Christmas Scrooge

I keep getting this same email in my inbox OVER and OVER. So here are my answers for everyone to read.

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.
(Skipping all of the email directions.)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper if the gift is for a specific person, in a bag if I have to do a gift exchange.
2. Real tree or Artificial? I have the most amazing artificial tree with 1200 white lights that rotates. It is a Manhattan Pine and is beautiful. Hubby does not go for vacuuming pine needles.
3. When do you put up the tree? November 1. That way it is worth my effort. It takes me a few days.
4. What did you guys do with this question? I didn't get a Number 4!
5. Do you like egg nog? Yes, non-alcoholic, like I had when I was a kid, from Meadow Gold.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Barbie Motorhome.
7. Do you have a nativity scene? TWO very nice complete sets for us, and then the Little People Deluxe Edition with the add on shepherd collection for the kids.
8. Hardest person to buy for? My husband. He likes to buy his own gifts.
9. Easiest person to buy for? My kids.
10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? Mail. I like letters and personal messages, too. This year I am putting up a lighted palm tree and hole punching my Christmas cards and hanging them up.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? When I was a teacher in the hood my first three years teaching, I would get some very bad dollar store gifts.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Carol. I also like the HGTV specials on the Christmas lights...the outrageous houses, and the ones on the best Christmas cookies ever.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? When I hit the panic button that my gift isn't going to get there in time.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? BETTER. I SOLD all of the bad dollar store gifts at yard sales.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas cookies at those competitive Christmas cookie exchanges. People really go to the well for the best cookies!
16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear because I think they look more elegant.
17. Favorite Christmas song? Hark the Herald Angels Sing
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home! I don't mind traveling after Christmas.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Let's see...Dasher, Prancer, Vixon, Rudolph, Comet. Obviously not.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? NEITHER. We have a 24 loop bow that matches the rest of the 12 loop bows on my tree.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas Day.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? People that are too poky and cause long lines.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Hawaiian ornaments and White House Christmas ornaments.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Beth, I know you read this...my favorite was that ham you made in soda, or gingerale or whatever....I still remember it from 3 Christmases ago.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Some dry weather at night so we can go walking and look at Christmas lights. They call this the RAINforest for a reason. It has been raining a lot at night.
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? (See someone wrote this about me in an email: Rachelle...because she's the Christmas queen!!)
27. Who is least likely to respond to this? The stalkers that read this blog and don't comment!