Holiday poll

[mrs.jacinthe]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe?
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season?
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)?
4. Favorite holiday-related song?
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying?
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season?

[mrs.jacinthe]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe? Christmas, New Year's, and Festivus
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season? I love Christmas music. Love it.
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)? Not at all. Maybe in March-ish?
4. Favorite holiday-related song? The Christmas Song
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying? Mostly. I need to buy some mini-alcohol bottles for R's stocking still.
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season? Traffic. I was just trying to drive BY the mall last Saturday and we were practically sitting still. I felt really bad for the people who live in the apartment complexes near there and were probably just trying to get places.

[thewop]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe? Christmas, New Years
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season? Christmas movies!! The Santa Clause, Home Alone, A Christmas Story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and The Polar Express. Love them!
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)? A marathon starting on Dec. 22 and ending on Christmas Day
4. Favorite holiday-related song? A Soldier's Silent Night (I can't hear this without balling), O Holy Night by Mercy Me, and 12 Days of Christmas Medly by Straight No Chaser
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying? Almost. I need to buy the H some polo shirts
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season? Feeling obligated to see EVERYONE. It's exhausting.

[bunnymendelbaum]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe?
-Festivus. J/k. Christmas & New Years
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season?
-People being cheerful. Cookies.
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)?
- not seeing family this year because of due date. First time since I was 16.
4. Favorite holiday-related song?
-silent night?
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying?
-done!
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season?
-having to buy weird gifts out of obligation. Having to suggest gifts for me, DD or DH that we don't really want just to make other ppl happy. (That sounds bratty.)
Traffic!

[sassafrass]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe? Christmas
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season? I love the energy. everything just feels festive.
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)? Just my immediate family on Christmas Eve and then again Christmas Day.
4. Favorite holiday-related song? Farytale of New York by the Pogues. I rarely hear it but it's my favorite "christmas" song.
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying? Yep!
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season? The fact that I enjoy it so much and MH can pretty much take it or leave it, I often feel disappointed because I'm alone doing a lot of what needs to be done.

[kaylie]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe? - We do Christmas and Hanukkah

2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season? - Getting presents and eating good food. Also getting time off from work that doesn't count towards my vacation.

3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)? - Christmas Eve and maybe Christmas day. It's a low key year for us.

4. Favorite holiday-related song? - Carol of the bells

5. If you're gifting, are you done buying? - Yep, finished a week or so ago

6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season? - Traffic. People get dumber around the holidays.

[simpsongal]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe? Christmas
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season? Decorating! (sadly, I didn't get aroudn to posting pics in the H&G thread)
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)?we're hosting Christmas in our new home - I haven't seen my sibs in 2 years!
4. Favorite holiday-related song? Love 'em all - particularly the Mariah Christmas album
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying? Almost, very close
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season?[/quote] The End, I guess the expense too

[Deleted]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe? Christmas/New Year's
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season? So many fun things to do with our kids/family. Went to a local zoo for a light display last night, carolling last week, drove around with the kids looking at lights last Friday, tomorrow we will take the kids to a "Magical Forest" light display.
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)? My mom cancelled Christmas this year (long story) so we will not be visiting my family. We will drive down south for the day to see DH's grandpa and other family on Saturday. We will also do Christmas breakfast and dinner at the in-laws.
4. Favorite holiday-related song? Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying? I forgot to get something for DS's teacher, but other than that, yes.
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season? I wish it were less stressful. There are so many fun activities to participate in that I don't have time to grocery shop or get my car washed. I also don't like the stress of trying to find the perfect gift.

[bethaboo]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe? Christmas
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season? Watching the world turn to a decorated wonderland. I love all of the lights that go up in stores, in/on houses and on the streets
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)? I will see my local aunt and uncle on Sunday for Christmas Eve-Eve service at church and then we will drive south to see my mom and sister on Christmas Eve
4. Favorite holiday-related song? "Carol of the Bells" when sung by a choir, "All I Want For Christmas" (the Love Actually version) on the iTunes
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying? No. My goal is to marathon shop tomorrow and finish by the time my husband gets off work.
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season? How fast Christmas is over. It feels like we spend so long preparing and it's all done in my family by noon.

[emjacobs]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe?
Christmas

2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season?
Food & Family

3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)?
T's Mom's Side: Christmas Eve
T's Dad Side: Early Christmas Morning (if at all)
My family: Christmas Day
My Grandfather: Thursday after

4. Favorite holiday-related song?
I really like most classic Christmas songs.

5. If you're gifting, are you done buying?
Maybe? I dunno, I'm not feeling the gifting thing this year

6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season?
Commercialism.

[munkii]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe? Hanukkah, pseudo-Christmas (it's my mom's bday), New Years
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season? food - tamales and buneulos!
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)? My parents, one half-sister, nieces and nephews
4. Favorite holiday-related song? I'm not picking just one: All I Want for Christmas, Toy Jackpot, and We Three Kings (California Raisin style
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying? yes
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season?[/quote] Traffic and crowds. I really hate crowds because I have a very keen sense of smell; this means I smell everyone and would rather not.

[jayhawkbecca]

1. Which holiday(s) do you celebrate/observe? Xmas Eve, Xmas Day, DH's birthday on Xmas Day
2. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season? decorations, lights, food
3. When will you see/visit family (if at all)? xmas eve with my sis; xmas day with my family; a few days later Dh's family; this weekened dh's extended family
4. Favorite holiday-related song? glee soundtracks, lol and all of the classics
5. If you're gifting, are you done buying? yes!
6. LEAST favorite thing about the holiday season? spending too much; eating too much; having a hard time thinking of good ideas for everyone's gifts;