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Fake
minimalism
Read the guide
both
Bing Crosby, even though he was an SOB
both
family
white lights
Gifts
Candy canes
both
Snow
White Christmas
caroling
Scrooge until the end
Hot chocolate
Shop as little as possible
green
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Mandarin oranges
both
snuggle by the fire
Silver
Celebrate at home (this year anyway)
classic Christmas tunes
how ’bout party in PJs?
I had several “Why not both?” reactions, but I was good.
Real tree
Minimalism
Take your chances!
Elves
Bing Crosby
Bought gifts
Celebrate the day with friends (family’s too far away)
White lights
Charitable donations
Jelly beans
Start your own
Snow
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Line up for Santa
Get into the spirit
Hot chocolate
Shop late
Green
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Charlie can have Halloween)
Cranberries
Mashed potatoes
Snuggle by the fire
Silver
Celebrate at home
Classic Christmas tunes
Holiday parties
Fake tree
Knicknacks
Read the guide on the choc box
Elves
?
Bought gifts
Celebrate the day with family
White lights
Charitable donations
Jelly beans
Bring forward traditions
Snow
?
Line up for Santa
Get into the spirit early!
Hot chocolate
Shop early (I choose that, but always end up doing it at the end, ugh!)
Red (if I must….)
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Cranberries
Mashed potatoes
Kiss under the mistletoe (I’ve never done it!)
Silver
Celebrate at home
Contemporary
Holiday parties
Real tree
minimalism
Read the guide on the choc box
Angels
Jimmy Stewart
bought gifts
Celebrate the day with family
white lights
Gifts
Candy canes
Bring forward traditions
no
White Christmas
go caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit (early or eventually)
hot apple cider
Shop early
Red
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Mandarin oranges
Stuffing
Kiss under the mistletoe
Silver
celebrate elsewhere
classic Christmas tunes
Holiday parties
real tree
knicknacks
chocolate guide
angels
jimmy stewart
bought (homemade requires TIME)
family
colored lights
gifts
jellybeans
traditions, period!
snow!
White Christmas
caroling
early spirit
hot chocolate
shop early
RED
GRINCH!
mandarin oranges
STUFFING!
snuggle :)
silver, actually
celebrate at home
holiday parties!
Real tree, hands down
Knicknacks
Read the guide
Elves, they’re too cute
Bing Crosby, no question
Homemade gifts this year
Family
Colored – it’s so festive!
Donations
Candy canes – jelly beans are Easter
Bring forward traditions
No snow – I know I’m in the minority but we hardly ever get snow in Texas so I don’t need it to have a Merry Christmas
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Line up for Santa
Christmas spirit!
Hot chocolate – with little of peppermint schnapps mixed in
Shop early
Red
This one’s hard but it has to be Charlie Brown Christmas
Cranberries
Stuffing – I can have mashed potatoes any time of year
Snuggle by the fire
Gold
Celebrate at home
Classic Christmas music
Holiday parties
Yay! I love doing Choose Ye’s on my lunch break!
– Real tree
– Minimalism
– READ THE GUIDE! ALWAYS!
– Angels
– Bing
– Bought gifts (my homemade attempts are pretty shoddy)
– Family AND friends! But, I guess family is the most important.
– Coloured
– Gifts – does that make me a bad person????
– candy canes
– start own
– snow
– White Christmas
– Caroling in the snow
– Spirit
– Hot chocolate
– I’d like to shop early. But I always shop late.
– Green
– Grinch
– Oranges
– Mashed potatoes
– Mistletoe ;)
– Gold
– Elsewhere – wherever the friends/family are!
