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1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper myself.2. Real tree or Artificial? The REAL tree of course. I hate artificial ones.
3. When do you put up the tree? The 24th of December.
4. When do you take the tree down? The 6th of January or when possible.
5. Do you like eggnog? Never tried - I'm ashamed.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I'm so old that I don't remember anything special, books I assume. Can I answer chocolate?
7. Hardest person to buy for? I don't buy anything if I think it's hard. In fact, I don't buy many gifts nowadays.
8. Easiest person to buy for? Kids
9. Do you have a nativity scene? No
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail of course (what an idiot has made these questions!!!)
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I still count on my bad memory. Soft packages(?)
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? No special movie but I like Cirque du Soleil shows, we can watch them usually in Christmas time (on TV )
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Some days before Christmas
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Nope
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Traditional Finnish Christmas food. Christmas cookies.
16. Lights on the tree? Real candles
17. Favorite Christmas song? I'm not a fan of Christmas songs.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? This year I wish I could spend Christmas in my cottage island (=almost home). Last year I was in Tunisia, Egypt year before, Norway before that...
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Petteri Punakuono (Rudolps the Rednose). The others don't have a name (I suppose)
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas Eve, late in the evening if I have presents
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? This time of the year.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I think it's red.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Ham (roasted myself in the old wood oven)
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? That the lake has frozen properly so that I could spend Christmas in my cottage island. Open waters will do nicely too - thank you!