Greetings, peeps! Are you feeling the Christmas spirit yet? Or are you all bogged down in the minutiae and the must-do's of the season?
I thought it might be nice to take a moment and think about the bright spots of the holidays. Would you like to answer a few "Do Tell" questions, and share your holiday favorites with each other?
Here goes... I will answer the questions in the comments section, and I hope that you will, too!
- What is your favorite Christmas song?
- What is your favorite Christmas movie?
- Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
- Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas?
- What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
I'm linking this post to Darcy's Holiday Bokeh Party at My 3 Boybarians
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What is your favorite Christmas song?
ReplyDeleteSilent Night, although I also love all the standards like Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas and I'll Be Home For Christmas...
What is your favorite Christmas movie?
Holiday Inn
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
Absolutely!
Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas?
I always give my kids a Christmas book which they open and read on Christmas Eve.... although they may be getting a little old for that. lol
What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
My husband is fascinated by aviation and war history, and one year I got him an autographed photo of WWII flying ace Bud Anderson.
1. o holy night 2. love actually 3. i live in socal so i don't get one but in my HEART i have one. 4. one gift on christmas eve opened. stockings always first in the morning after breakfast 5. a mini basket of fruits with the 'fruit of the spirit' written on them. jkj
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite Christmas song? Tie - "Mary Did You Know" or "O Holy Night"
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite Christmas movie? "A Christmas Story" I laugh every time.
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? No way, no how - down south that would be being separated from loved ones as we cannot drive in the snow.
Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas? We go to church together on Christmas eve and then have a steak dinner together after church. Then all the nieces and nephews open presents from the aunts and uncles. This way they get to be with their families Christmas morning and no one is under pressure or rushing.
What is the best gift you ever gave anyone? $400 for a set of tires they needed badly. They asked for a loan and I gave them to her for Christmas. We both cried.
1. What is your favorite Christmas song? Joni Mi5tchell's 'River', although I like Sara MchLachlan's version better.
ReplyDelete2. What is your favorite Christmas movie? I have several favorites. I love The Family Man.
3. Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? No, because we'll be travelling.
4. Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas? Charades after dinner at my in-laws house.
5. What is the best gift you ever gave anyone? I can't even recall! Probably a photo album that I gave my sister. She called me in tears.
1. What is your favourite Christmas song? I have so many! I really like the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Wizards in Winter. I also love Mary's Lullaby and O Holy Night.
ReplyDelete2. What is your favourite Christmas Movie? Again I have a few. I really enjoy Christmas Vacation, Miracle on 34th Stree, Mr. Bean's Christmas
3. Are you dreaming of a White Christmas? Yes. Christmas just wouldn't be the same without snow.
4. Do you have special family traditions at Christmas? Each member of our family has a piece of a mini nativity set and we bring each piece together and read the nativity story as a family. We also do a tour of lights, set the tree up, usually, December 1 on my son's birthday.
5. What is the best gift you ever gave anyone? Lego, the kids loved it!! A framed Greg Olsen Print for my husband.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
ReplyDeleteDo Tell: Christmas 2010 Edition
Greetings, peeps! Are you feeling the Christmas spirit yet? Or are you all bogged down in the minutiae and the must-do's of the season?
I thought it might be nice to take a moment and think about the bright spots of the holidays. Would you like to answer a few "Do Tell" questions, and share your holiday favorites with each other?
Here goes... I will answer the questions in the comments section, and I hope that you will, too!
1.What is your favorite Christmas song?
Probably I'll be home for Christmas -- it always makes me cry but it reminds me of my longing to be with family when I was younger and the fact that I long to have my own girls around me now that I'm older.
2.What is your favorite Christmas movie?
That's a tie between the 1954 version of A Christmas Carol with Allister Sim AND, of course, It's a Wonderful Life. I never miss them.
3.Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
Yes I am; but with my still broken leg, I'd be content with a green one with white spots!
4.Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas?
Take-out Chinese food on Xmas eve ('cause Mom has a lot of cooking to do the next day).
5.What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
When we were young (around 1984), I completely surprised my husband a new guitar on Xmas morning. He was overjoyed!
The best one I ever received was when my boss gave me a cordless drill with 2 rechargeable power packs.
1.What is your favorite Christmas song?
ReplyDeleteI'll be Home for Christmas though White Christmas has been stuck in my head all week.
2.What is your favorite Christmas movie?
Home Alone 1
3.Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
Yes, but I don't think we'll get it here on the gulf.
4.Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas?
Opening one gift the Christmast eve.
5.What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
I think it will be this year. We thought we had shopping for our son finished then realized we should get him pots, pans, & kitchen stuff too, since he will be moving into his own home in the Spring. Kind of bittersweet, but Wow! He's a grown up.
*off to find some kleenex.
What a lovely thing to do today. It is cold and snow is expected. :) Kit
ReplyDelete1.What is your favorite Christmas song?
"Christmas Stays the Same", by Linda Eder
2.What is your favorite Christmas movie?
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. I remember it from my childhood and just bought it this year on DVD
3.Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
Always, and so far so good!
4.Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas? Lots. Tree trimming night, the Annual watching of "Christmas Vacation", the Annual Light Tour and dinner out and the tons of little surprises we give each other each year.
