I love a good tag post, and today I have a fun, festive one for you called The Ultimate Christmas Tag.
If you want to know what my favourite Christmas films are, which Christmas songs I'd sing at karaoke, or what my favourite Christmas memory is, keep reading to find out.
Introducing, The Ultimate Christmas Tag:
What is your favourite thing about Christmas?
I'm torn between seeing all the pretty lights and decorations everywhere, giving presents to my family and friends, and enjoying Christmas dinner with my family, as we only sit around a table together a couple of times a year,
Do you have any Christmas traditions you CANNOT forget about each year?
We don't really have any big Christmas traditions in my family, just little ones like we always have to have a tin of Cadbury Roses in the house, we never put up the family Christmas tree without listening to an old Christmas album called 100% Christmas (which we've been decorating trees with since 1994), and certain desserts have to be made. I always make an apple and blackberry trifle, my sister has to make her chocolate squidgy log (old Delia recipe), and my Mum must make an apple pie- or Christmas is ruined. We need some new traditions!
Is there a song that just gets you in to the Christmas spirit?
Last Christmas by Wham never fails to make me feel festive. I think it's because it was always one of the first songs we'd listen to when decorating the tree for Christmas, so it brings up those nostalgic Christmas feelings.
What is your favourite Christmas movie?
I can't choose between Santa Claus the Movie and The Muppets Christmas Carol. They're both amazing, and have been my favourites since childhood.
What food is your must have at Christmas time?
Forget Christmas cake and mince pies; it wouldn't be Christmas in our house without a tub of Cadbury Roses, some turkey sandwiches, all the desserts I mentioned earlier, and my brother-in-law's goose-fat roast potatoes.
If you had to choose between Michael Buble's Christmas album and Justin Bieber's Christmas album, which one would you choose and why?
Personally, I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than listen to either, but if I had to choose, I guess Michael Buble's would be the lesser of two forms of torture. For the record, I didn't mind his when it first came out, but it's become so inescapable that I've come to hate it.
What is your favourite memory about Christmas?
When I was little, I was so excited for Christmas, I woke around 3am on Christmas morning, and couldn't get back to sleep. My older sister was awake in the next room, so I crawled in to bed with her, and we came up with a plan to get Christmas morning to start earlier. Our 'brilliant' plan was to turn the clock forward a few hours, and I was sent to wake up our parents with the evidence that it was clearly morning, and time to open presents. Of course, their alarm clocks betrayed us, and they weren't fooled, but they gave in and let us get up at 6am, an hour earlier than they'd usually let us on Christmas Day. It's probably sounds really boring to you, but I just remember us both laughing a lot, and the memory still makes me smile.
When do you start decorating your place for Christmas?
We start decorating our home for Christmas from the 1st of December, although, in recent years, everyone's been so tired, and busy, sometimes we haven't get around to decorating downstairs until a few days before Christmas. I think this year might be one of those years as we haven't even started yet! I'm hoping to put decorations up in my bedroom over the next couple of days, though, as I finally picked up a little tree this morning.
If you were at Christmas karaoke, which 5 songs would you play?
Let's be clear; you won't ever catch me doing karaoke, so if you ever do, I must be very, very drunk or an imposter. Send for help. I can't sing to save my life, and I hate having all eyes on me. But, if someone held a gun to my head and forced me to sing, I would probably go with:
Last Christmas by Wham.
Undcrneath the Tree by Kelly Clarkson.
Step in to Christmas by Elton John.
All Alone on Christmas by Darlene Love.
Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney.
What are your top 4 Christmas movies?
Probably:
Santa Claus the Movie
The Muppets Christmas Carol
Little Women (1994)
and...
either The Family Stone / The Holiday / The Santa Clause / Home Alone. Can't choose!
What does Christmas really mean to you?
Spending some quality time with my family, and having a good excuse to spoil everyone with presents.
How old were you when you started asking questions about Father Christmas?
Questions? Why would I ask questions about Santa? Oh, you mean, what kind of cookies he likes? I was six or seven.
What do you think makes Christmas so magical?
I think it's a bit of everything; the twinkling decorations, the childhood Christmas Eve / Christmas morning excitement, families and friends coming together, the way it brings out kindness and generosity in most people... It always seems to transform the world in to a happier, kinder place for a month or two, and never fails to brighten up the dark winter days, and if that's not magical, I don't know what is.
Share your favourite photos from a previous Christmas.
I love this one of my dog, Rosie, taken on her first Christmas in 2016, when we dressed her up for the first time. (The hair bows were only added briefly as a joke). The poor pupper was so confused by it all, but she looked adorable.
And that's The Ultimate Christmas Tag.
I tag... anyone who wants to take part.
If you decide to give the tag a go on your own blog, do send me the link to your post so I can have a read!
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