1. we have a Santa head.. I think from a craft store the kind you would buy to make a Santa doll
2. multi coloured
3. real, this years turned out to be a great one!
4. first weekend of december
5. my brother and I exchange a gift Christmas Eve
6. We sing carols Christmas Eve, and this year everyone has a stocking with their name hung over the fire as a new tradition. We also have cinnamon buns every Christmas morning.
4. got our tree this past weekend - it's up with lights, still need to decorate it. Christmas decorations are all around the house - stockings are hung, we start decorating during the first week of Dec.
5. Nope - Christmas morning. (when I was a kid though, we'd always open one gift on Christmas Eve)
6. I'm Italian and we do the 7 fishes, for Christmas Eve dinner - which I love and look forward to, every year!
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1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree?Angel?2. White or colored lights??White lights but DH like colored so we have agreed to switch every other year?3. Real or fake tree?I'd prefer a real tree but we are in an apartment so we bought a fake tree this year plus with a cat and a baby we figured it was easy with a fake one?4. When do you start decorating?usually the day after thanksgiving ?but this year i decorated early b/c we will be out of town for christmas and wanted to enjoy for more then 3 weeks5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?Yes just one though6. Any traditions you'd like to share...none yet but i think we might start some this year ??
1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree? Right now, nothing. It's a smaller tree and can't really support a heavy star or angel!
2. White or colored lights? Colored, but I like white better.
3. Real or fake tree? We have a fake, pre-lit.
4. When do you start decorating? Usually the first week of December.
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? I did when I was little. Not any more, though.
6. Any traditions you'd like to share... Not really. We don't do anything terribly unique!
1. star 2. both 3. fake... but i want a real one. just sucks bc i want to cut one down as soon as nov hits but my tree would prob die by the time christmas came. 4. ASAP 5. heck yes 6. (see #5), and we're thinking of doing the ornament thing. (an ornament for every year)
Mom to an almost 4 y/o and an almost 2 y/o. In process of growing our family through adoption.
2. White ... but I prefer colored. The white lights are part of our pre-lit tree.
3. Fake but it's better for the environment and easier cleanup if the cats decide to tip it on our hardwood floor.
4. After thanksgiving... respect the turkey!
5. Nope.
6. My father would always read us The Night Before Christmas before putting us to bed growing up. Now I get to watch him do this for my daughter... making me tear up right now actually just thinking about it.
1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree? Angel
2. White or colored lights? White
3. Real or fake tree? Fake
4. When do you start decorating? I put up our tree on saturday and started putting everything else out last night.
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes. DH & I open our gifts on xmas eve (we've done this since we were first dating).
6. Any traditions you'd like to share... Not sure but I want to start some. I am reading her a christmas story every night from a holiday story book that I bought her. I thought that would be fun to continue as she grows.
Re: Christmas Poll!
1. Nothing, I can't reach it.
2. White
3. Fake
4. Usually just after Thanksgiving
5. Yes, w/ DH's family
6. No
1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree? Angel
2. White or colored lights? White
3. Real or fake tree? Fake..real ones got to be a pain!
4. When do you start decorating? I'm hoping for tonight..usually it's the 2nd weekend in Dec.
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Not usually..
6. Any traditions you'd like to share... None as of yet, maybe we'll start something new for DS!
1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree? Star
2. White or colored lights? White
3. Real or fake tree? Real
4. When do you start decorating? about 2.5 weeks before
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes!
6. Any traditions you'd like to share... Cookies! Nom nom nom.
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1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree? SANTA
2. White or colored lights? COLORED LIGHTS
3. Real or fake tree? REAL
4. When do you start decorating? DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? YES OUR ORNAMENT
6. Any traditions you'd like to share...WE READ A NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree? a silver bow
2. White or colored lights? white
3. Real or fake tree? fake and pre-lit
4. When do you start decorating? after Thanksgiving but there is no set date
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? DH and I exchange on the Eve
6. Any traditions you'd like to share... nothing out of the ordinary
1. we have a Santa head.. I think from a craft store the kind you would buy to make a Santa doll
2. multi coloured
3. real, this years turned out to be a great one!
