Christmas Poll?

Riss91 · December 2010

10 questions:

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?

2) Star or Angel on top?

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?

Riss91 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?    White lights, but I grew up with having the colored ones.

2) Star or Angel on top?   Angel

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?   Midnight Mass

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?   We get together with my father's side of the family who are Slovak. We used to have a traditonal fish meal (and pasta for us kids that didn't eat the fish) but now it's turned into a paella and penne vodka menu - which is hilarious. We do keep a Slovak tradition of oplatki(click here), which is really nice. Then we head to Midnight Mass.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day? We're hosting my MIL(and 3 of her guests from England) for a fancy brunch, then we're heading to my parents' house to see my mother's side of the family.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year? 10-12 (depending on whether we're exchaning with my husband's cousins). My family is big, so we choose a name out of a hat and only exchange with 1 person - which keeps our list down.

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas? This sounds horrible - but I'm glad that my one of the families on my husband's side are not making it to our Christmas gathering this year. They are always relentlessly attacking my husband's political and religious beliefs and they are so nasty. My husband never responds with any animosity, but they take his politeness as weakness in his point of view and just berate him. A couple years ago, his uncle literally started criticizing and attacking Jesus. ON CHRISTMAS! Last year I nearly lost it and had to leave the room because I was having trouble keeping quiet. I did manage to grumble out of the side of my mouth as I left "He's your family and these are his beliefs! It's not okay to disrespect him like that - especially on Christmas!".

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas? Buying presents. I'm so disorganized this year...ugh!

9) What's your favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?   White Christmas

ootmother2 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree ?

white lights

    2) Star or Angel on top ?

an angel

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other ?

varies, I love midnight mass but sometimes dinner party goes too long and I hate going to church after drinking

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve ?

family Christmas party. ALL family so it's 75 or so

     5) What do you do on Christmas Day ?

brunch and open gifts

    6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year ?

I can't even count them

   7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas ?

Love seeing the kids on Christmas morning

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas ?

can't think of anything

9) What's your favorite Christmas song ?

O Holy Night

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie ?

anything other than ELF (barf)

clearheavens · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree? White lights only, I don't like the look of multi-colored lights. Very 1980s.

2) Star or Angel on top? Angel

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other? Christmas Eve Mass at 3PM (Children's Mass) and Christmas morning Mass at 10AM

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve? We usually just hang out around the house, watch a rented movie, eat, go to Mass at 3PM, then the rest of the evening wait for Jesus' birth!

5) What do you do on Christmas Day? We get up, go to Mass at 10AM, come back from Mass, wait for extended family to arrive, have an early dinner together. Then we open presents and play White Elephant Exchange together (I know...that's really late for gifts, but that's how my family tortures the kids).

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year? I have FI's family to shop for this year. His side = 10 people. From my side = 4 people. So 10 + 4 = 14 net total.

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas? FI and I are spending it together with my family where we're living. I'm actually happy (as horrible as it sounds) that we're not visiting his parents this Christmas. They are very rude to me, berate me at the table, and criticize what I do. The worst thing is that everyone knows this, and it happens to every daughter-in-law because FI's mom herself was emotionally abused by her in-laws, so she thinks she can do it to her daughter-in-laws. But in the Vietnamese culture, out of filial piety and being in FI's parents' house, all anyone can do is shut up and pretend nothing was said. It's so bad, I hardly eat right, and then once the evening is over I dash into the car and sob my eyes out hyperventilating with over what happened. I feel sorry for FI for seeing it. It's traumatizing. One time, I stood up for myself and said, "What you said hurts me." And she criticized me for being thin-faced and said it was me that was hurt, not she meaning to be hurtful (and in her nastiness for so many years she probably really thinks it's normal), so it was "my fault" for being hurt.

I almost broke up with FI due to this issue. It's a huge problem with his family such that his younger siblings don't even date Vietnamese girls so they won't understand what their mom says at the table.

With FI and I being Vietnamese, it's an actual duty to see his mom and to tolerate her behavior. My comfort is knowing FI's love for me and my family's love for me. With daily prayer for his mother, and especially knowing that she's 9 hours away and I may see her just once a year, I think with God's healing help I can manage this.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas? I don't like the freezing cold weather in this area. At times like this, I wish I was in TX.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song? "come bless ye merry gentlemen"

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie? Not sure if I have one but if I had to pick, Jim Carrey's "Christmas Carol" wasn't bad.

Calypso1977 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?     Multi.

2) Star or Angel on top?     Star

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?     Usually midnight.

