1. Opening presents…rip ’em open with all abandon, or carefully open, preserving the pretty paper for recycling? occasionally rip with abandon. But if the paper is really pretty, slowly. Or if I know what I’m getting, slowly, so the anticipation builds…
2. Do you and yours take turns, opening one gift at a time, or does everyone just rip into everything at the same time? Turns, sort of. It’s usually which ever person’s pile comes next.
3. If you get something you don’t like…do you try to return it, or keep it so as not to hurt the giver’s feelings? I haven’t gotten anything horrendous that I can think of, but I’d probably return it. My relatives are pretty good about giving gift recipits, so if I did get something bad it could easily be returned.
4. Do you spend the holiday at home (yours or someone else’s), or do you go out and eat, see the newest movie, whatever? We stay at home but go to relatives houses nearby.
5. What do you do with Christmas cards after the holiday is over? Save them, or toss them? Save ’em…even though I know I’ll never read them again. It’s just that packrat mentality 😉
6. Cook Christmas dinner, or does someone else do that? Christmas Eve had traditionally been a buffet at my cousin’s grandparent’s house. But this year that party was early, so we’re cooking tonight! I’ll help, of course…
7. It’s Christmas Eve, and you have run out of wrapping paper. Do you go out and buy more, or wrap the rest of the gifts in the Sunday comics? I’d use the comics. Why not? Recycling is good.
8. On Christmas morning…up at the crack of dawn, eagerly anticipating the loot…or would you rather sleep in? I used to get up very early, waking up my parents in the process. But then I would still wake up early but let them sleep. Now everyone just sleeps in. We’re getting old 🙂
9. Do you want a white or a green Chrismas? White, of course! And wonder of all wonders, it’s SNOWING! Lots!
10. Going to church on Christmas…yes or no? Perhaps. It might be difficult to get to the candlelight service tonight, so I don’t know if we’ll go. depends on whether they get the roads plowed or not. And if we’re all wrapped up in wrapping paper, lol.
Merry Christmas, my friends. May you get all you desire (or deserve 😉 ).