– Classic
– Parties
fake tree (my dog is allergic to pine)
minimalism
Read the guide on the choc box
elves
Bing Crosby
bought gifts
Celebrate the day with friends
white lights
Gifts
Candy canes
start your own
no
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Line up for Santa
Scrooge until the end
hot apple cider
shop late
green
A Charlie Brown Christmas
cranberries
Stuffing
snuggle by the fire
Silver
Celebrate at home
Contemporary (except for Feliz Navidad)
Holiday parties
Real
Knicknacks
Read the guide
elves
Bing Crosby
Homemade
friends
Coloured lights
Gifts
Candy canes
start your own
Snow
White Christmas
caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit – early
Hot chocolate
early
Red
Charlie Brown
cranberries
mashed potatoes
fire
Silver
home
classic
parties
fake
knicknacks
read the guide
Elves
Jimmy Stewart
homemade
family AND friends
colored
donations (I wish)
candy canes
start my own
no
National Lampoon’s
caroling
Scrooge
hot chocolate
shop early
green
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Mandarin oranges
Stuffing
snuggle by the fire
silver
celebrate at home
classic Christmas tunes
parties
Real tree
Knicknacks
Choc box?
Elves
Bing Crosby
HANDmade (this year).
Family.
White lights.
Gifts
Candy canes
Bring forward traditions
Snow!
Never seen either.
Depends if you have kids in tow. Gotta take the kids to see Santa but otherwise – I’m all about the caroling of course.
Get into the spirit early.
Hot chocolate
Shop early
Red
The Grinch
Cranberries
Mashed potatoes
Snuggle by the fire
For… jewelry? Holiday decorations? When it comes to Christmas, gold is kind. (You didn’t see the wise men bringing silver, did you?)
Celebrate at (grandma’s) home
Classic, dear god.
Holiday parties!
Now I’m totally in the spirit. Thanks Meg!
Gold is king. Meant to say gold is king.
If I (opinionated, nice Jewish girl) celebrated Christmas:
Real tree
Knicknacks
take your chances
Angels
Bing Crosby
Homemade gifts
Celebrate the day with family
white lights
Gifts
Candy canes
Bring forward traditions
Snow
White Christmas
go caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit
hot apple cider
Shop early
Red
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
cranberries?
Stuffing
Kiss under the mistletoe
Silver
celebrate elsewhere
classic Christmas tunes
Holiday parties
Real tree
Knicknacks
Read the guide on the choc box
Angels
Bing Crosby
Bought gifts
Celebrate the day with family
White lights
Gifts
Candy canes
Bring forward traditions
Snow
White Christmas
Go caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit eventually
Hot chocolate
Shop late
Red
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Mandarin oranges
Stuffing
Kiss under the mistletoe
Silver
Celebrate at home
Classic Christmas tunes?
Stay home in PJs
fake
Knicknacks
take your chances
elves
Jimmy Stewart
bought gifts
Celebrate the day with family
Coloured lights
charitable donations
Candy canes
Bring forward traditions
Snow!!!!!!!!!!!
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Line up for Santa
Get into the spirit
Hot chocolate
Shop early
Red
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Mandarin oranges
mashed potatoes
Kiss under the mistletoe
Silver
Celebrate at home
Contemporary
Holiday parties
Real tree
Minimalism
Read the guide on the choc box
Angels
Bing Crosby
Bought gifts
Celebrate the day with family
White lights?
Gifts
Candy canes (only at Christmas though. Jelly beans are my fave the rest of the year)
Bring forward traditions
Snow, but only on Christmas Day!
White Christmas?
Go caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit (eventually)
Hot chocolate
Shop early
Red
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Mandarin oranges
STUFFING… OMG I live for this dish.
Snuggle by the fire
Silver
Celebrate at home
Classic Christmas tunes?
Holiday parties
Real tree
Knicknacks
Read the guide on the choc box
Elves
Jimmy Stewart
Homemade gifts
Celebrate the day with family
white lights
Gifts
Candy canes
Start your own traditions
Snow!! (if only I didn’t live in FL)
White Christmas
Go caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit
Hot apple cider
Shop early
Green
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Mandarin oranges
Stuffing
Snuggle by the fire
Gold
Celebrate elsewhere
Classic Christmas tunes
Stay home in PJs
Real – live
Minimalism
Read the guide
Angels
Jimmy Stewart
Gifts?
Friends
Coloured lights
Gifts
Candy canes
Start your own
Snow
White Christmas
Caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit (eventually)
Hot chocolate
Shop late
Red
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Mandarin oranges
Stuffing
Snuggle by the fire
Silver
Celebrate at home
Classic Christmas tunes
Stay home in PJs
I am so going to have to cheap on this one…some of these are just to hard to choose between! Seriously!