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?     Varies.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?     Varies.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?   probably about 15

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?     the food!

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?     the travel

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?     Sleigh Ride, preferably the Boston Pops version

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?    Its a Wonderful Life. Holiday Inn is a close second

bibliophile2010 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree? Multi-colored. I actually prefer white, but ended up with a pre-lit tree with colored lights. FI likes the multi, too, so I guess we're going to be a multi-colored lights family.

2) Star or Angel on top? Star

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other? Midnight

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve? Christmas Eve is sort-of in transition. My family traditionally had a big Mexican food feast, but that is getting moved to Christmas Day. I think this year, I'm going to have my FILs over and then go to Mass.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day? I spend Christmas Day with my extended family--sister, cousins and their spouses and kids, etc. We eat lots of food and do a Secret Santa gift exchange with the adults and watch the kids open their family presents. It is always so much fun. FI is joining me for the first time this year, and I'm excited for him to be in the middle of the chaos.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year? 5-6; with finances being tight, planning a wedding, and FI in school, we're trying to keep the gift-giving limited.

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas? Everything.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas? Potential last-minute family conflicts

9) What's your favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night. "Fall on your knees" gets me to tear up time and time again.

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie? It's a Wonderful Life. My family also watches Holiday Inn at Christmas time every year, so it's a sentimental favorite.

bibliophile2010 · December 2010

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[QUOTE]10) What's your favorite Christmas movie ? Its a Wonderful Life. Holiday Inn is a close second
Posted by Calypso1977[/QUOTE]

Great answer! ;)

SaraAndrew2010 · December 2010

In Response to Christmas Poll?:
10 questions:
1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree ?     White

2) Star or Angel on top ?     Star

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other ?
4) What do you do on Christmas Eve ?
5) What do you do on Christmas Day ?
3, 4, & 5 are TBD. FI and I are getting married on December 18 (9 days!), so we haven't really planned that far ahead. We don't have a traditional mass that we go to. We end up going to whatever mass fits our families schedules. Both are families live near us, so we'll probably eat multiple meals each day.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year ?
Me: 4, FI: 5 or 6

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas ?
Andrew and I celebrating Christmas together for the first time as husband and wife.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas ?
Trying to balance all of the different family committments. I've been trying to convince FI that we need to start alternating holidays and spend Christmas Eve with one family and Christmas day with the other family. However, he's always afraid of missing out on something, so our holidays are always pretty hectic running around to multiple parties.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song ?
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie ?
A Christmas Story

mswood1977 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?      Clear, I would have multi-colored but hubby likes clear, so I use colored outside and clear on the tree.

2) Star or Angel on top?     Angel

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?     Midnight Mass

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?     Go to my dad's, them midnight mass

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?     Go to hubby's famiily

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?     13

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?     spending time with my family

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?     putting away the decorations when it is all over

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?     Silent Night

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie? A Christmas Story

Riss91 · December 2010

clearheavens - That's just awful! I have a friend in a similar situation. I'm glad you're getting this year "off" from your MIL's abuse! Maybe she should go visit my husband's uncle's family and they can just criticize each other all day ;-)

mica178 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?     white

2) Star or Angel on top?     nothing yet, but our tree is pretty just with the lights and some basic glass balls

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?     Midnight Mass

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?     no tradition yet, we're newlywed, but H states Cubans usually roast a pig, so he's ordering one to see if we can start the tradition

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?     see above

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?     12?

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?     H's Cuban roast pig

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?     Seeing my sister's super horrendous boyfriend

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?     O, Holy Night

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?   It's not quite a movie, but "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown."

catarntina · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?     white lights. The tree came pre-lit.

2) Star or Angel on top?     Star. I couldn't find an angel at target.

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?     midnight

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?     Typically, I go to my aunt's. This year, I will be at home then go to Mass.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?     Open my stocking, then presents when everyone is awake. Then eat breakfast. And cook, cook, and bake until dinner time.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?     Since the wedding was Nov 27, we are only buying for eachother. We bought everyone very nice WP gifts and are strapped at the moment.

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?     It's the first Christmas that me and DH will ever spend together! I usually go to Ohio and he stays in Colorado. I'm very excited about the whole thing.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?     It's my first Christmas with DH, but also my first Christmas without my family. I have a feeling I will be awfully homesick.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?     Sleigh Ride ... my high school band used to play the Boston Pops version at a holiday concert every year. I get all excited when I hear it.

