{"id":11611,"date":"2025-12-20T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/?p=11611"},"modified":"2025-12-13T21:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T11:31:42","slug":"christmas-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/20\/christmas-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Originally posted here <\/a>in 2008. Updating it for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wrapping paper or gift bags?<\/strong> Gift bags, much easier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real tree or Artificial?<\/strong> Still artificial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When do you put up the tree?<\/strong> 1st December<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When do you take the tree down?<\/strong> Recently it’s Boxing Day or the 27th December<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you like eggnog?<\/strong> Not really<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favourite gift received as a child?<\/strong> Still the dolls house my dad built me. It’s now with my youngest niece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardest person to buy for?<\/strong> Everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easiest person to buy for?<\/strong> Hubby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a nativity scene?<\/strong> a tiny one from Mexico that hangs on the tree<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mail or email Christmas cards?<\/strong> Neither. Usually it’s a text or social media post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worst Christmas gift you ever received?<\/strong> Honestly can’t think of one<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favourite Christmas Movie?<\/strong> Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When do you start shopping for Christmas?<\/strong> Boxing day sales. I’m getting better at putting things away through the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?<\/strong> Yeah<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favourite thing about Christmas?<\/strong> Still the food. Nothing beats fresh seafood, salads and a roast turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lights on the tree?<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favourite Christmas song?<\/strong> Carol of the Bells. This version<\/a> by Trans Siberian Orchestra is still my favourite. I also love their song Christmas Eve \/ Sarajevo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel at Christmas or stay home?<\/strong> Prefer to stay home but travel is as far as Dad’s or the in-laws. Sometimes the other end of the state if we’re spending Christmas with my brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you name all of Santa\u2019s reindeer\u2019s?
<\/strong>Rudolph, Dasher, Donner, Blitzen, Comet, Prancer…..um that’s all I can think of (without the help of Google lol)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angel on the tree top or a star?<\/strong> It’s a weeping angel from Doctor Who<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?<\/strong> We let the kids open one on Christmas Eve & the rest on Christmas morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most annoying thing about this time of the year?<\/strong> The crowds when you go shopping & Mariah Carey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favourite ornament theme or colour?<\/strong> Still love anything silver or purple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favourite Thing for Christmas dinner?<\/strong> Turkey & cranberry sauce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you want for Christmas this year?<\/strong> Lego botanicals, Bunnings gift cards, sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snow Christmas morning?<\/strong> Wishful thinking – it’s summer here. Though it did nearly happen a few years back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally posted here in 2008. Updating it for 2025. Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Gift bags, much easier Real tree or Artificial? Still artificial When do you put up the tree? 1st December When do you take the tree down? Recently it’s Boxing Day … Continue reading “Christmas list”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12606,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11611\/revisions\/12606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}