There is another sort of tag that people will do called 10 things you don't know about me, 50 random things, etc. So, for today, I thought I'd share with you 10 things you probably don't know about me the Christmas edition.
1) My families stockings were given to us by our Uncle James, who owned a Christmas store. When we were given the stockings there were only 4 kids plus my parents. They are entricately embrodered stockings with a variety of designs. My stocking was always my favorite because it actually includes all of the images from the other stockings in the set. Jonathan and Willy got stockings later of a different design, and now all the inlaws have stockings too, so it is a fun mix of stockings.
2) I don't like peppermint or pumpkin flavored coffee or hot chocolate. While most people go crazy for the peppermint mocha or pumpkin spice, I'd rather not be a part of it. That is right folks, I'm a true rebel. I much prefer the cinnamon dulche or, if I'm in the mood for something sweet, the caramel brûlée.
3) One of my favorite Christmas presents was my see-thru Nintendo game boy advance. I unwrapped it and was ecstatic. No one knows this, but I went outside to play with it right after I opened it, and the very first thing I did was drop it face down on the concrete. It chipped a piece of the corner off, and with it part of my oh so fragile heart. To my delight, and mostly relief, it still worked like a charm and remained a favorite of mine for many years. Sorry for dropping it mom.
4) I use to tell my sisters I had to be the one to play Mary in the Christmas story because my blanket was blue and so was her head dress. Because obviously I knew. The reality is that Jenny and Bethany could have cared less who was Mary, but they let me believe I was so sneaky and smart with my blue blanket head dress.
5) I know how to sing Jingle Bells in Arabic. It is true. Many of you know that my job at Proskuneo involves working with people from all over the world and in many different languages, but not even I thought this would lead to me know Christmas songs in other languages. I actually know a few, but Jingle Bells in Arabic is the most impressive as far as I'm concerned. Fun fact: it has nothing to do with sleighs or dashing through the snow. In fact, most Christmas songs from other cultures are all about Jesus. They have the same tunes as many of our Rudolph and frosty classics, but they are almost all about Jesus instead.
6) My sister, Bethany, and I go and buy Christmas pjs the week before Christmas every year (since I could drive). They are different every year and have a wide variety of material, style, and design, but all are equally festive and wonderful. This year, our Christmas pjs are grey with polar bears wearing sweaters. We also included our other sisters in this years tradition.
7) One of my favorite Christmas decorations is the Christmas village. I used to love going with my dad to look at all the houses and dream of buying them all for myself one day. I was always going to have the worlds best Christmas village. Well, it is expensive to buy all those, so this year I got a bunch of mini houses ($1.82 from Walmart) and created my own cobblestone steets out of toilet paper rolls and paint. It's still the best village around.
8) I don't like/eat frosting on Christmas cookies. Maybe I'm just a puriest or maybe I don't have the sweet tooth thing, either way, I just don't care for frosting on my cookies. In fact, I'll almost always pick a peanut butter or chocolate chip cookie over a sugar cookie.
9) Snoopy is my favorite Christmas character. Now, before you all jump on me and say, "he isn't a Christmas character!" I beg to differ, have you seen Charlie browns christmas. The truth is Snoopy and his gang sit on our true in a number of places, and he was the first ornament on my own tree. We had a Christmas banner with him on it that we hung in the window, he was in all the movies, and we had a giant Christmas inflatable Snoopy (one of two that we have ever known. The other is Tigger, my favorite Winnie the Pooh character). To me Snoopy will always be an epic Christmas character.
10) One of my favorite things to about wrapping Christmas presents is finding the wackiest or funniest wrapping paper that I can. Some years it is a bust and I just go with the best I can find, other years I hit gold... and by gold I mean dogs wearing elf hats and dancing.
I hope you guys enjoyed my 10 things you probably didn't know about me Christmas edition. What is one thing I probably don't know about you Christmas edition?
1) My families stockings were given to us by our Uncle James, who owned a Christmas store. When we were given the stockings there were only 4 kids plus my parents. They are entricately embrodered stockings with a variety of designs. My stocking was always my favorite because it actually includes all of the images from the other stockings in the set. Jonathan and Willy got stockings later of a different design, and now all the inlaws have stockings too, so it is a fun mix of stockings.
2) I don't like peppermint or pumpkin flavored coffee or hot chocolate. While most people go crazy for the peppermint mocha or pumpkin spice, I'd rather not be a part of it. That is right folks, I'm a true rebel. I much prefer the cinnamon dulche or, if I'm in the mood for something sweet, the caramel brûlée.
3) One of my favorite Christmas presents was my see-thru Nintendo game boy advance. I unwrapped it and was ecstatic. No one knows this, but I went outside to play with it right after I opened it, and the very first thing I did was drop it face down on the concrete. It chipped a piece of the corner off, and with it part of my oh so fragile heart. To my delight, and mostly relief, it still worked like a charm and remained a favorite of mine for many years. Sorry for dropping it mom.
4) I use to tell my sisters I had to be the one to play Mary in the Christmas story because my blanket was blue and so was her head dress. Because obviously I knew. The reality is that Jenny and Bethany could have cared less who was Mary, but they let me believe I was so sneaky and smart with my blue blanket head dress.
5) I know how to sing Jingle Bells in Arabic. It is true. Many of you know that my job at Proskuneo involves working with people from all over the world and in many different languages, but not even I thought this would lead to me know Christmas songs in other languages. I actually know a few, but Jingle Bells in Arabic is the most impressive as far as I'm concerned. Fun fact: it has nothing to do with sleighs or dashing through the snow. In fact, most Christmas songs from other cultures are all about Jesus. They have the same tunes as many of our Rudolph and frosty classics, but they are almost all about Jesus instead.
6) My sister, Bethany, and I go and buy Christmas pjs the week before Christmas every year (since I could drive). They are different every year and have a wide variety of material, style, and design, but all are equally festive and wonderful. This year, our Christmas pjs are grey with polar bears wearing sweaters. We also included our other sisters in this years tradition.
7) One of my favorite Christmas decorations is the Christmas village. I used to love going with my dad to look at all the houses and dream of buying them all for myself one day. I was always going to have the worlds best Christmas village. Well, it is expensive to buy all those, so this year I got a bunch of mini houses ($1.82 from Walmart) and created my own cobblestone steets out of toilet paper rolls and paint. It's still the best village around.
8) I don't like/eat frosting on Christmas cookies. Maybe I'm just a puriest or maybe I don't have the sweet tooth thing, either way, I just don't care for frosting on my cookies. In fact, I'll almost always pick a peanut butter or chocolate chip cookie over a sugar cookie.
9) Snoopy is my favorite Christmas character. Now, before you all jump on me and say, "he isn't a Christmas character!" I beg to differ, have you seen Charlie browns christmas. The truth is Snoopy and his gang sit on our true in a number of places, and he was the first ornament on my own tree. We had a Christmas banner with him on it that we hung in the window, he was in all the movies, and we had a giant Christmas inflatable Snoopy (one of two that we have ever known. The other is Tigger, my favorite Winnie the Pooh character). To me Snoopy will always be an epic Christmas character.
10) One of my favorite things to about wrapping Christmas presents is finding the wackiest or funniest wrapping paper that I can. Some years it is a bust and I just go with the best I can find, other years I hit gold... and by gold I mean dogs wearing elf hats and dancing.
I hope you guys enjoyed my 10 things you probably didn't know about me Christmas edition. What is one thing I probably don't know about you Christmas edition?