The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 18

[KristineN]

Pretty much!!

Yes, I called her too!

So Bill is just as crazy as Kristine??!

 

[UP Disney]

Welcome to the 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your Friends! You know the drill. Highlight, copy, and paste (not forward) and change my answers to your answers. Be sure to send back to me. Enjoy!! Everyone has time for a few moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Absolutely

5. When do you put your decorations up? Week or two before Christmas

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Mom's fruit salad

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? My Uncle Lee & Grandpa coming to stay with us Christmas Eve.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? My mother asked me how I liked the mittens she made. I told her I thought Santa brought them in my stocking. We never discussed it again! After all, Santa only comes for those who believe!

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? With colored Christmas lights and the special ornaments that we received over the years from family & friends.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love snow as long as I don't have to drive somewhere in it.

12. Can you ice skate? Have you ever fallen on the ice? Yes, and Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? The matching cowboy/gowgirl outfits that my Uncle Lee bought for my brother & I when we were little. We got the whole thing - hat, shirt, skirt for me & pants for brother, boots, holster & guns. That was an awesome Christmas. We didn't usually get many presents.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Spending time with loved ones

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Christmas cookies mom always used to make

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Spending time with family

17. What tops your tree? A star

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? I like giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Way too many to pick.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? Yum

 

[my3princes]

Hi Amy. Great pictures of the kiddos. You have a good Santa too!

Santa wraps at our house. But I have another question along those lines? How many of your kids get presents from both Santa and you? All of my kids' presents come from Santa. I don't know why, other than that's how my parents did it. For those of you that give your kids presents as well, how do you determine which are from you and which are from Santa?

My kids get one present from Santa. It is usually what they specifically ask Santa for. They make separate lists for me and the grandparents. Santa does the main gift or gift sets and a stocking for each of them and we get whatever we want.

 

[Tammi67]

I LOVE this picture!!!!

 

[tinknme]

A while back Disney Shopping had a discount, spend $60 get $20 off. Well I ordered a Jacket for Garrett & the price was $59.99. So I added a pair of Tinkerbell socks at $5 to get the discount. I received a ship notice, but it was only for the socks. I emailed them, but never received a response. Today the socks arrived & I was charged $9.50 for shipping!

I just called to find out about the jacket & it is out of stock I told the lady that I was upset over having to pay $9.50 for a pair of socks when what I really wanted was the jacket. She was very nice & said if I wanted to order something else, the shipping would be waived. So she stayed with me on the phone while I looked around for other items.

I ordered a couple more things for Garrett(JC items for his birthday), a Tinkerbell long sleeved shirt & Tinkerbell flannel pj set for me I was also able to use the 42% discount. All of this came to less than the cost of the jacket, so I am very happy!

I could not thank her enough for her great customer service! I wish everyone you spoke with was this helpful & pleasant.

 

[my3princes]

Welcome to the 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your Friends! You know the drill. Highlight, copy, and paste (not forward) and change my answers to your answers. Be sure to send back to me. Enjoy!! Everyone has time for a few moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Sometimes

5. When do you put your decorations up? around Thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Spiral Ham or Brownie Pudding

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Santa visiting us at my Great Aunts House every Christmas Eve before he started his travels

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? My cousins told me

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? With colored Christmas lights and the special ornaments that we received over the years from family & friends.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? I love snow, snowmobiling, skiing and long drives on backgroads during or after a storm. The Scenery is breathtaking

12. Can you ice skate? Have you ever fallen on the ice? Yes, and Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Mrs. Beasly Doll

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Spending time with loved ones and the Decorations. I love to drive around to see how everyone decorates

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Brownie pudding and Sugar Cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Family celebrations with the extended families getting together.

17. What tops your tree? A star

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? I like giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Jingle Bell Rock

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? Yum

 

[babytrees]

font=Arial]Welcome to the 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your Friends! You know the drill. Highlight, copy, and paste (not forward) and change my answers to your answers. Be sure to send back to me. Enjoy!! Everyone has time for a few moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate
[/COLOR]2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Colored or white depending on what I feel like that year!!

