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1.Favorite Christmas song.
"Mary Did You Know" or "Little Drummer Boy"

2.Christmas song you can't stand.
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"

3.Favorite holiday movie.
"National Lampoons Christmas Vacation" or "The Family Stone"

4.Real or artificial tree?
Artificial...We have my parents' former tree that is probably 20 years old.

5.White or colored lights?
I LOVE white lights or jewel toned. My parents' have really pretty blue lights on their tree and Krista had awesome red ones.

6.All matching ornaments or more random personal ornaments?
Depends on the year. This year I did ornaments from my childhood and previously I did matching ball ornaments.

7.Favorite ornament.
Jolene gave me a neat one last year that was expecting mother one.

8.Angel or star tree-topper?
Star.

9.Does Santa wrap presents or leave them unwrapped?
Unwrapped always.

10.Favorite childhood memory.
My brother always woke me up super early in the morning to go look at our presents. We'd go out with flashlights and check out the loot then I'd go back to sleep and David would stay up. Some years he'd be up at 3 a.m.! Towards my teenage years I'd tell him to wake me up at 8. Ha!

11.Coffee, hot chocolate, or eggnog?
Hot Chocolate.

12.Christmas morning at home or do you travel?
We stay home since our immediate families are both in town. We do Christmas Eve with Matt's parents and Christmas Day with mine.

13.Traditional holiday meal or something unconventional?
Every year we change it up. This year we might do ham for both meals.

14.Personalized photo Christmas cards, store bought cards, e-cards, or "ain't nobody got time for that"?
Always cards with a photo and sometimes a letter.