Christmas Fluff!

[Bakershalfdozen]

Hi everybody. Just thought I throw out some fun, Christmas fluff questions.


1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree?

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed?

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers?

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song?

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song?

6. Favorite secular Christmas song?

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights?

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area?

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving?

10. What holiday traditions does your family have?

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

[HappyChristian]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? [color=#800000]Multi-color 'cause my hubby and son outvoted me :Green [/color]

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? [color=#800000]presents under the tree as they are wrapped...we have one there now[/color]

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? [color=#800000]Yep to both[/color]

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? [color=#800000]O Holy Night[/color]

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? [color=#800000]Once in Royal David's City[/color]

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? [color=#800000]White Christmas[/color]

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? [color=#800000]Used to when our son was small[/color]

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? [color=#800000]One yard that is just unbelievable - lighted figures everywhere. You can see it from the street behind, and then you pull into the cul-de-sac and you see the front. Really neat.[/color]

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving?[color=#800000]After. Have most done for out of town family, but only a couple things for my guys.[/color]

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? [color=#800000]Lasagne for Christmas Day supper. Open one gift on Christmas Eve, the rest the next morning. Devotions from the birth of Christ verses in the Bible.[/color]

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? [color=#800000]See above[/color]

[joyfulpraise93]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? Well, we don't have a tree, but I did decorate with multi-colored lights on our balcony and white lights around the window in our bedroom.

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? Hmm well, no kids (except in my tummy) and no tree...the presents I got for Samer are staying hidden until Christmas morning I think.

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? I have gone caroling several times and received carolers too.

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? Angels We Have Heard On High

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? Beautiful Star of Bethlehem and Heaven's Gift

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? Oh yes :)

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? In Bethlehem, PA it's supposed to be really amazing this time of year. It's about 20 minutes away but we haven't gone to it yet.

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? All of it after

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? None yet :)

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? We haven't talked about that yet.

[matie-k]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? Multi colored

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? As soon as they're wrapped!

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? I have only gone at nursing homes years ago.

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? Silent Night, Hallelujah Chorus

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? While Shepherd's Watched their Flocks by Night, Sweet Little Jesus Boy, Once in Royal David's City

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? There's No Place Like Home (I think that's what it's called.)

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? Not here where we live

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? No

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? After

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? Our children are so young, so we haven't made any big traditions yet.

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Christmas Eve

[pneu-engine]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? [color=#000080][b]Multi-colored, tiny and bazillions of 'em.[/b][/color]

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? [color=#000080][b]Christmas Eve [/b][/color]

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? [color=#000080][b]Yes[/b][/color]

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? [color=#000080][b]"O Holy Night" [/b][/color]

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? [color=#000080][b]"One Small Child [i](in a cast of a Thousand)[/i]"[/b][/color]

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? [color=#000080][b]"Silver Bells"[/b][/color]

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? [b][color=#000080]Yes[/color][/b]

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? [color=#000080] [b]Yes, and it is truly spectacular, as well as tastefully done.[/b][/color]

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? [b][color=#000080]After[/color][/b]

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? [color=#000080][b] Our kids come in from out of state (sometimes) [/b][/color]

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?[/quote] [b][color=#000080]One each person on Christmas Eve and the rest on Christmas Morning[/color][/b]

[kevinmiller]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? [color=#00BF00]My mom usually likes solid white lights but I have blinky colored lights on my little fake tree this year.[/color]

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? [color=#00BF00]My parents always put them out the night before and I would bring mine down in the morning. This year, I put the Christmas presents that my family sent me under the tree as soon as I got them. Not really anywhere else to put them anyway. lol[/color]

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? [color=#00BF00]Unfortunately, no. If my church goes on Christmas Eve this year, I'll go with them. :smile [/color]

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? [color=#00BF00]Joy to the World.[/color]

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? [color=#00BF00]I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.[/color]

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? [color=#00BF00]Maybe...White Christmas.[/color]

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? [color=#00BF00]Sometimes we would with my grandmother, otherwise we would just see them as we drove along. hehe In Korea, no one puts up Christmas lights at their...apartment. lol[/color]

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? [color=#00BF00]There are some trees with lights and lights are strung up over a popular lane for nightlife but not much else. I hope to go to Seoul or Suwon to see some nice displays. [/color]

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? [color=#00BF00]After Thanksgiving.[/color]

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? [color=#00BF00]We open our stockings before breakfast and we usually have a big breakfast, like homemade orange juice, muffins, bacon, sausage, eggs, etc. Then my dad will read Luke 2 in the living room before we open presents. Then he hands one of us a present and we all take turns opening them. For lunch, we would go to my grandparents and open presents after lunch there. We would spend the evening at my other grandparents and open more presents. This year, I'm not sure what I'll do....might spend most of the day at church.[/color]

