Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. How will you spend 'the night before Christmas'?

Christmas Eve is always a big day in my family. My dad's family celebrates Christmas on Christmas Eve - my mom's family always does it on Christmas Day. Christmas Eve usually starts fairly early with preparations. Making sure the house is cleaned for the family that will usually start arriving around 1 or 2pm. Getting food prepped for cooking for Christmas Eve dinner. Getting showers, getting dressed, and all spruced up. When the family gets together, we visit and snack until dinner is ready. This year, we're cooking up some ribs with all the fixin's. We have dinner and dessert, get everything cleaned up in the kitchen and then it's time for presents! I usually play "Santa", handing out the presents to everyone. We then each take turns opening one present at a time. We go round and round until all the presents are open. Then we clean up the wrapping mess, and visit a little more. Then for those that don't stay the night, we pack up their car and send them home. And then we head to bed, and wake up to find that Santa visited yet again!

2.  What is one thing you are not?

Perfect.

3.  Fudge-are you a fan?  Your favorite flavor?

I like fudge. Not a ton of it at a time, but I do like fudge. Oh and chocolate. Duh.

4. Did you attend any craft/vendor fairs in the month of December?  Do you prefer homemade goodies or the more professional stalls? Are you giving any homemade gifts this year?

I did not attend any craft/vendor fairs this year. I like homemade gifts, but I also like stuff from a store. Especially if I asked for it. lol I am not giving any homemade gifts this year.

5. What's your favorite type of holiday gathering? 

Any where my family gets to gather and visit.

6.  We're approaching a new year...what's going to be different in 2013? 

Hopefully I will be out of the 5th wheel.  :o)

7. Share a favorite scripture, quote, saying, or song lyric relating to peace.

I don't know if this song really qualifies, but  I like it.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

I really can't believe Christmas is nearly here!