Laura's Christmas Tag

1. When did you wake up? About 9, I think. You have to remember--no kids in our home, and we did all of our celebrating Christmas Eve.

2. What did you have for Christmas breakfast? Oatmeal with dried raspberries and pecans. (Thank you, Harry and Rhonda)

3. When did you open your presents? On Christmas Eve, as we always have. It used to be that Santa came during the night and his gifts were opened Christmas morning, but he passes right by our house these days. Since we do our big celebrating the night before, it frees up the kids to spend Christmas day with their other families.

4. Do you have a large meal on Christmas? No. We had leftovers from the night before. Christmas Eve we had Carl, Heather and the kids, Chris and Clare, and Paul, Joanne and Nicholas for dinner and presents.

5. What do you have for Christmas dinner? See above. For Christmas Eve dinner we had very nice roasted herb chicken breasts, baked potatoes stuffed with bleu cheese and bacon, Waldorf salad, a jello salad, corn and rolls. For dessert we had lemon pie, strawberry cheesecake and cream puffs.

6. What was your favorite gift to give? That's hard to say. I really try to put a lot of thought into all the gifts I give, so I am hopeful that each one hit the mark. Everyone seemed happy with their gifts.

7. What was your favorite gift to receive? Again, hard to say. I loved all my gifts!

8. What is your favorite Christmas treat? This year it was the sugar-free cheesecake I made. Outstanding!

9. What is your favorite Christmas movie? "The Christmas Story" (You'll shoot your eye out!)

10. Did you gather around the piano and sing carols? Oh, heaven's no!

11. What did you do that was special this year? I got all of the preparations done early so that I was able to actually relax and enjoy myself!

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