Gimme 5

[Noel+]

give me 5 things you will do christmas related before this thanksgiving

1. Clean the entire house before decorating
2. Purchase the turkey/ham and food items
3. Clean the stockings
4. Bake fruitcakes & store in tin
5. Sing Christmas carols!

Now please give us 5 reasons to celebrate Christmas with decorations!

[Pretjah]

Now please give us 5 reasons to celebrate Christmas with decorations!

1-a celebration of the arrival of Christ
2-traditions of the holidays
3-family traditions
4-they are just awesome looking
5-the kids would hate me (and me myself) if we didn't


give me 5 places that you have spent christmas (town or city names)

[Noel+]

1. Greencastle, Indiana
2. Indianapolis, Indiana
3. Riverdale, California
4. Phoenix, Arizona
5. Parker, Arizona

What are 5 new inspirations to decorate for Christmas this year?

[Pretjah]

What are 5 new inspirations to decorate for Christmas this year?

1- i want to incorporate more family images into our christmas decorations
2- i want to use christmas movie knick nacks
3- we are in a new house now so that will brign some new changes and inspirations to how we decorate for christmas
4- the new house doesn't have room for my christmas train village so i have to figure out something new to do big
5 - the kids want their own christmas tree this year they said

gimmie the last 5 things you've used that were christmas presents?

[jlcarey]

1 - Bread maker
2 - Sweater
3 - Kindle
4 - Socks
5 - Mug

Give me 5 of the funniest things that have happened to or around you on Christmas...

[Noel+]

1. Our Christmas tree, fully decorated, fell over when 2 of our cats tried to crawl up to the top!
2. Our first Christmas meal and the turkey was still frozen inside -- but looked good on the outside!
3. My DS ate all the candy in his stocking on Christmas Eve when everyone else was in bed a sleep. He had a candycane face!
4. My Grandfather dressed as Santa but it didn't fool me!
5. As a child, waking up believing I could hear Santa in the house!

So what are your favorite 5 munchies Christmas day?

[Pretjah]

1 -christmas morning breakfast (i make at my inlaws - frenchtoast bacon eggs)
2 - christmas dinner at my folks (turkey and all the trimmings)
3 - chocolate covered rice crispy treats
4 - chocolate oatmeal drops
5 - chocolate chip cookies


if money was no limit what 5 MATERIAL items would you ask for this year from your family (spouse, parents, etc)

[Noel+]

1. A photo album summarizing their life with comments.
2. A list of their unfulfilled wishes.
3. A journal of their most treasured memories.
4. An ornament that summarizes their favorite Christmas memory.
5. An appointment: a time set apart for just us to share/create new memories.

So what are your 5 favorite Christmas icons?

[jlcarey]

1. Jesus
2. Santa Claus
3. Christmas music
4. My Christmas Tree
5. Gega's Christmas PJ's (Explanation: My Grandma (as we call her: Gega...my sister's 3 year-old translation of when my Aunt tried to teach her to call Grandma "Igor") always used to buy every Grandchild Christmas PJ's every year, and we got to open them on Christmas Eve and wear them to bed, and every year we would put on our PJ's, take a picture, and call Gega and thank her for our PJ's. Now she buys them for all of the Great Grandkids (and the few grandkids left who don't have kids. I love seeing this tradition passed on to my kids! I love Christmas Eve night every year taking pictures of my kids in their PJ's and then letting them call Gega!) (Sorry to be so long-winded!)

What are your 5 favorite ornaments on your tree?

[Pretjah]

1 - the angel on teh top
2 - my wife and i bought individual bells with our names on them for our first christmas
3 - which ever "ornaments" i try to hide on the tree and my wife tries to find them and take them off (usually they aren't ornaments just toys or somethign goofy)
4 - a fake homel ornament my folks gave me and my siblings(each our own) when we were young
5 - my steeler, penguin, pirate ornaments




what are the first 5 songs you want to hear christmas morning when you wake up?

