Your turn!!

How do you transition yourself from one holiday to the next?

I try to just enjoy EACH holiday as they come. Although, that's very hard sometimes! I find myself looking forward to Christmas before Halloween is even over.

-When do you put up your Christmas decorations?

It's been tradition since Morgan and I have been married to put up our Christmas on the night of Thanksgiving.

-Do you wrap all the presents throughout the month and put them under the tree, or do you wait until Christmas Eve?
Well, we usually will wrap all of our gifts once they are all bought. I'm usually done shopping weeks before Christmas. This year however, I'm worried that little miss Avery will have a blast unwrapping every single gift I put under the tree. I might have to do a few "test" gifts and see what she does. I have learned over the years to stop putting bows on gifts. They always get ripped off by the younger ones ;)

-Do you warn your kids that Santa might NOT be bringing them what they want for Christmas this year?
YES!! This year, especially! As my Bailey gets older, her list gets more expensive! She wants an American girl doll this year! Yikes!! I usually can figure out what the kids want and if I can get a hold of it I will make sure they don't forget that they want that from the big man :) This year it's pillow pets :)

-Do you decorate your Christmas tree with colored lights or just white?
WHITE!! :) Well I like white lights on my tree, but have yet to get Morgan to put lights up for years on the house. If I did they would be colored lights.

-Have your children watched all the old Christmas movies that you watched when you were little?
My mom bought the three pack of Frosty the snowman, Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, and Santa Clause is coming to to town.

-Do you let your children open a gift on Christmas Eve?
It's been tradition since Morgan and I have been married that we go to my MIL house on Christmas Eve and open one gift. It's always a par of jammies!! They kids have really enjoyed this tradition.

-Does everyone have the same stocking each year, or do you purchase new ones every Christmas?
We have had the same stockings for about three years. I had purchased green and blue ones that had the initial of each persons name on it at Target the day after Christmas. Then we decided to have another baby two years later and Target didn't sell them any more! I needed them to match, so I bought a stocking off of E-bay that was green with the initial W on it. I tore it off, cut it apart and made a perfect letter A. Now we all have matching stockings that we will use for many years.

-Does your Christmas tree have a different theme each year?
We have two Christmas trees in our home. One is the kids tree. It goes right next to the fire place. On this tree we have "kid" ornaments. Baby's first Christmas ornaments, ones the kids have made, our first Christmas together, some that were Morgan's ornaments when he was younger and just some odds and ends. It's been a tradition that we buy a new ornament for the tree every year. One rule about the kid tree. I let THEM decorate it all by themselves. The tree that is up stairs has the same theme every year. Red and gold ornaments and bows. That is MY tree and only I get to decorate it :)

-Artificial tree or real?
We have always had an artificial tree. I would like to go and cut one down on a tree farm one year. I think it would be fun to go up in the mountains to find the perfect tree to cut down. Then we would haul it out and put it on top of our car. Maybe :)

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