1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate, although JP used to make egg nog when I was a kid and I rather enjoyed it.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? He used to just leave them under the tree as I assume that Barbie Dream Houses were tough to wrap. Now he wraps.

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Everything is white because I am boring and yuppie.

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No.

5. When do you put your decorations up? The week after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)? The Shea's are big on Christmas Eve snacking, so there is usually a plethora of fattening, tasty snacks. Spinach dip, sausage, ham sandwiches, etc.

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: JP sitting down with Kate and I and reading the story of Christmas before we set out Nana cookies and milk for Santa. Nana cookies are these particular cookies my family makes, handed down from my great-grandma on JP's mom's side. So while we tend to call them "Shea" cookies, technically they're not Shea at all. I'm the one who makes them now and have for about 10 years now.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? The year I found the Cabbage Patch World Traveler doll I asked Santa for, under the basement stairs, two weeks before Christmas, and then it appeared under the tree from Santa on Christmas morning.

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? All of them. We are Christmas Eve people.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Lights, ornaments and ribbons. There really isn't any particular theme.

11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Like it until about February.

12. Can you ice skate? I can and I did two nights ago!

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? JP bought me ejshea.com on Christmas Eve, 1999, kinda as a joke.

14.What is your favorite holiday dessert? Nana cookies

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Hanging out in my parents' living room, talking and watching movies.

17. What tops your tree? This ornament Candace made me in 2001. She looked at it this year, slightly appalled that I use it to top my tree.

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

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? I have a favorite Christmas album: Carpenters - Christmas Portrait. I had friends over for Christmas merriment on Tuesday and I made them all listen to it. When I went ice skating on Monday, a song off the album played and I called Kate to tell her.

The Shea girls are OBSESSED with the Carpenters Christmas Portrait album. It is so awesome.

20. Candy Canes? No opinion on them. Someone the other night told some rather obscene stories involving candy canes and therefore I don't think I could even think about eating one ever again.

Posted by Erin at 08:10 AM | filed under: Random Stupidity

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