Holiday Questionnaire

Since we're officially in the first week of December and the holidays are getting into full swing, I thought it'd be fun to put together, and answer, a little holiday survey to find out more about each other and the holidays!

A holiday tradition: other than driving around to see the lights, MG and I have a tradition of going to one of our favorite DC restaurants, Old Ebbitt, for a pre-Christmas dinner the week of Christmas. It started the first year we were dating since we weren't spending the holiday together, and then just became our yearly tradition. Afterwards, if the weather is nice, we walk over to see the National Christmas tree, and all of the state trees. We already have our reservation made for this year!

What you'd love to see Santa bring you most this year: highest on my list this year would be some black riding boots (Santa MG has already been made aware of this hehe)

What's your go-to stocking stuffer item: I think it depends on the person. For girls, usually nail polish, and for guys, usually something funny. I saw some Poo-Pourri the other day and thought it would be a really funny stocking stuffer (the names alone were making me laugh)

(trap-a-crap.......pootonium? I mean, these are genius names lol)

Who is the hardest to shop for during the holidays? My parents are definitely the hardest. And then MG because his birthday is at the beginning of the month, so it's a lot of trying to find fun and unique things, all around the same time.

Favorite Winter Accessory: hands down, scarves. Blanket scarf, or otherwise, I love me a scarf as soon as it hits Fall and through Winter...scarf me up!

Christmas Tree lights: colors or all white? As a kid I loved the multi-colored lights on trees, and I still do. But now, I think for a cleaner look, all white looks great. Either way--you can't go wrong with lights!

Favorite Holiday Cocktail: other than wine? :) I love apple cider this time of year, so anything with a take on that, I'd love. Also, who doesn't love champagne during the holidays?

Favorite holiday food: ok, this might not be considered food as in a meal, but I LOVE chocolate covered pretzels...and whenever I get those during the holidays, I'm one happy camper

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Do you have a good white-elephant gift idea? Well, the poo-pourri is pretty genius, I think....bc you know...#everybodypoops

Do you have a funny picture of you and Santa as a kid? (Post it if you do!) Not that I can remember. I sure love seeing the funny pics of kids on Santa's laps tho

Do you like candy canes?  Sometimes. I prefer ribbon candy and it's probably because my aunt and uncle used to have it at the holidays as a kid, and I always associate ribbon candy with them.

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Hot Chocolate....marshmallows or no marshmallows? Uhhh, definitely marshmallows--load me up on the marshmallows! Whenever I had hot cocoa as a kid, I would add one marshmallow into my cup for each of my family members and friends (and then anyone else I could think of so I could have more marshmallows!)

Favorite holiday song: this one is so hard to narrow down to just one! The one that always pops into my head is Rockin Around the Christmas Tree or All I Want For Christmas, but there are a ton that I love!

Favorite holiday movie: Home Alone is definitely one of my favorites from growing up (and have already watched it once so far this past weekend when it was on tv!) And The Holiday is my other favorite, as an adult

A funny holiday story: everyone always asks me where my nickname (or instagram name), Jamiffer, came from. When I was in middle school, my best friend and I would exchange presents with each others' parents because they were like our second parents. One year, my best friend's mom had written the labels on her presents so quickly that on mine, it looked like she wrote "Jamiffer"...and from then on, a nickname was born!

Have you ever been on a sleigh ride? Yes, in Alaska (because they have reindeer there!). Given, it was during the summer, but it still counts!

A  fun holiday memory: As a kid, I loved driving around on Christmas Eve with my mom to look at all of the lights on people's houses. I remember one year we drove kinda far to see this one house that went allllll out! People were stopped on the road, taking pictures, and there was music--it was always one of the highlights of Christmas for me.

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Feel free to grab the questions and answer them yourself!