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?    A Christmas Story. "You'll shoot your eye out!" It's a staple in my holiday festivities. And so is, It's a Wonderful Life. And Christmas Vacation. I can't choose. I love Christmas time.

[Deleted User] · December 2010

10 questions:

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?     After Advent we are putting up the tree with white lights.

2) Star or Angel on top?    Angel

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?     Midnight Mass for us.

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?     Mass Rest and wrap the last of the gifts.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?     Mass and then rest.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?     25 $10 limit on each person.

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?     Spending time with family and friends.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?     Only two weeks before my wedding trying to finish up plans with vendors being closed.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?     Silent Night.

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?    A Christmas Story.

mcdol3 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?     White. it's pre-lit

2) Star or Angel on top?      Angel

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?    Midnight Mass

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?     Midnight Mass and games with the family and WAY too much food

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?     Open presents, more games, family and food

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?     14

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?     spending time with FI's family

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?     Not seeing my family

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?     O Come O Come Emanual

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?   Love Actually

[Deleted User] · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree? It is a fiber optic tree, so I guess multi-colored

2) Star or Angel on top? neither right now

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other? Midnight Mass

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve? well, since we have no family here, and we won't be home again this year, it will just be H and I. Probably cook some lasagna and watch a movie or two.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day? Get up, open presents, hang out with H

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?     not very many: probably just H, co-teacher and our parents and siblings

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?     actually, I am not all that excited about it. Christmas means being with family and friends, and since we don't really have either here, it is going to be really sad. I cried a lot Christmas Day last year and will probably do the same this year.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?     it just being H and I

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?     Silent Night

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?    It's A Wonderful Life

wifeandmommy0609 · December 2010

10 questions:

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?     two strans of mulit and two strans of blue

2) Star or Angel on top?
Blue santa

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?
christmas day. cuz of kids

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?
FL's family comes over and we do christmas with them

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?
we do christmas at our house and then go to my families

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?
about 20

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?
seeing my girls face when opeing gifts.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?
spending the money

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?
all

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?
don't have a favorite

[Deleted User] · December 2010

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[QUOTE]10 questions: 1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree ? Multi-colored flashing lights 2) Star or Angel on top ? Neither, we have a Santa with a white fur coat like coat 3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other ? I will be with my FI's family for Christmas...They are Catholic but they don't go to any Mass 4) What do you do on Christmas Eve ? Watch Christmas movies and stare at the tree 5) What do you do on Christmas Day ? Wake up, go and look at the tree (like I did when I was little), change clothes and look decent for pictures, wait for everyone to gather around, open presents one by one, and watch the joy of everyone 6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year ? 12 my family and his 7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas ? Yes, I hope Santa brings me a full time teaching job...No, I just love all the lights and beauty of Christmas. 8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas ? Drama with my FI family...They are Catholic/Italians and don't hold back! 9) What's your favorite Christmas song ? Anything Bing Crosby- White Christmas! 10) What's your favorite Christmas movie ? Def National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Posted by Riss91[/QUOTE]

bel138 · December 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_christmas-poll?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:615Discussion:6a2ebd3a-11f9-4d6c-b30d-2fa6283b4e5aPost:054412ef-7994-40f1-a544-67aaa664f9e5">Christmas Poll?</a>:
[QUOTE]10 questions:
1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree ? White
2) Star or Angel on top ? We don't have a topper. I'm picky and haven't found one I like yet.
3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other ? Midnight Liturgy
4) What do you do on Christmas Eve ? If it's my family, we do the Feast of the Seven Fishes. If it's DH's family, we do Wigilia Supper. Same idea of a meatless feast, but different cultures. Then midnight Liturgy.
5) What do you do on Christmas Day ? My brothers are still young, so they get up at 6am to open presents if we're at my dad's house. DH is an only child, and his family is inpatient, so we've usually already opened presents. So...nothing.
6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year ? None. I usually get my craft on, and make gifts. This year it's an assortment of home preserved organic jams and jellies.
7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas ? Sleeping!
8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas ? Seeing my inlaws. We're still not on good terms since the wedding.
9) What's your favorite Christmas song ? O Holy Night.
10) What's your favorite Christmas movie ? There was this 30 minute cartoon called Noel that, as far as I know, only aired once in the mid-90s. It was about a Christmas ornament that discovered the true meaning of Christmas. My grandparents taped it, but it got taped over when I was in high school. I was devastated. DH got it for me the first year we were together. He found a second hand copy at a video rental store in Colorado that was liquidating it's videos in favor of DVDs.
Posted by Riss91[/QUOTE]

lisa89760 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?