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? [color=#00BF00]All on Christmas.[/color]

[Annie]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? [color=#FF0000]Multi-colored...I have five kids!!!! Maybe white someday.[/color]

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? [color=#FF0000]Whole season. We're never in our own home for Christmas.[/color]

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? [color=#FF0000]Yes to both...Fun and blessings all around![/color]

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? [color=#FF0000]Hmmm...."The Infant King"[/color] and [color=#FF0000]"Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"[/color]

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? [color=#FF0000]This isn't "little-known," I suppose (and it's really NOT LIKE ME AT ALL to enjoy something Mark Lowry has made popular, but) "Mary, Did You Know?" I love the thoughtful, poignant lyrics as well as the simple way Lowry presents the song. It brings tears every time I hear it.[/color]

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? [color=#FF0000]NONE. I get soooooo tired of "department store" renditions of even the classics. Seems like they start in earlier every year. If I hear "Meli-Kaliki-Maka" or "Feliz Navidad" one more time, I'm going to go insane. Just call me Ebenezer Scrooge on this one![/color]

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? [color=#FF0000]Not really. We spend so much time in the car, though, and cover so much ground that we do see quite a few nice displays.[/color]

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? [color=#FF0000]Had to laugh at this one. There is a house on the way to our church with a tiny yard that is literally CRAMMED full of all the inflatable, movable, lightable items that can be had...Last time we went by, I know we saw at least two ferris wheels, a Santa, a giant snow globe, numerous tall candy canes, stars, and (I kid you not) MUCH, MUCH MORE, with lights strung everywhere. It doesn't matter what season it is (Easter, Halloween, etc.)...This house's yard is loaded. Very amusing.[/color]

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? [color=#FF0000]After[/color]

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? [color=#FF0000]We're trying to establish some, but haven't really been successful...The kids always sleep over at Papa and Nana's house in their new Christmas jammies the night before Christmas Eve. Then we spend C.E. with Papa and Nana. Christmas Eve night, the kids sleep over at Grammy and Poppy's, and then we spend Christmas (brunch, supper) at their house. We do not give our kids any gifts. We tell them that our gift to them is taking them to see the grandparents 14 hours away.[/color]

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? [color=#FF0000]Both (see above)[/color]

[Guest Guest]

#1 White & multi-colored

#2 Whole season

#3 No

#4 Always liked Hark the herald angels sing.

#5 None

#6 None

#7 Have in the past, but not every year

#8 Not really

#9 After Thanksgiving

#10 We do a Christmas play reenactment of the whole Christmas story on Christmas eve every year

#11 Christmas day

[BlessedChristianlady8]

[b][color=#004000] 1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? Multi Colors the others drives me batty.

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? The whole season we don't do Santa in the house(well we have decorations of him but not do it)

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? Yes

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? Little Town of Bethlehem, Star of Bethlehem , Joy to the world

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? Not sure LOL

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? Rudolf the rednosed raindeer, the Hawaiian one, carol of the bells, winter wonderland, Jingle bells, sleigh ride, O holy night ,I'll add more later

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? Yes we will be doing this on Christmas EVE

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? Not sure in my own area but the town I grew up in that we will be going this year has a couple. One of them is a full street and they display the story of Jesus. At the End of it in the Cul de sac they have Charlie brown characters.

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? Mid December

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? We have North pole themes around we keep Santa for fun and movie and nother more then that. We do gingerbread and candy cane legend. We put up a tree and bake cookies all season. We send out Christmas cards and have fun with that. We do the Bible and focus on the true meaning of Christmas.
I have more to say but too tired to list more LOL

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? One on Christmas eve night and the rest Christmas day morning.
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[Anon]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? White

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? Growing up we had them under the tree the whole season but now with littler ones we do it Christmas Eve.

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? Maybe once?

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? O Holy Night

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? One Small Child

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? Winter Wonderland? Jingle Bells? Something like that.

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? Occasionally, not often

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? Drive through lights display

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? Most before..few loose ends after

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? None really yet

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Christmas Day

[deafnva77]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? white

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? after bedtime. Sometimes, I like to suprise him with the number of presents he got. But usually he get three.

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? nope

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? Joy to the World

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? O holy night so far

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? Jingle bells and I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? Sometimes

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? yes

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? after

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? putting up the tree?

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? At in-laws, Christmas Eve But for everyone else, Christmas Day

[IM4given]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? My kids ae allergic to pine needles, so we have a prelit fake tree.

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? I have to hide them - the hard part is finding them again before Christmas so I can wrap them and put them under the tree!

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? When I was a kid we went caroling in nursing homes all the time!

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? O Holy Night!

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? Children Go Where I Send Thee

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? Anything by Andy Williams!

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? Always!

