Cindy tagged me! I have to tell you 12 things about me that have to do with Christmas. I am scared of being tagged because then I always tell you things that make me sound a little looney.
1. I HATE that candied fruit bread stuff (I don't even remember what it's called). YUCKY!!!!!
2. I love to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving...BLACK FRIDAY! I can't sleep at all that night. All night, I have visions of bright lights, red price tags, long lines and lots of chaos. I love it!!! I also love shopping everyday after that until Christmas. By the time it's December 26th, I'm ready to STOP spending money and take it all back though. I just like the idea of buying everything, but I don't want to keep all of it.
3. Christmas Eve is my favorite holiday (on December 24th...but then on December 25th I love Christmas....and then on December 31st I love New Years Eve....etc. etc. etc....! I guess I just love all the holidays!) I love eating lots of goodies and being with family and singing Christmas carols and eating lots of goodies and re-enacting the birth of our Savior and being with my family and eating lots of goodies....
4. I love the Sunday Christmas Sacrement meeting program. It's my favorite Sunday of the year.
5. I do not like nuts in my Christmas candy. And I do not want peanuts in my goody bags from the ward christmas party OR in my stocking!!! I like peanuts....sort of....but not for Christmas! I only like pistacios and cashews and not together and not in anything. Just plain...as a snack. All other nuts are....not for me!
6. I wish that Christmas could be white with snow but not cold! I really like the bubble machine in the mall. It's fun to walk under it and get snowed on but then it just disappears. It's so....magical!!
7. I love to go to Temple Square and Salt Lake City at Christmas time!!!!! Actually, now that I think about, I don't remember ever going there at Christmas time....but it's a great memory that I know I would really like to have....(Okay, so K reminded me tha I have been there at Christmas time. No wonders I have such great memories. I just don't remember going there. OOPS!)
8. I love the UPS or FED EX man to come to my door at Christmas. I especially love it when I know that I didn't pay for what's in the mysterious package! Okay... I wrote a little song for you. You might recognize the tune... It's the song Mr. Santa, but I changed a few words. Sing Along!!
"Mister UPS Man,
I like you better than Saint Nick
Be awful careful and please don’t get sick
Put on your coat when breezes are blowin’
And when you cross the street look where you’re goin’!
UPS Man, I love you so!
I hope you never get lost in the snow
Take your time when you unpack
Mister UPS Man PLEASE hurry back!
Mister UPS Man,
bring me some toys
Bring Merry Christmas to my girls and boys
And every night I’ll go to sleep singing
And dream about the presents you’ll be bringing.
UPS Man, Promise me please
Give all my packages a hug and a squeeze
I’ll be good as good can be,
Mister UPS Man don’t forget me.
9. I really like to go caroling. I love to sing Christmas songs when I'm all bundled up warm and I like watching people not really know what to do while we serenade them. I really don't like to be the one being sung to though. It let's the cold into my house and what do you do while they sing and sing and sing. Do you rudely yell and call all the family to come listen? Do you interrupt them and then call everyone? Do you just stand there all alone and smile at them?
10. I always get so excited to send out Christmas cards and pictures. I usually get started on them way before Thanksgiving but....I never get them sent out! Yes, I have this years cards, letter and picture all ready to be mailed and I have last years, and the year before that....cards and pictures that I have never sent out. And do you know why? I HATE to spend the money on postage. AHHH! There! I said it! I do not like to spend my money on postage at Christmas time, or any time now that I think about it. On the other hand, I LOVE to get Christmas cards! I'm always disappointed when there isn't a picture and a travel-log letter included. Unfortunately, because I am so bad at sending them, I don't get very many anymore. SAD! I'm hoping to get mine sent before 2008! (to summarize: I refuse to spend my money on stamps but I don't have a problem wasting my money on cards, christmas paper and pictures that never get sent. HUM...I may need to rethink my thinking!)
Which leads to #11...
11. I do not like to mail Christmas packages. I do not like driving to the post office (it's not like I don't mind driving past it twice a day to get kids to and from school or any other errands that I have to run every day though!) I do not like waiting in the lines. I never know what to do with my kids. Do I leave them in the car? Do I take them all in with me to wait in the long line while I try to keep track of my packages, letters, coats, purse, diaper bag, kids, sanity....So, I take all the gifts to my mom's and then wait for everyone to come home and visit her. It's always a little embarrassing to be at mom's for the Fourth of July and have her bring out the gift exchange presents from my kids and pass them out. I guess on the bright side, it's like... Christmas in July!!!
12. I do not teach my kids to believe in Santa. I don't really know why. I don't want them to get excited to have their picture taken with him or sit on his lap and tell him what they want for Christmas. (Creapy old man!) Why does he get the credit? I have to pay the bill! I don't want them to hope for things that are beyond reason. It makes them act too selfishly. Knowing that I am paying for Christmas, here's what my kids put on their Christmas lists this year:
Z: electric guitar and all the amps, cords, bags, etc to go with it
J: a dog, either a beagle or a siberian husky, rescued from the animal shelter
S: lots of clothes...and 3 or 5 pieces of really good expensive chocolate
A: A horse! (She suggested we could store him at Nancy's)
K: An ABC Computer
H: It's a good thing he can't talk. I'm out of money!
I do teach them to BELIEVE in the spirit of Santa though. It's fun to do secret things for other people, in the spirit of serving our Savior, and then give Santa the credit.
And that's 12 things! Wow! And I once again sound like I'm cuckoo!
Okay. So now I tag........EVERYONE!!!! If you have not done this hoopla thingy yet, I'd love to read your Christmas quirks! So, please share...!
5 comments:
Nice song! You're pretty creative! you should market that to UPS. It would make a great Holiday commercial!
That is so funny about not mailing the cards. I did that last year, I'm trying to get some out this year. That reminds me... I need your address.
At our house Santa only fills stockings so what ever they ask him for must be quite modest. The BIG gift(s) come from mom and dad and the kids know it.
Fun facts! Christmas Eve is my favorite part of Christmas. I hate shopping on Black Friday and NEVER do it! It's snowing here tonight, so hopefully it will be white for Christmas. I ordered my Christmas Cards from Wal-Mart and they're not here yet. Last time I do that. They'll definitely be New Years cards! Cute UPS Man song!
Merry Christmas to you and your family. I'm so glad I've met you!
Thanks for playing along. I don't think you're cuckoo either. Half of your list could have described me! Hope your family has a Merry Christmas!
I love your song Laurie! Fun! Yes, you are very quirky, you crack me up! Reading your blog though it made me realize that I care a lot about my IF (internet friends) and would have liked to have sent you a card. :) Remind me and next year I'll see if I can collect everyone's addy's and ADD you to my list!
I think I'll do your tag tomorrow!
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