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Everyone else is doing it
December 21st, 2009
Eggnog or hot chocolate? Historically, both. However, since my bypass I’m lactose intolerant. I don’t really have either one anymore.
Does Santa wrap the presents or leave them open under the tree? Both. In my family, Santa presents were wrapped. In Gerald’s family, they weren’t. Since we both felt like our way was “the right way,” we compromised and wrapped some and won’t wrap the large/oddly shaped ones.
Colored lights on a tree or white? White. Never colored and never flashing.
Do you hang mistletoe? Nope.
When do you put your decorations up? We don’t have a set time. I’m not one of those day-after-Thanksgiving folks, though. We usually put up our stuff the first or second week in December. Growing up, we put up and decorated our tree on Christmas Eve.
What is your favorite holiday dish? Growing up, my mom used to make these fabulous mashed potatoes with cream cheese and ranch seasoning in them. Those were favorite. Nowadays, we don’t have specific “traditional” dishes at Christmas, so I don’t have a favorite.
Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? When we’re with Gerald’s family, we open presents on Christmas Eve. When were with mine, we open stockings on Christmas Eve and presents Christmas morning.
How do you decorate your Christmas tree? We have a hodgepodge of Gerald’s and my childhood ornaments, ornaments we’ve been given as gifts and ornaments that Maddie’s made. There’s no theme, color scheme or plan. It’s awesome.
Snow: love it or hate it? Love it. Here in Texas, we seldom get snow and get ice storms instead.
Can you ice skate? In theory, I guess. I used to skate (badly) all the time, but it’s been about 20 years.
What is your favorite holiday dessert? Fudge.
What is your favorite holiday tradition? Since 1992, whenever my parents and I were together for Christmas, we went to the movies on Christmas day. This year, Gerald and I are going together and when our kids are old enough, they’ll come, too.
Candy canes: yum or yuck? Yum.
Favorite Christmas show? National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. I love me some Clark Griswold.
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Oh I would be so annoyed if I had become lactose-intolerant post-surgery. Do you take lots of calcium supplements?
Jess – I was borderline lactose intolerant before the surgery, so luckily it doesn’t happen to everyone. Cheese doesn’t bother me, so I eat a lot of that and take Caltrate daily, just like every other bypass patient.
I love going to the movies on holidays! We might go see Sherlock Holmes while the kids are at their mom’s Friday.