I've seen the 20 Questions Christmas Tag doing the rounds on a few blogs this Christmas, so I've decided to give it a go myself, just for fun.
There are 20 questions and 20 answers, with everything from holiday traditions to the worst present I've ever received. It's about to get festive around here, so don't say I didn't warn you!
1. Use one word to describe how excited you are for Christmas.
Meh? The excitement I felt a few weeks ago has worn off, and while I'm looking forward to it, I'm currently feeling too sore and exhausted from preparing for it to enjoy it much.
2. Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?
Not since my sisters and I were kids. Back then, we were allowed to open one present from a relative or friend on Christmas Eve night, but now there aren't any kids in the family, everyone waits until Christmas Day.
3. What holiday traditions are you looking forward to most this year?
I don't have any exciting holiday traditions, so just decorating the tree with the family, taking a drive to spot Christmas lights with my sister, and opening presents with my dog.
4. Is your Christmas tree real or fake?
Both! Our main tree is artificial, but I have a small real tree in my bedroom. Best of both worlds!
5. What is your favourite Christmas film?
It's a tie between Santa Claus the Movie, and The Muppet Christmas Carol. Best Christmas movies ever. Fact!
6. Where do you usually spend your holiday?
These days, I just spend Christmas at home with my immediate family. We used to visit my grandparents on Christmas Day until I was about ten, go to my auntie's Christmas Eve party in Worcester, and visit my Mum's side up north after Christmas, but things have changed a bit as everyone's gotten older, and relatives have passed away.
7. What is your favourite Christmas song?
Probably Last Christmas by Wham, I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake, or Step into Christmas by Elton John, but I also love It's Only Christmas by Ronan Keating, and Underneath the Tree by Kelly Clarkson.
8. What is your all time favourite holiday food / sweet treat?
That's a tough one because there are so many tasty treats in our house during the holidays. I love my brother-in-law's goose-fat roast potatoes, a good turkey and stuffing sandwich, my Mum's apple pie, my sister's Chocolate Squidgy Log (like a fancy swiss roll filled with cream and chocolate mousse), and my apple and blackberry trifle. I'm also partial to a Hazelnut Whirl from a tub of Roses. So... any of those.
9. Be honest, do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better?
I definitely enjoy giving gifts more. I love buying and wrapping presents for people I care about, and seeing their reactions when I get it right.
10. What is your favourite thing about Christmas?
The pretty decorations/ lights, and how it always seems to bring out the best in people. Sure, there are plenty of Christmas Scrooges, but I love how most people are a little kinder, happier, and more welcoming to others at Christmas time.
11. When do you start getting excited for Christmas?
Usually as soon as Halloween is over, but I have been known to start getting excited in September...
12. What is the best Christmas gift you've ever received?
One present that still sticks in my mind is the Sega Mega Drive my sisters and I got for Christmas when I was nine. We never had a games console- besides an ancient Commodore we had to play on an old black and white TV in my room- until that Christmas, so it felt like the best Christmas ever. We spend all Christmas playing The Lion King and Columns, and were still playing games like Golden Axe, Aladdin and Maui Mallard on it years later.
13. What is the worst present you've ever received?
I can't think of anything in particular, but I've received my fair share of socks, and ugly bags that have earned a long stay at the back of my wardrobe.
14. As a kid, did a sibling ever receive a present that you wished was for you?
I can't remember ever being jealous of someone else's presents. It probably helped that my parents often got my younger sister and I a lot of the same gifts to avoid that, though!
15. What would be your dream place to visit for the holiday season?
I'd love to visit New York City at Christmas time, and also somewhere in Scandanavia where I can see the Northern Lights, enjoy the snow, and cosy up in a cute log cabin at the end of the day.
16. Most memorable holiday moment?
This is when I realise all of my Christmas memories are boring and uneventful! But I still laugh when I remember the Christmas Eve my older sister and were so excited we couldn't sleep, and plotted to make Christmas morning start early by turning a clock forward. I was sent into my parents' room with the evidence that it was definitely 7am, and certainly not the 3am their clocks announced. Of course, they sent us back to bed, but I just remember a lot of giggling, and how they gave in and let us get up to open presents at 6am that Christmas. Yeah... I really need to make some good new holiday memories...
17. Do you make New Year's resolutions? Do you stick to them?
I never make big, life-altering New Year's resolutions, but set smaller goals for myself for the year instead, like reading a certain number of books, or maybe learning a new craft. I usually stick to some of them, while others go out the window by the second of January! Haha!
18. What makes the holidays special for you?
I guess just spending time with my family, and that everyone does their best not to fight for a few days. My family's a bit dysfunctional, and nobody can tolerate that long around each other without arguing at the best of times, so it's nice when we can sit down to a good meal together, and get along.
19. What's the best part about Christmas for you?
I always enjoy decorating the Christmas tree, opening presents with my dog on Christmas morning, Christmas dinner with the family, and watching Christmas movies.
20. You have been granted one Christmas wish... What will it be?
Right now, I'd just wish to be free of chronic pain, and visual migraines. I've only had a few weeks without a migraine all year, and what I wouldn't give to be rid of them.
If you're reading this and want to take part, consider yourself tagged! Be sure to leave me a link to your post if you decide to have a go!
What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?
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