4. first weekend of december
5. my brother and I exchange a gift Christmas Eve
6. We sing carols Christmas Eve, and this year everyone has a stocking with their name hung over the fire as a new tradition. We also have cinnamon buns every Christmas morning.
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expecting surprise baby no.3 may 3rd
1. star
2. white
3. real - love the smell!!
4. got our tree this past weekend - it's up with lights, still need to decorate it. Christmas decorations are all around the house - stockings are hung, we start decorating during the first week of Dec.
5. Nope - Christmas morning. (when I was a kid though, we'd always open one gift on Christmas Eve)
6. I'm Italian and we do the 7 fishes, for Christmas Eve dinner - which I love and look forward to, every year!
1. we have a star. growing up we always had a santa on the top.
2. white outside, colored on the tree
3. we do fake now b/c of the cats. i miss real trees
4. whenever we have time. i have my advent calendar out now but haven't done lights or tree yet
5. yes, always new pjs
6. new pj's on xmas eve, a new ornament every year, watching Christmas Story over and over and over while waiting up for Santa.
1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree? Right now, nothing. It's a smaller tree and can't really support a heavy star or angel!
2. White or colored lights? Colored, but I like white better.
3. Real or fake tree? We have a fake, pre-lit.
4. When do you start decorating? Usually the first week of December.
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? I did when I was little. Not any more, though.
6. Any traditions you'd like to share... Not really. We don't do anything terribly unique!
1. angel
2. Colored lights on tree, Blue lights in window
3. Fake lighted tree (makes life easier)
4. I had my tree up Nov 11
5. Yes, with whichever family we visit that evening
6. Breakfast with my family, passing around the rootbeer schnaaps and spraying whip cream into the youngins mouths...
1. star
2. both
3. fake... but i want a real one. just sucks bc i want to cut one down as soon as nov hits but my tree would prob die by the time christmas came.
4. ASAP
5. heck yes
6. (see #5), and we're thinking of doing the ornament thing. (an ornament for every year)
1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree? Star
2. White or colored lights? White
3. Real or fake tree? Fake
4. When do you start decorating? Day after Thanksgiving
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Nope
6. Any traditions you'd like to share...We're hoping to start some of our own.
1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree?
Gold Star?
2. White or colored lights?
White?
3. Real or fake tree?
Real?
4. When do you start decorating?
?Day after Thanksgiving
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
No?
6. Any traditions you'd like to share...
No, but we will start making our own now that was have a little one.?
1. Star
2. White ... but I prefer colored. The white lights are part of our pre-lit tree.
3. Fake
but it's better for the environment and easier cleanup if the cats decide to tip it on our hardwood floor.
4. After thanksgiving... respect the turkey!
5. Nope.
6. My father would always read us The Night Before Christmas before putting us to bed growing up. Now I get to watch him do this for my daughter... making me tear up right now actually just thinking about it.
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1. Do you put an angel, star or something else at the top of your tree? Angel
2. White or colored lights? White
3. Real or fake tree? Fake
4. When do you start decorating? I put up our tree on saturday and started putting everything else out last night.
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes. DH & I open our gifts on xmas eve (we've done this since we were first dating).
6. Any traditions you'd like to share... Not sure but I want to start some. I am reading her a christmas story every night from a holiday story book that I bought her. I thought that would be fun to continue as she grows.
1. Star at the top of our tree
2. White LED lights on the tree ('theme' tree with white, silver, blue ornaments only) I love silver/blue Christmas decorations!
3. Real tree
4. We start decorating whenever we have time to go get the tree - usually a few wks before X-mas
5. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve ? NO
6. Any traditions you'd like to share... We don't really have anything unique, just same old traditions as probably everyone else!