1. Have you started your Christmas shopping? Im late getting this, so yes lol

.2. Tell me about one of your special traditions. watching old movies on christmas eve, making chocolate chip cookies, and finishing my moms wrapping lol.
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3. When do you put up your Tree? this year it was up before december...but never before Nov 11.
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4. Are you a Black Friday shopper? Nope, too far north of the border..the only place with sales i saw was Old Navy.

.5. Do you Travel at Christmas or Stay home? Plan as we do to stay home, we seem to always end up at my momma's, and its always a good thing, her house is bigger, she has alot more snow, and we can have Christmas Eve Bonfires!

6. What is your funniest Christmas memory? My sons first christmas, i was young, didnt know that a turkey took like 6 hours to cook, i started it in the evening and had to stay up til like 1am waiting for it to finish cooking.

7. What is your favorite Christmas Movie of All time? Oh man dont make me choose! as long as its Old, i love it! the list includes Scrooge- a christmas carol, with allistar sims, rudolph, the grinch, white christmas, its a wonderful life, and meet me in st louis.

8. Do you do your own Christmas Baking, what’s your favorite treat? I bake ALOT, my one fav is Raspberry shortbread ( recipe included for someone who asked lol)

1lb salted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
4 cups flour
Smuckers or ED Smith- triple fruit raspberry jam ( i dunno which it is, but its got less sugar and more fruit.)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Cream butter, mix in brown sugar.
Add in flour one cup at a time.
knead until dough is soft and holds together.
Shape into balls.
make a reasonable dent with finger or thumb in centre of balls.
fill dent with raspberry jam.
Bake until edges start to golden- 15-20 mins

9. Fake or Real Tree? Both...a fake at my house, and we cut down a tree in the forest at moms- she lives in the bush.

10. What day does the actual panic set in to get it all done? Dec 15th...its the last payday before Christmas LMAO

11. Are you still wrapping presents on Christmas Eve? Yup, for my momma, and the stocking stuff...

12. What is your favorite family fun time at Christmas? decorating the gingerbread house, or sitting by the bonfire

13. What Christmas craft do you like the best? sewing ect. i try to make a few gifts.

14. Christmas music? all of it

15. When do you plan to finish all your shopping?Never, Im still buying for those i wont see till after christmas on boxingday, and starting for the next year......