4. Do you hang mistletoe? nope

5. When do you put your decorations up? usually the weekend after Thanksgiving

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? cranberries
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? no real favorites as a child
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Saw my mom going up the stairs with presents that had Santa's moniker on them the next morning.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? kids open one...mom & dad don't
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? with lights (this year purple & white) and ornaments that the kids have gotten and what I have from my childhood.
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? better love the snow where I live!!
12. Can you ice skate? Have you ever fallen on the ice? nope and countless times.....if there's a tiny patch of ice my hiney finds it!!
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? I got an easy bake oven about 4 years ago...I really wanted as a kid and we happened to go by a display that Christmas and I said "Ohhhhh, I wanted one of these as a kid" My mom asked why she didn't know it and I told her that I knew we couldn't afford it so I didn't ask.
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? celebrating Jesus' birth with my kiddos

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? tough choice...my fudge or rice krispie treats that we make with Rice Chex
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? taking hot chocolate and driving around and oohing and aahing over Christmas lights
17. What tops your tree? this year a spiral topper. We also have a fancy spire (pre kids) and a beautiful doilly angel.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? I like giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Mary Did You Know
20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? don't like the peppermint ones but the others are nummy!!

 

[Glynis]

Welcome to the 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your Friends! You know the drill. Highlight, copy, and paste (not forward) and change my answers to your answers. Be sure to send back to me. Enjoy!! Everyone has time for a few moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Egg Nog

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Sets them out under the tree.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White, because that's what Alan likes. I like colored.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Sometimes.

5. When do you put your decorations up? We start the day after Thanksgiving and continue until everything is up.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Dad's clam dip!!!!!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Grandpa Adams making sourdough hotcakes for Christmas breakfast. We would eat Christmas candy while he made them. It was the only day of the year we were allowed to eat candy before breakfast!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? What truth???? Actually, I was in 5th grade. My teacher had to take me aside and tell me as I was being teased mercilessly by my classmates. I was devastated.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes. We did as kids, and it was always new pajamas, hand knit slippers from Grandma, and an ornament for the tree. We do the same for our kids (except the hand knit slippers. Maybe someday for that!)

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Our "kid" tree is chock full of fun ornaments collected over the years, and ornaments from my childhood. My new Disney tree has glass Mickey balls on it with some icicles. It's pretty bare for now, but we'll add to it each year!

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love snow as long as I don't have to drive somewhere in it. Ditto to what Vicki said!

12. Can you ice skate? Have you ever fallen on the ice? Yes, and Yes. My birthday is in January, and that was always my birthday party; an ice skating party.

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Any Christmas that I got more than one book was a fabulous day!!! One year I got a large teddy bear I named Boris. I loved him so much. It wasn't until years later I learned that my father had made him for me. I carried him around until he literally fell apart.

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Making memories for my kids.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Gingerbread trifle!!! Yummy! I can't wait to make it this year!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Bundling up and going to Temple Square in Salt Lake City to see all the lights. It's so beautiful! We love the Nativity scene, and the lights in the Pedestrian walkway!

17. What tops your tree? A Mickey snowflake on one tree, and nothing on the other. Just never found anything I liked for it.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? Giving is the best!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Doesn't matter. If it's Christmas music it's all good with me!!! However, I really love to listen to Handel's Messiah at least once every year.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? Depends on the flavor. Peppermint is yuck. Any other flavor is Yum!

 

[Tammi67]

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Egg Nog

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Why bother?

5. When do you put your decorations up? After Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Homemade Ravioli

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Packing up the car with loads of Christmas presents and going around visiting 4 houses of Granparents/Great Grandparents.


8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I honestly don't remember if I was ever "officially" told the truth.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? No

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? White lights, garland or ribbon, tons of ornaments and red bows. Everytime I travel/vacation somewhere, I get a Christmas ornament. I love pulling them out of the box and remembering the vacation as I decorate the tree. I have also started getting each child their own ornament from our vacations too. The Angel tree topper goes on last.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love the first significant snowfall of the season. After that one, it becomes old.

12. Can you ice skate? Have you ever fallen on the ice? Yes, and Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My first trip to WDW!!!


14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Being with family and friends.


15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Pecan cup cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Driving around in pajamas looking at all the Christmas lights

17. What tops your tree? An angel

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? I like giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Silent Night/The First Noel/O Come All Ye Faithful.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? Yuck!

 

[PrincessLeighsDaddy]

Welcome to the 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your Friends! You know the drill. Highlight, copy, and paste (not forward) and change my answers to your answers. Be sure to send back to me. Enjoy!! Everyone has time for a few moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White this year on the main tree. Colored lights on Leighanna's tree, and Red and White lights on the Gingerbread tree.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No, but we have a "kissing ball"

5. When do you put your decorations up? Thanksgiving night, and all through the season till it's done!

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Mom's homemade Noodles!