Fake tree (allergic to the real ones or I’d have one)
Knicknacks
Take my chances (although is it wrong that I kinda know which ones are the good ones without the guide?)
Angels
Bing Crosby or Jimmy Stewart – unfair question – Both!
Homemade gifts
Celebrate the day with family
Coloured lights or white lights – depends on the tree! (I have 3 trees – one big with white lights, 1 medium with coloured, 1 small with coloured)
Gifts or charitable donations – Both
Candy canes
Bring forward traditions or start your own – Both
Snow (has to be for it to be Christmas for me!)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Line up for Santa
Get into the spirit (early or eventually)! OH YEAH!
Hot chocolate
Shop early (with a little shop late)
Red or green – Both!
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas or A Charlie Brown Christmas – Dammit Meg…I can’t pick between them!
Mandarin oranges
Stuffing or mashed potatoes – sigh…you are a cruel woman making me choose, so Both!
Kiss under the mistletoe THEN or snuggle by the fire
Silver
Celebrate at home
Contemporary or classic Christmas – Both
Holiday parties, or stay home in PJs – Both
Oh…and by cheap I mean CHEAT! LOL
Knicknacks
Read the guide on the choc box
Angels
Bing Crosby
Homemade gifts
Celebrate the day with family
Coloured lights
Gifts
Candy canes
Bring forward traditions
Snow
White Christmas
Go caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit early
Hot apple cider
Shop early
Red
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Cranberries
Mashed potatoes
Snuggle by the fire
Gold
Celebrate at home
Classic Christmas tunes
Stay home in PJs
I realize I betray the “Spirit of Choose Ye”, but more in the “Spirit of Christmas”, I choose not – most of us are fortunate enough to have it ALL, so head for the Food Bank with a few cans of gratitude! Cheeky monkeys!….Love ya!
Real tree
Knicknacks
Read the guide on the choc box
Angels
Bing Crosby
bought gifts
Celebrate the day with family
Coloured lights
Gifts (I am selfish)
Candy canes
Bring forward traditions
Snow
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
go caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit
Hot chocolate
Shop early
Red (Go Caps!)
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Mandarin oranges
Stuffing
snuggle by the fire
gold
Celebrate at home
classic Christmas tunes
stay home in PJs
Ok, here goes :-)
Fake tree
Minimalism
Read the guide
Angels
Bing and Jimmy
Homemade and bought
Family and friends
White lights
Gifts and donations
Jelly beans
Start my own traditions
Lots of snow!!!!
White Christmas
Caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit
Hot chocolate
LOL shop LATE (oops ;-)
Green
Charlie Brown Christmas
Cranberries
Stuffing
Snuggle by the fire
Gold
Celebrate at home
Both contemporary and classic tunes
Stay home in PJs
Fake (allergies)
Minimalism
Chance
Elves
Jimmy
Homemade
Family
Red and Green
Both
Candy Canes
New Traditions
Snow
Christmas Vacation
Caroling
Scrooge
Apple Cider
Late
Green
Grinch
Mandarin oranges
Both! With Gravy and Cranberries on Boxing Day!
Fire
Silver
Home
Both
PJ’s
fake tree… stupid allergies
Knicknacks
take your chances with chocolates!
Angels
Jimmy Stewart
bought gifts
Celebrate the day with family
Coloured lights
Gifts
jelly beans
start your own traditions
Snow
White Christmas OR It’s a Wonderful Life!!!
Line up for Santa
Get into the spirit
Hot chocolate
Shop early
Red
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Mandarin oranges
mashed potatoes
snuggle by the fire
Silver
celebrate elsewhere
classic Christmas tunes
stay home in PJs
Real.
Minimalism.
Good heavens! READ THE GUIDE!
Elves.
Bing!
Homemade gifts.
Celebrate the day with family.
Coloured lights.
Gifts.
Candy canes.
Bring forward traditions.
Snow.
