Tagged by association

I read Rheana's blog and she said if I read it I was tagged. Since I've never been tagged before and I'm kinda a sucker for surveys too, here goes my tag. If you read this, let me know because so far I only believe that one person actually looks at this besides me. :)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper because then I can wrap things in fun-shaped boxes to hide their real identities.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Real smell nice and it's the only kind of tree I'm NOT allergic to. But they are also expensive and we got an artificial one from my parents for free some years ago. So until we're rich *cough* artificial it will be.
3. When do you put up the tree? It used to be the day after Thanksgiving or that weekend. Then we had kids who wouldn't stay away from it and we couldn't keep them away. This year I'm thinking the week of Christmas unless a miracle happens and the twins learn to leave things alone.
4. When do you take the tree down? When I get around to it. Usually the weekend after Christmas or so.
5. Do you like eggnog? Heavenly nectar it is!
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Hard to say but the only one I still have is an electronic chess set. I wanted to be able to play chess even when no one wanted to play with me.
7. Hardest person to buy for? The siblings we draw names of. Michelle and my kids are easy to shop for.
8. Easiest person to buy for? Adeena. She loves books. All of them.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? *sigh* We had 3. But between the enablers(older 3 kids) and the criminals(the twins), I lost one of my favorites this year. *small tear runs down my cheek*
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? What are these Christmas cards you speak of?
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? It was on my mission. I got a bag of candy and my bathrobe that I left home.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Miracle on 34th Street the remake.
13 When do you start shopping for Christmas? Once we nail down what the kids want. Usually not until Black Friday.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Not intentionally.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? my mother-in-law's homemade chocolates
16. Lights on the tree? Absolutely, they make the ornaments all sparkly and we all know that my wife LOVES sparkly things. :)
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night. It used to be Angels We Have Heard on High because I could sing each Gloria in one breath. But after singing O Holy Night for a sacrament meeting on my mission...it wins.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home. Why add stress to my holiday by packing it up and hauling it somewhere else?
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen and Rudolph. Already listed but if you don't know them.....I pity you.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Definitely a Star.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We do Christmas Eve at Michelle's parent's house so the kids all get to open something up there and Michelle usually makes PJ's for the kids to wear to bed. We did buy them one year but shhhhhhh!
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? The "X"-mas concept. Although I find it interesting that the harder life is for people in general, the more "Christ" I see in Christmas. Otherwise, I love the excitment, the eggnog(sorry Honey), the baked goods....*drools*, the atmosphere of love and giving.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Pretty.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Whatever. Christmas dinner hasn't been a big deal for me for a long time.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? I want Mario-Kart for my Wii. Really it's more for my kids but I think it will be fun. I'm pretty simple so I don't think much about what I 'want' so much as what I need. It drives Michelle crazy.

Merry Christmas!!