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Well, one year my Mom and Dad took all of us kids to the toy store on Christmas Eve to let us pick out our favorite toys. They told us that Santa wanted us to pick out what we wanted that year, so we believed them. We weren't allowed to play with anything though until Christmas Morning. Talk about a long night in bed wide awake! I think we still all got up around 4 that morning!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? My older brother told me. He said that he found out at School. I think I was maybe in the third grade and my little brother was in the first grade. Talk about a big disappointment. A little part of us still believed in Santa, and we always got something under the tree from Santa, even as teenagers.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We used to before Leighanna was born. Now we are too busy trying to get her to sleep so that Santa can do his work.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? We use alot of the traditional Christmas ornaments that we have collected over the years. We always put out our first Christmas ornament, and some personalized ornaments that we have gotten in years past.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Love snow as long as I don't have to drive somewhere in it. Ditto to what Vicki said!

12. Can you ice skate? Have you ever fallen on the ice? No, and Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? I can remember getting a science kit one year from my Uncle. It was so cool. I remember putting all sorts of slides together and looking at them through the microscope!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Remembering the real reason for the Season. Spending time with Family and Friends.

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Christmas cookies and homemade Buckeyes!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Bundling everyone up and heading out to Cliffton Mill. This place is covered in millions of lights, and they have little scenes put up all over the place. Once we get done there we head out to a little subdivision that goes all out for Christmas. Almost every house is decorated to the hilt with tons of lights and Christmas music playing everywhere. Santa even makes an appearance there on the weekends and free candy canes are handed out to everyon in their cars.

17. What tops your tree? A star sometimes, but we also have and angel topper.

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? Definitely giving!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? My wife and I loved Let it Snow when we were dating. But really like all the Christmas songs.

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? Yuck on the peppermint ones, Yum on the candy flavored ones!

 

[tinknme]

Love these pictures Kristine!

 

[tinknme]

Welcome to the 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to know your Friends! You know the drill. Highlight, copy, and paste (not forward) and change my answers to your answers. Be sure to send back to me. Enjoy!! Everyone has time for a few moments of fun! Don't be a scrooge!!!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wraps

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? White

4. Do you hang mistletoe? Sometimes

5. When do you put your decorations up? About a week after Christmas

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? Baked ham

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child? Waking up to stockings full of fresh fruit!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I saw mom & dad putting the presents out

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? With white lights, garland, different kinds of ornaments, angel topper

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Fresh snow is beautiful, but I hate being out in it.

12. Can you ice skate? Have you ever fallen on the ice? No and Yes

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My Barbie dolls

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?Being with my family

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Pecan pie

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Getting together with family on Christmas eve

17. What tops your tree? An angel

18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving? I like giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Jingle Bell Rock

20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? Yum

 

[UP Disney]

I am now officially a Disney AP holder!!! We stopped and upgraded our tickets at DTD yesterday before we left. I can't look at my photopass pictures yet as the site is down. I am off to check out the special passholder area on Disney's site.

 

[UP Disney]

Well, the photopass site is down and it won't let me in the AP site. What is a Disney fanatic to do? I guess I'll have to get out my new Disney planning DVD that came the day we left for our trip and pop it in. Luckily, we have less than 3 months to our next trip plus Christmas is in between so the time will fly by!

 

[tinknme]

I am done wrapping

 

[Tammi67]

I got tired of waiting for our 07-08 school calendar to be published, so I called the School Board. As it turns out next year Christmas break is Dec. 21 until JAN 7!! Usually we go back the day after New Years. This means that I can plan a WDW trip for the first week of January and miss the Christmas rush! Of course we will miss MVMCP but the Osborne Lights and all the other decorations will still be there. I'm so excited!!!!

 

[Tammi67]

I am now officially a Disney AP holder!!! We stopped and upgraded our tickets at DTD yesterday before we left. I can't look at my photopass pictures yet as the site is down. I am off to check out the special passholder area on Disney's site.

YIPPIE!!!

 

[Tammi67]

What is a Disney fanatic to do?

Um, start planning another trip???

 

[Tammi67]

I am done wrapping

 

[kc10family]

Here is a picture of my ornaments from Debbie, sorry it has taken so long.

Here is my tree this year, the Angel on top is a Barbie and was my wedding gift from Mark. I love her so much but the poor gal gets a stick up her bu....back side every year for about a month or so.

close up of how many ornaments in a small area

And last a pic from last year to show you how freak like I am with nothing in the same paper.

Almost forgot my miniture tree.

Have a great day everyone. Hope all is well with you.

Note... my tree is a 7 or 7 1/2 foot tall and it rotates so every inch is covered with an ornament.