5.What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
I replaced a memory for my girls. I had given away their Glo-Friends (they had grown out of them)and years later they recounted how they had missed them. I found two identical on Ebay and watching them unwrap those two toys was magical.
Happy Holidays from Montana! Hugs, Kit
Great idea!
ReplyDelete1. Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad"
2. George C. Scott as Scrooge in Christmas Carol
3. No
4. My husband puts up a gazillion lights and all the neighbors love it
5. Not sure
1.What is your favorite Christmas song?
ReplyDeleteMy Christmas Prayer-BeBe Winans and Rob Thomas
2.What is your favorite Christmas movie?
Anything on the Hallmark Channel this time of year.
3.Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
Nope...hoping for a white free Christmas!
4.Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas?
We threw tradition to the wind when my daughter moved to Florida 3 years ago!
5.What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
I gave my parents a memory jar a few years ago.
This is fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite Christmas song?
Too many to say!!
What is your favorite Christmas movie?
"It's A Wonderful Life", of course!
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
I hope it snows the week after Christmas when I am off from work! Hate to drive in the stuff!
Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas?
Christmas eve at my MIL, Christmas eve w/ my big family at my house!
What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
Every Christmas when I cook with love for my whole family!
Diane
What a nice idea! Here goes!
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite Christmas song?
Oh Holy Night
What is your favorite Christmas movie?
An Affair to Remember
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
Love having a white Christmas!
Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas?
All my brothers, sisters, in-laws, nieces, nephews and mom get together every Christmas Eve and exchange gifts, there are 22 of us!
What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
A few years ago, I gave my husband an alumni jacket from his college in Ohio.
What is your favorite Christmas song?
ReplyDeleteMary Did You Know?
What is your favorite Christmas movie?
One Magic Christmas
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?
After years of living in the north, I find a white Christmas vastly overrated! I'll take a few snow flakes, but no more, thank you!
Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas?
We open one gift after church on Christmas Eve and oddly enough, it's always pj's!!
What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
One year I gave my Great Dane a Danish flag and a flag pole - he was thrilled!
Favorite song this year is "Pretty Ribbons." No..wait. "I'll Be Home For Christmas"..
ReplyDeleteFavorite Christmas movie is "Christmas Story" I think...
Do I dream of a White Christmas? I dream of a White Christmas even in Summer.
Special Christmas tradition? Joining hands for a family prayer.
The best gift I ever gave anyone? My love.
Merry Christmas, Mary!!
what a beautiful shot and fabulous bokeh
ReplyDelete1. What is your favorite Christmas song? Carole Of The Bells
ReplyDelete2. What is your favorite Christmas movie? Love Actually
3. Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? No …Or only if the snow falls on the lawn!
4. Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas? Making mince pies on Christmas Eve listening to carols from kings College Oxford. Table gift ~ one small gift for everyone at the table at the end of Christmas dinner.
5. What is the best gift you ever gave anyone? Antique model boat I gave my father-in –law.
1. Right now it is "Merry Christmas Baby"...as sung by Bruce Springsteen...nothing like a HOT Christmas song
ReplyDelete2. White Christmas...if only for the "Sister" song...especially sung by Crosby and Kaye:)
3. I woulld Love to have a white christmas...here in RI it is always a possibility but actually rarely seems to happen....
4. Many, many...To start with we always have Seafood minestrone and almond tart on Christmas Eve...then sing carols if we are lucky enough to have a musican with us...
5. One year I rounded up all the snapshots of my mother's 1948 wedding and made an album for my sister...
1.What is your favorite Christmas song? "Joy to the World"
ReplyDelete2.What is your favorite Christmas movie? none
3.Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? always
4.Do you have any special family traditions at Christmas? many!! My favorite is the cranberry juice and gingerale toast at the Christmas meal. Everyone, including the littlest angels get to use Great grandma's crystal glasses. It is a very sweet tie to all of those who have gone before.
5.What is the best gift you ever gave anyone?
My Mom and Dad once wanted a depth finder for their boat. It was too much of a stretch financially for me at that time, so I went to the local boat company and begged an empty depth finder box. Into the box I put a ball of twine with a brick tied on the end, a pad of note paper and a pencil and a 50' measuring tape. On the top of the box I stenciled "DIY" just before the printed name of the depth finder. The look on my Dad's face when he opened it was hilarious.... He kept the box beside his chair with all of his "good stuff" until the day he died!
Divine Bokeh. I love so much christmas music.
ReplyDeleteWe have so much fresh snow and its so pretty also.
what a neat idea... your bokeh is wonderful, btw! ::
ReplyDelete1. "Zat you, Santa Claus" by Luis Armstrong
2. Home Alone/Rudolph (animated TV show from childhood)
3. definitely!
4. xmas eve candle-lit service
5. best physical gift: an iTouch for my daughter, who we'd told all season she was too young... she was completely joyous, tears and all.
1."Silent Night"
ReplyDelete2.White Christmas
3.Indeed! (But doubtful in SC!)
4.Ornaments made by our three daughters always go on the tree (although two are married and our "baby" is 25), meet at my Mom's Christmas Eve to open gifts, all five dogs get stockings, too.
5.Years ago I made scrapbooks (before scrapbooking was cool) for my Mom, sister and aunt with lots of pictures and captions. Lots of love went into those gifts.
Just wanted to thank you for linking up your photo!
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