horrible, I thought to myself "how hard can a can opener be right?" I told my husband "Maybe it's me, I can't open the cans." He comes over to help me and he couldn't either.
So then I tried the second can opener. That was worse than the first one. So I returned both of them. When I told the lady at the store that I couldn't seem to find one that worked, she didn't help much either. She said she had an electric one and two regular ones and none of them work either. So I was about ready to give up.
Then I remembered the Pampered Chef party I had a few months ago. The chef said they had a really good can opener. Pampered Chef is expensive but they have great quality so I decided I would try theirs. It came this week and I have to say "It's the best can opener EVER!"
It was so easy to use that I had to open a couple extra cans just for the sake of opening them and put the into the fridge. I guess I'll be cooking beans for a few days. :)
Most of you know I grew up in a 3rd world country. It was fun growing up down there. Beautiful scenery, we took siestas, even the stores closed down for lunch time, weird huh? It was great. This time of year I really miss it more than any other time, especially my parents. I remember for one of my Christmas presents I got a huge doll, the doll was as tall as I was then, it was beautiful. One day when we have a lot of money I would like to buy a timeshare there!!! I have so many great memories. I also remember when I was about four years old, my grandma lived about half an hour away from my parents house. It was like night and day. There wasn't any power there, when 6:30 came around my grandma had her tealights and candles ready So we had some light.
When the power went out a while ago, I thought to myself I can survive with no power. It brought back memories from my grandma. I am so thankful to live in this wonderful world with the technology we have now. I love it. I am especially thankful for my wonderful husband. He is soooooo awesome.
We finally got our Christmas tree!
Eight years ago we decided to start a tradition. Getting a fresh cut tree. We love the smell of pine in the winter. We really did think how messy it was. The first year I thought that it was hard to clean up the mess and I didn't really want another real tree. The pine needles are really poky, our first tree skirt got damaged by the sap and one the our vacuums too. But that didn't stoped us from getting a fresh cut tree we only do this once a year and the pine needles aren't too bad. I love the time we get to spend together as a family and that makes it worth it . I just need to remember to be careful vacuuming.