White Christmas
caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit – early
Hot chocolate
Shop early
Red
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Mandarin oranges
Stuffing
snuggle by the fire
Silver
Celebrate at home
classic Christmas tunes
Holiday parties
Thanks for the ‘choose ye’, Meg – I love these!
Real tree
minimalism
Read the guide on the choc box!!!!!
Angels
Bing Crosby
gifts?
Celebrate the day with friends
Coloured lights or white lights BOTH
Charitable donations
Candy canes
Start my own traditions
NO FREAKING SNOW. Beach on Xmas day, always
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Line up for Santa
Get into the spirit eventually
Hot chocolate
Shop late
Green
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas or A Charlie Brown Christmas BOTH
Cranberries
Stuffing
Kiss under the mistletoe
Gold
Celebrate elsewhere
Classic Christmas tunes
Stay home in PJs
Fake tree
Knicknacks
Read the guide on the choc box
Angels
Jimmy Stewart
bought gifts (cause the only ones I ever got that where home made I was allergic to)
Celebrate the day with family
Coloured lights!
Gifts
Candy canes
Bring forward traditions
Snow NO
White Christmas (I acutally perfer Alastair Sims Scrooge)
Go caroling in the snow
Get into the spirit EARLY
Hot chocolate
Shop late
Green!
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas!
Mandarin oranges (unless it’s that Cranberry scone from Starbucks)
Mashed potatoes
Snuggle by the fire
Gold
Celebrate elsewhere
Classic Christmas tunes
Holiday parties
Fake.
At Christmas? Knicknacks.
Read the guide. ALWAYS.
Angels.
Bing.
Bought.
Neither?
White.
Gifts.
Jelly beans.
Both.
Snow!
White Christmas
Carolling.
Spirit.
Hot. Just hot.
LAte.
Red.
Grinch.
Orange.
Stuffing. mm.
Snuggle.
Gold.
Home.
Classic.
Pjs.
Real tree!
Knicknacks
take your chances
Angels
Jimmy Stewart – without hesitation.
bought gifts – I’m a bit of a consumer whore.
Celebrate the day with family
Coloured lights – the tiny twinkly ones
Charitable donations – seems opposite to above, but I like buying & giving more that getting.
Candy Canes
Bring forward traditions – I think it’s important to remember the past.
Snow – but only if I’ve nowhere to go.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – we have an Eddie in our family.
Line up for Santa
Get into the spirit – eventually
Thomas Haas hot chocolate with a splash of brandy.
shop late – Christmas eve!
Red
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Mandarin oranges
Stuffing – so much stuffing!!!
Kiss under the mistletoe
Silver (bells)
Celebrate at home
Classic Christmas tunes
Holiday parties
Big fake tree, little small tree (minimize the mess, but still get the smell)
Minimalism
Read the guide
Elves
Bought…I made gifts one year which were very well-received, but I realized the next year I couldn’t top that.
Celebrate with family
Coloured lights
Gifts
Candy canes! Especially in hot chocolate
Bring the traditions forward!
Snow ON the day-anytime before just ruins my frantic shopping schedule
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Line up for Santa…nobody wants to hear my family’s voices
Get into the spirit, but not until December 1st!
Hot chocolate
Shop early-sometimes I manage to snag the last of the sale stuff before everyone else gets there
Red
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Mandarin oranges
GARLIC Mashed potatoes
Kiss under the mistletoe…only because my fireplace hasn’t been used in 20yrs and I don’t think setting the house on fire would be romantic
Silver
Celebrate at home
Classic christmas tunes
Holiday parties!
I just needed to point out that some of us have the chocolates memorized.
real
knicknacks (but tastefully)
guide!
angels
crosby
bought
family
white lights
gifts
candy canes
bring forward
snow (but then it can go away again immediately)
Lampoon’s
line up
spirt, but eventually, and by that I mean, about a week before.
hot chocolate
shop early (if I can, but usually procrastinate)
red
Grinch
Cranberries (in things, cookies and scones etc.)
stuffing!!! (seriously, it needs there exclamation points)
snuggle
silver
celebrate at home
classic tunes
parties