Multi colored - but this is a huge issue between me and my FI as I love white lights

2) Star or Angel on top?

Star - but I'm buying something new, that star is gross

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?

Midnight Mass

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?

FI family, mass, FI aunt's house

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?

My family, my huge family party that is at my uncle's hall

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?

10

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?

Spending time with everyone and having a week off of work

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?

umm there really isn't anything

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?

I'm really liking nsync christmas still -- i know cheesy

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?

ELF!

GeorgiaPeachMarie · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?     We have all white lights.

2) Star or Angel on top?     We have an angel.

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?     This is our first Catholic Christmas thanks to RCIA this year. We plan on going to midnight mass.

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve? We are going to visit my father's family in their hometown then come back to my mom's house and as a yearly tradition we'll shoot off fireworks. This year we will be adding attending Midnight Mass to our traditions.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day? We open presents and see my mother's family for lunch. Then we'll head out to see my FI's family for supper.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year? Twelve

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas? This is the first truly Catholic Christmas. We have our first Advent calendar and Advent wreath. It is our first Midnight Mass, and I am so excited to have added this element to our celebrations.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas? Christmas has kind of been sad since my grandfather passed away two years ago. It is always blatantly obvious that he isn't here.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?     I have so many! I love O, Holy Night

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie? I love Miracle on 34th Street. I hate the remake. I only love the Natalie Wood version.

TeamBaby · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?   Both- originally started with all white, but it just wasn't enough, so I added colored ones too.

2) Star or Angel on top?  Star

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?  Usually children's mass on Christmas Eve, but this year will probably be midnight mass

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?  Growing up we would go out to dinner then drive around to different neighborhoods and look at the Christmas lights. When we got home, we would be allowed to open one present each.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?  Open presents then a BIG breakfast. Dinner would be at the home of whatever family member is hosting that year.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?    10 maybe? (I haven't bought anything yet. I'm so behind!)

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?  Traveling to the Philippines (for the first time) to visit my FI's family.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas? The 26 hours of travel time it's going to take to get there.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song? O Come All Ye Faithful

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie? A Christmas Story!!

akg0053 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree? Multi-colored and a strand of white. It used to be just white, but I found that to be kind of boring.

2) Star or Angel on top? Neither. We put a miniature helmet from our college on the top of the tree lol.

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other? I love midnight mass.

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve? Normally we bake, get together with part of the family (divorce issues), and watch Christmas movies.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day? Open presents and our stockings in the morning, then eat Christmas dinner generally at a family member's house.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year? Only 3... my niece and two nephews. The reason is because the wedding is one week before Christmas, and between that and the honeymoon our account will be fairly drained so we decided to shop for the kids but that's it.

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas? ROME! We will be on our honeymoon through this Christmas and New Years.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas? An out of town wedding and a two-week long honeymoon means that decorating is a silly use of time and space, so we decided against putting up a tree even.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song? Carol of the Bells

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie? I don't have one. I have plenty I don't like (I'm sorry, but I really don't like A Christmas Story), but I don't have an actual favorite.

IrishBrideND · December 2010

1) white
2) star
3) 4 pm on Christmas Eve
4) When we are with my family (every other year) we do lunch with my mom and step dad, then we open gifts with m y dad and half sister. We go to mass with my dad,and then do a big christmas eve thing with my dad's extended family. Christmas day is with my mom
5) Morning we open gifts while drinking mimosas. We stop half way through for strata. My dad stops by to visit mid day, and then for dinner we have a ton of neighbors over and we re-create tgiving dinner, basically.
6) 27
7) its DDs first Christmas
8) the extra stresse of dealing with a potentially cranky baby

lburkey21 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree? white

2) Star or Angel on top? star

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other? Midnight mass

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?  nothing particular during the day but we always watch It's a Wonderful Life after dinner before we go to midnight mass

5) What do you do on Christmas Day? We do Christmas with DH's family. His mom and his aunt rotate who hosts it each year. This year it's at his Aunt's in CT. So we'll get up, open our gifts with each other and MIL and then hop in the car.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year? about 12

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?  This is our first Christmas as husband and wife!

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?  I always dislike Christmas shopping. We have so many people to buy for and it never gets easier.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song? Silent Night

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie? Besides It's a Wonderful Life - Holiday Inn and White Christmas are up there on the list. Love Actually is a good one too!

newlyseliski · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?
White and red

2) Star or Angel on top?
Star for now... I'd eventually like an angel, though!

