Christmas Survey 2018

“Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority. ” ― W.J. Cameron

☕1- Eggnog or hot chocolate? Hot chocolate.
🎁 2- Does/Did Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Wrapped
🏡 3- Colored lights on tree/house or white? White.
💋 4- Do you hang mistletoe? Yes
🎄5- When do you hang your decorations up? Whenever I feel like
🥗 6- What’s your favorite holiday dish *including dessert? Tamales, pumpkin pie, and pretty much any cookies
🎅 7- Favorite holiday memory as a child? When family would visit or wed visit family. The food.
⛄ 8- What is on your Christmas wishlist this year? More presence, less presents.
🎀 9- Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve? Nope.
🎄 10- How do you decorate your Christmas tree? How ever the way I want.
❄️ 11- Snow. Love it or dread it? Unsure, yet. This is my first year in a snowy place.
💝 12- Do you remember your favorite gift? No
❤️ 13- What’s the most important thing about Christmas to you? Making memories.
🍭 14- What’s you favorite holiday candy? Mint chocolates.
🌲 15- What is your favorite tradition? Used to take my kids to look at lights when they were little.
👼 16- What tops your tree? Star
🎁 17- Do you prefer giving or receiving? Giving
🎶 18- What is your favorite Christmas song? I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
🍥19- Candy Canes, yuck or yum? Only the peppermint kind
🎥 20- Favorite Christmas movie? A Christmas Carol
🍪 21- What do/did you leave for Santa? Cookies and milk
🎅 22- Do you have a Christmas morning tradition? No
👜 23- Do you prefer to shop online or at the mall? Whatever. I hate shopping anyway.
💌 24- Christmas letter or card? Card

Tiny Tree

“Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.” ― Rosie Thomas, Iris & Ruby

It's still only November, but I really wanted to put my tiny tree up.  We won't have a large tree this year due to the set-up of my living room.  I just couldn't wait for December to deck my home.  It fit, perfectly, on our bookshelf.  I even put little decorations in front of Trevor's daughters' pictures.  

It sure is quaint and cute.  I still have to think of a theme we will go with for future Christmases.  

I want to be an old lady who everyone remembers for decorating.  I always admired my Great-Aunt Betty Arcala's silly ensembles (her fur coat and sequined berets) at Christmas.  I always looked forward to seeing her and my Great-Uncle Tony Arcala for the holidays.

Worst. Christmas. Ever.

“At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.” ― Thomas Tusser

Christmas 2017 is extremely uneventful this year.  Our phones were turned off, therefore no photographs were taken.  Trevor had lost his job in November, and the cost of living is so expensive, that no gifts were exchanged between us or anyone.  The house we lived in was owned by the owner of his job, so he immediately evicted us.  Thankfully, I am not on the lease, because my name is not on the eviction notice.  That gives us a better opportunity to live elsewhere.

All we wanted to do was move to a new apartment, and he got robbed.  The person stole his wallet, which contained our deposit and my debit card was in there.  We are virtually homeless in a few days because I don't have the money to get us in somewhere else.  We may have to leave Hawaii.  I'm so upset.

Here's to another year.  Merry Christmas to all.