I saw this fabulous compilation of Christmassy questions over on the lovely Laura’s blog: Snow Lifestyle. She assembled this epically (not a word lol) sized list, and although I didn’t use all of her questions, they’re all from this festive Christmas Tag she created!
1. When does your family put up your Christmas tree & who decorates it? We typically put up our tree the first weekend of December!
2. Are you a pro-present wrapper, or do you fail miserably? I’m definitely somewhere in the middle–if it’s an easy gift to wrap, then it’ll look pretty decent, otherwise, I just chuck into a gift bag to spare myself the trouble :’)
3. What tops your tree? We’ve always put an angel on the top of our tree, but I’d like to use a star at some point.
4. What are your favourite Christmas colours? Probably the classic red & green combo–it just screams Christmas! But if we’re talking themes for trees and such, you can’t go wrong with a red & gold pairing.
5. What is your favourite Christmas smell? Oh it’s so hard to pick, but I think I’ll go with the Gingerbread Spice scent pod from Gold Canyon.
6. Does your family make a special recipe for Christmas? My Nana makes these delicious genie bars; they’re my dad’s fav!
7. If you could be in any Christmas movie, which would it be? It’s a Wonderful Life hands down. I’d have fabulous hair & pretty dresses, and I’d be living in the heart of America: a small town–Bedford Falls.
8. Be honest: would you rather give gifts or receive them? I really do enjoy giving gifts. I love shopping (only at Christmas time though!), and finding the perfect gift for someone. But it’s always really nice to receive a gift that was well thought out, and it’s especially memorable when the person giving you the gift made a real effort to find out what you wanted, etc.
9. Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve? We do because we celebrate Christmas Eve & Christmas Day with different sides of the family, as I mentioned in my Christmas Traditions post. So Christmas Eve is spent opening gifts with my dad’s side!
10. Have you ever made a snowman? Unfortunately, no. I’ve only been to the snow a couple times, and it was never enough to form more than a small snowball :’)
11. Is your Christmas tree real or fake? Our primary Christmas tree is real! We did used to have a smaller, fake tree, and we did recently inherit my Nana’s old fake tree. I do have a fake tree in my room as well :’) So it’s a bit of a mix, but the main tree is always real.
12. Use one noise (onomatopoeia) to describe how excited you are for Christmas: EEEEEEEEEK!!! That sounds like one has spotted a mouse/rat and is terrified, but I think it still works haha.
13. What do you like to do over Christmas break? Any of my Christmas Traditions or items from my December Bucket List. In general, I enjoy spending time with friends & family.
14. What is your all-time favourite holiday food/sweet treat? I really find it hard to pick just one ahhh, but I have come to prefer savoury foods over sweets in the last year or so. So this year, I think I’d have to just go with the Christmas Roast because my Nana makes the most tender, flavourful roast everrrrr. I do love some mashed potatoes as well!
15. What would be your dream place to visit for the holiday season? 100% England–any part of it would be gorgeous this time of year, but London would be great!
16. When do you start getting excited for Christmas? Midway through November–but I’ve got Thanksgiving to celebrate, so I let myself enjoy that, and as soon as it’s over, IT’S CHRISTMASTIME!
17. You have been granted one Christmas wish…what is it? I would probably pick to be able to go back to a Christmas when both my grandfathers were alive; I’d want to spend the day focusing on them.