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?
Midnight

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?
Watch Christmas movies in the afternoon, make and have dinner with my family, open family gifts and head off to midnight Mass!

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?
Gifts from parents in the morning and drive out to my fiance's grandparents' house for their Christmas"brunch" in the afternoon and do presents with his family.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?
Just my immediate family members... my Christmas gift for my fiance is his wedding band... although technically he doesn't get that for a few more months

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?
My last Christmas not married... it's kinda weird!! A peaceful Christmas finally not being in conflict with my parents about my relationship.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?
The stress of my sister's wedding 5 days later...

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?
Silent Night... I think Oh Holy Night is a close second!!

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?
We watch "It's a Wonderful Life" and "White Christmas" every year!

[Deleted User] · December 2010

Question: Do you put your tree up before or after Advent. I use to put mine up the day after Thanksgiving but FI and his family put theirs up after Advent. So new rule in my house tree goes up after Advent.. This is new to me.

M

Calypso1977 · December 2010

we put ours up the weekend after thanksgiving. comes down dec 26.

[Deleted User] · December 2010

We don't really have any rules about when we put the tree up or take it down. I guess all that will probably change when we have kids though.

I know my Aunt & Uncle used to put the tree up on Christmas Eve and let the kids to believe that Santa brought the tree with the presents. I think that is pretty cute, but I also think I would like to have my tree up a little longer before Christmas.

clearheavens · December 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_christmas-poll?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:615Discussion:6a2ebd3a-11f9-4d6c-b30d-2fa6283b4e5aPost:527bd366-59a1-47e2-ae6c-5ea9281bb112">Re: Christmas Poll?</a>:
[QUOTE]1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree ? Both- originally started with all white, but it just wasn't enough, so I added colored ones too. 2) Star or Angel on top ? Star 3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other ? Usually children's mass on Christmas Eve, but this year will probably be midnight mass 4) What do you do on Christmas Eve ? Growing up we would go out to dinner then drive around to different neighborhoods and look at the Christmas lights. When we got home, we would be allowed to open one present each. 5) What do you do on Christmas Day ? Open presents then a BIG breakfast. Dinner would be at the home of whatever family member is hosting that year. 6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year ? 10 maybe? (I haven't bought anything yet. I'm so behind!) 7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas ? Traveling to the Philippines (for the first time) to visit my FI's family. 8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas ? The 26 hours of travel time it's going to take to get there. :/ 9) What's your favorite Christmas song ? O Come All Ye Faithful 10) What's your favorite Christmas movie ? A Christmas Story!! :)
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<div>That's exciting, TeamBaby! I'm happy about your trip to the Philippines! I went to Vietnam for the first time in 2004, that was eye-opening to meet my family. You will meet a lot of new faces. :p</div>

JD81009 · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree?     Multi-color!

2) Star or Angel on top?     Angel (one bought from Germany when my family lived there, courtesy of the Army - its as old as I am!)

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?     6p Christmas Eve so that we have time for...

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?     Mass and then Chinese Food! My mom discovered years ago that Chinese Resturants don't close early for Christmas, so we go to Mass and then off to Bo Lings!

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?     Breakfast, Presents, Check stockings, movie, and then dinner - all day long w/ the family

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?     8, ugh. This darn marriage and child-birth thing keeps uping my numbers! (4 used to be so easy)

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?     Spending it with my fiance. Its so nice to finally not be alone in a family of couples.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas?     Dealing w/ my brother and his wife who sucks at hiding that she can't stand me.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song?     I like Mary's Song (Amy Grant) and Mary, Did You Know. The Muppets Little Saint Nick is pretty awesome too

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie? Hmmmm... maybe Prancer or one of those cheesy Hallmark movies

DanielleZZ · December 2010

1) Do you have white lights or multi-colored lights on your Christmas Tree? Multi-colored lights.

2) Star or Angel on top? Angel.

3) Midnight Mass, Christmas Day Mass or Other?  We actually do not go to mass on Easter/Christmas because it is just too busy. We used to go visit my great great aunt in her nursing home instead but she died Wednesday so I don't know what we will do this year.

4) What do you do on Christmas Eve?  We spend with my immediate family.

5) What do you do on Christmas Day?   We spend time with FI's immediate family.

6) How many people are you buying gifts for this year?  8

7) What are you looking forward to this Christmas?  This is the first year FI and I will host both families.

8) What are you not looking forward to this Christmas? Nothing.

9) What's your favorite Christmas song? Silent Night.

10) What's your favorite Christmas movie?  The Muppet Christmas Carol.

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