My Turn to Hoopla
Ok, so you've all seen this ahem hoopla going around. Well, now it's my turn thanks to Jen at More Than a Single Mom. Can I just take a min. to say how much she amazes me?!?! She works TWO jobs, goes to school, and she's a mom on top of all of that. It makes me tired just to think of all that she has to do in a day! Props to you Jen.
Ok, back to the hoopla. Here's the details incase you don't have them memorized yet...
Here are the instructions:1. List 12 random things about yourself that has to do with Christmas.
2. Please refer to it as a hoopla and not the dreaded "m" word.
3. You have to specifically tag someone when your're done, no leaving
it open.
4. Do it quickly, Lets get as many people tagged as possible.
1. I love being pregnant at Christmas time. It's so much easier for me to remember the REAL meaning of Christmas when I've got my own baby growing inside of me.
2. When I was growing up, my brother and I put up the Christmas tree by ourselves for many years. My parents always had Thanksgiving at our house. They would then go out of town for a rest that weekend and my brother and I would stay home and put up the tree by ourselves.
3. Also when I was younger we would string popcorn and put it on our Christmas tree. Since I've been married, my husband thinks this is weird and gross and does NOT want it on our tree.
4. My birthday is 3 days after Christmas (in case you forgot) and my brother's is on Christmas Day. Yep, we got the shaft when it comes to birth dates.
5. Oh Holy Night is a favorite Christmas song for both my husband and I.
6. My second favorite is Mary Did You Know.
Whew! This is harder than it looks!
7. We don't do outdoor lights, although every year I have dreams of a great outdoor display. It just has never happened. Maybe someday.
8. This year our children have already opened their presents from us. We knew we would let them open our presents before our trip but they wore us down. They've been open for over a week already!
9. We don't do the Santa thing with our kids. We've told them the real story of St. Nicholas but they know the presents under the tree come from friends and family. Although this year, Luke has decided that he believes in Santa no matter what we tell him. That's fine with us too.
10. I know I've blogged about this before, but I don't like going to church on Christmas morning, or Christmas Eve. I think Christmas should be spent at home, in your jammies, with your family. I know probably everyone will disagree with me on this one but I just really don't like it. This year I will enjoy not having to be in a church for any of these services probably for the last time for many years.
11. We usually don't start our Christmas shopping until around the 20th. This year it's the 19th and I'm almost completely done!! Woo Hoo!
12. I love the traditions of Christmas. Making a gingerbread house, decorating the tree the same way every year, visiting family, I love it all.
Now I tag Lori over at Glass Half Full.
Sheryl Bane
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Do the Christmas service on Sunday so I don't have to return.
I with you girl!
Now if I could some how dodge the family gatherings too.
Merry Christmas!
Steph
I kind of like church on Christmas Eve, but mostly because it's become a tradition. We go if Christmas falls on a Sunday too, but only because we usually don't have any other plans on Christmas.
Have a great trip home!
I love Christmas Eve service, actually. Then we come home to hot chocolate and birthday cake and unwrapping some new pajamas. It's sweet!
I love the songs you picked. Love them too!
Lori
I am not done shopping yet, as a matter of fact, as soon as I hit the button here, I go out to buy another present for Jan.
Personally I do really like going to church on Christmas though...on all the holidays. It's a good reminder for myself that Christmas is not only delicious food, presents, cosyness and family. As a kid I used to love to go to church at midnight. Going to church in the middle of the cold freezing night, listining to this amazing choir in the old decorated gothic church and having a hot chocolate milk afterwards. wonderful! I stopped going to the midnight service once I started playing the flute in the service at 8 AM (choke...yes 8 AM) and at 10 AM to accompagny the youth choir. But now the choir does not exist anymore and I have moved. I am going for the first time to the Christmas service here in Leuven in the old nearby abbey and my parents will join and I am very excited about it!
Do you really teach your children about St Nicolas or Sinterklaas as we call him??? do you celebrate the European tradition as well on Dec 6th? I did a couple of posts on him this year in the beginning of December and http://signalsminusnoise.blogspot.com/ dit a wonderful series of explaining the tradition from an expat view.
Have a great holiday season with your family and relatives! enjoy....and hope to see you soon again in blogging world. God Bless you, Cheryl.