FMM: Christmas Questions

Rinda posted a list of Christmas questions on her blog that originated with The BoysMum2Blog and is sponsored by the All the Weigh blog. I’ve been off the computer for nearly a week except to answer important emails, and this seemed like the perfect way to get back to blogging. (Think this will be the next entry in my Christmas Journal, which is coming along, although I’m still not up-to-date.)

Christmas Questions 

1. How will you celebrate the holidays this year? This year Matt will be here for five days over Christmas, so Christmas morning will seem more like the old days. We’ll go out to dinner on Christmas Eve, and then to the 11:00 service at church. On Christmas Day, Tracy’s family will arrive for dinner at 4:00. This year we’ll be twenty strong. It’s always a day of laughter and fun!

2. What’s the weather currently like where you live?  This year it’s been warmer (40’s-50’s), but lots of rain and gray skies. There’s a storm headed our way later this week, so there’s a chance we’ll have snow by Christmas. It looks like the storm will pass through Denver and not quite here when Matt is traveling. I hope that part of the forecast is correct.

3. Do you decorate your home for the holidays? If so, share a picture please!  I love to decorate my house for Christmas and it looks so festive even though I put out fewer decorations every year.

4. What’s your favorite Christmas movie? We’re not big movie watchers, but we used to watch Christmas at Sesame Street every year, even when the kids got older. I know Sarah has a copy ready to share with Caleb.

5. What is your favorite Christmas song? I love singing carols, and my favorite is “Once in Royal David’s City” which is always the first carol sung at the Christmas Eve service.

6. Do you have an advent calendar? I made this advent calendar when Sarah was two years old. We’ve hung it now for 30 years. (And a sneak peek at some new photos of Skylar who was here for dinner on Friday.)

7. Do you prefer colored lights or white lights? We have colored lights. The first year Sarah lived in an apartment Matt, Tracy and I decided to give white lights a try. I’m the only one who liked them, and Sarah threatened to boycott Christmas. (An idle threat, I might add.) Here’s a shot of some star bokeh I took for the Twelve Days of Christmas class. I’m sure they’d be beautiful in white as well.

8. What is your favorite food to eat over the holidays? We bake lots of cookies, but the food I look forward to the most are the roasted vegetables my sister-in-law brings to Christmas dinner, and the cheesy potatoes Tracy’s cousin brings. 

9. Do you display a live tree, or do you prefer fake trees? We always have a live tree. All the years that the kids were in town, we cut ours down, and made a day of it. Now that’s we’re on our own, we’ve started buying a pre-cut tree. This year’s is beautiful, but getting the tree is not as much fun as it used to be.

10. What would you need to make your holiday perfect his year? I know I’ll have a fabulous holiday, but it would be even more perfect if we could visit Oregon for a few days and spend some time with Sarah, Adam, and Caleb.

I’ll be around to get caught up on all the blogs later this week!