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? The Withlacoochi power company has a very dazzling light display!

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? I do most of my Christmas shopping in JANUARY - during the after-Christmas sales, and then I buy this and that throughout the year - I stay as far away from storesas I can in Novemeber and December!

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows before bedtime. When they were little I used to read them the Christmas Story before they went to bed (the REAL one - not the Night Before Christmas one LOL!). Then they lay in the bed while I try to get everything under the tree for them. Then around midnight we open the gifts!

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Christmas Day!

[blossom]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? [color=#FF8000] multi coloured flashing[/color]

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? [color=#FF8000]Definately christmas eve. My kids are 5 and 3[/color]
3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? [color=#FF4000]Yes a couple of years ago.[/color]
4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? [color=#FF4000]O Holy Night[/color]

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song?[color=#FF4000] not sure[/color]

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? [color=#FF4000]I'm dreaming of a White Christmas. (It'll never happen in Australia)[/color]
7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? [color=#FF4000]Our pastor hired a mini van and took all the church kids out last night. They had a ball.[/color]
8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? [color=#FF8000]A family has done up an Australiana Christmas. It is excellent. Lots of moving parts[/color]
9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? [color=#FF8000]After[/color]

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? [color=#FF4000]Dad always hands out the presents, all presents are opened after the first coffee is made. I'm usually the one that wakes everyone up. Only time I ever get up early.[/color]
11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? [color=#FF8000]Christmas Day[/color]

[color=#00FF00]Have a great Christmas.[/color]
Blossom

[Guest Guest]

Hi everybody. Just thought I throw out some fun, Christmas fluff questions.


1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? Colored. Although, personally I would like white.

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? Christmas Eve.

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? Yes! Many times growing up. Also, as a church. And, in the nursing homes.

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? I have two favorites: "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem"

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? "Mary Did You Know?' As sung by the Von Trapp-- great grandchildren.

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? Yes! We go every year around town. Also, we go to the parks, too.

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? Yes! The house looks like the house from the "secular" Christmas movie..."Christmas Vacation." They add more lights every year.

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? After Thanksgiving.

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? Baking Christmas cookies. Christmas Eve get together. Christmas Day dinner. "kids Christmas" and for the adults?--- A "White Elephant" exchange. We watch Christmas movies and play games. Christmas concerts at the "Palace Theater." Children's school Christmas plays. This year we are sending gifts to the children in Mexico.

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

One gift on Christmas Eve. The rest on Christmas Day.


Jess...This is good "fluff." Actually, I call it good "stuff." Thanks. :thumb

[Bakershalfdozen]

1. White lights, solid color lights or multi-colored lights on your tree? Multi-colored...

2. Presents under the tree for the whole season or bring them out on Christmas Eve after the kiddos are in bed? Whole season although we do keep some back until the last day...

3. Ever gone Caroling or received Carolers? Yes! Great fun...

4. Favorite well-known Chrismas hymn/song? Hmm; it is difficult to pick one. Ring The Bells, O Holy Night, Angels We Have Heard On High, The Messiah

5. Favorite little-known Christmas hymn/song? Again, hmm. :frog How Should A King Come? Behold The Babe, Sleep O Holy Child...

6. Favorite secular Christmas song? Silver Bells and a few others although I get very tired of the hack jobs I hear over and over again in the stores. They play the same 5 songs over and over again... :roll

7. Do you drive around looking at Christmas lights? Yes

8. Is there a particularly spectacular scene/sight in your area? Yes; there is a park that has a 2-mile long light display.

9. Most of your shopping done before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving? Before, if I can help it. I don't like the crowds. Actually, I like to bargain shop throughout the year and also shopping online helps avoid the crowds as well.

10. What holiday traditions does your family have? Fire in the fireplace, jigsaw puzzles, Christmas movies, decorating cookies, watching a performance of Handel's The Messiah, watching a DVD of the Three Tenors sing Christmas songs, I tell the kids the stories behind some of our tree ornaments (some I've had since I was a kid), making new ornaments, an advent "calendar"*, speaking often of our King's birth (every other Monarch gets a huge celebration for their b/d---why not Jesus?) Also, this year the kids got to be in a play at church and had a great time being a shepherd and 3 sheep.

11. Open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Christmas Eve...


*I just want to say more about this advent calendar... I love them; I think they are fun. There are a zillion ways to do one - anything you can use to count down the days to Christmas works. This year I have a greenery wreath and every night I put something small on it for each of the kids. In the morning when they wake up, they run to the wreath and there might be a piece of candy or a Christmas pencil or a toothbrush, stickers and sometimes just a piece of decorated paper stating a fun activity we will do that day. Last Saturday, I hung Christmas cookie cutters on it indicating that we would be making decorated cookies that day. The kids just love it! So do I. :Green