[Noel+]

[b][For me,l Christmas is a high-holy day, so:

1 O Holy Night
2 O Come All Ye Faithful
3 Immanual
4 Mary Did You Know?
5 Joy to the World

What are your favorite 5 Christmas breakfast foods? /b]

[Pretjah]

well considering i cook at my inlaws on christmas morning i'm gonna be biased lol


1 - Bacon
2- french toast
3 - bacon
4 - orange juice (if that doesn't count Bacon)
5 - eggs


if christmas was tommorrow and you were as prepared as you are right now what 5 things would you do today to prepare for christmas tommorrow?

[Noel+]

Laugh at the piles of laundry and dusty house!

1 Wrap gifts!
2 Bake cookies
3 Thaw the turkey!
4 Bake pies
5. Sing carols!

What 5 little things mean the most to you Christmas Day?

[Pretjah]

i'm not sure how "little" these our but i'm going to gauge the littleness of them by monetary value

1 - christmas breakfast with my kids, wife and her family
2 - waking up in the morning knowing it's christmas
3 - just watching all of my wife's family and my family being together (at each set of parents house)
4 - end of the day getting home with my wife and just relaxing with her
5 - opening up some of the "cheap" presents my mother buys us to equal out the number of gifts each kid gets some of them have been extremely funnya nd goofy over the eyars like my brother-in-law getting a toilet brush


this christmas season what 5 christmas things will you do outside of your's or a family members house?

[Christmas Crazy]

1. Put up the outdoor Christmas decorations.
2. Go out to the road and take pictures of the neighborhood all lit up.
3. Step outside at my brothers house to cool down. It's always hot in his house when the extended family is there for Christmas.
4. Play with my niece and nephew on our Christmas visit to their new house.
5. Play in the SNOW at my parents house! (Hopefully) (I know it's not Christmasy, but Christmas time is the only time I see snow.)



List something you received for each Christmas the last 5 years.

[Pretjah]

List something you received for each Christmas the last 5 years.

1 - 2010 - an AC Moore gift card to get a set of art markers (i got the 48 set normally priced at 199.99 for 100.00 with a 50% off any one item coupon) the week after christmas

2 - 2009 - the family got a wii from my inlaws

3 - 2008 - a penguins t shirt from teh wife

4 - 2007 - an All Star fishing rod 7'0" extra heavy for flipping and pitching (just in case anyone is into bass fishing like me and knows what that means)

5 - 2006 - a recliner from my wife's father (together gift for me and wife)



what five sounds can you expect to hear and love this christmas morning?

[Christmas Crazy]

1. "Honey. Wake up. It's Christmas"
2. Wrapping paper being torn off presents.
3. The kids laughing.
4. Christmas music while opening gifts.
5. Church bells.



Name your 5 favorite stores you will be Christmas shopping at this year.

[Pretjah]

Name your 5 favorite stores you will be Christmas shopping at this year.

i dont think they will be my "favorite" but they will be the 5 best i shop in this year

1 - harry's army navy sporting good and supply store
2 - Walmart
3 - big lots
4 - dollar general
5 - local thrift shops


gimmie your 5 favorite christmas characters (real or fake)

[Christmas Crazy]

1. Santa (of course)
2. Rudolph
3. The Grinch
4. Santa's Elves
5. Frosty the Snowman


Gimme 5 of your favorite Christmas deserts.

[Pretjah]

Gimme 5 of your favorite Christmas deserts.

well i'm not sure if everyone has these around christmas time but my family does

1- ice box cake
2- pumpkin pie
3- chocolate pecan pie
4 - oatmeal chocolate drops
5- peanutbutter and chocolate rice crispy treats


Gimmie the 5 christmas movies you first want to watch starting now(movies you've watched already dont count unless you want to watch them again oh and yeah it's MOVIES not specials like charlie brown frosty etc actual full length movies)