This or that Game.....

[ChristmasSpirit76]

Upbeat Christmas Songs

Tinsel or Garland

[TwinkleLights25]

Upbeat (but theyre both good :) )

Paint your fingernails red and green or not

[sugarplum fairy]

tinsel and not


dress up for Halloween or not?

[JOHNOR]

i won't be but i'd love to if i was going to a party.

christmas crackers after dinner or before?

[snowangel_x3]

after

The Grinch Movie:

cartoon or real?

[RavenHardt]

cartoon

serve christmas dinner with yorkshire pudding or without?

[kidzrme]

without....


1 christmas tree or multiple trees

[RavenHardt]

multiple trees

christmas vacation or christmas vacation 2 ?

[snowangel_x3]

i've never seen either of them.

telling stories about Santa's reindeer or telling stories about Santa's elves?

[kidzrme]

I did not know that there is a Christmas vacation 2...how was it?

[kidzrme]

Santa's reindeer

eggnog with alcohol or without

[ChristmasSpirit76]

With Alcohol

Snow on Thanksgiving or Snow on Christmas Day

[kidzrme]

If I have to choose, Christmas Day!


snoopy or max(the Grinch)

[RavenHardt]

snoopy with always be my favorite....but max is cute as well.

red or green ?

[sgrover]

Red

Christmas Vacation or Christmas with the Kranks?

[RavenHardt]

Christmas Vacation

silver bells or silent night?

[Head Elf]

Silver Bells




one big present or lots of little ones

[kidzrme]

lots of little ones


Christmas stockings before presents or after?

[Head Elf]

After presents





Advent calendars with pictures or candy

[RavenHardt]

candy

tea or coffee?

[JOHNOR]

coffee

19th-23rd december or 27th-31st december?

[sila]

19th -23rd
i love the build up
stay home xmas eve or go out?

[JOHNOR]

go out visiting family

depressed in january or not depressed?

[sila]

hopefully not!!!!
cook xmas dinner or have it cooked for you?

[whychristmas]

Cook it, I love doing all that sort of thing!

Mince pies cold or hot {with ice cream!}?

[ChristmasSpirit76]

Cold(I think) Gotta have the ice cream


Peppermint Ice Cream or Egg Nog Ice Cream

[RavenHardt]

eggnog icecream

blue lights or multi colored?

[ChristmasSpirit76]

Multi Colored


White Christmas Movie or Miracle on 34th Street

[snowangel_x3]

I've honestly never seen either of them. :P

The Santa Clause or The Santa Clause 2?

[RavenHardt]

The Santa Clause

Deck the halls or silent night ?

[TwinkleLights25]

Ooo thats a tough one. I'll pick Silent Night



Watch a Christmas movie tonight or not??

[snowangel_x3]

i would like to!

going Christmas shopping on Black Friday or not?

[sugarplum fairy]

Yep, I am going on my annual "running of the shoppers".


make snowmen or snowangels?

[act_as_if]

oohhh, this one is tough.

I think,snowangels, snowmen can be tough to make sometimes!

cold weather for christmas, or warm weather

[sila]

cold
whats black friday?
fairy or star on top of the tree?

[JOHNOR]

star

takeaway on christmas eve or home cooked meal?

sila, i am in england so don't quote me on this, but i think black friday is the day after thanksgiving and sales come on in all of the shops.

[kidzrme]

home cooked meal, without question!


oranges in your stocking, or not?

[whychristmas]

As long as they're chocolate oranges!

Christmas Meal at lunchtime, in the afternoon or evening?

[JOHNOR]

afternoon, around 4pm.

turkey sandwiches with mustard or mayo?

[The Miser Brothers]

mustard


hot chocolate- with or without marshmallows?

[act_as_if]

Oh, with out a doubt, with marshmellows!!

cold turkey the day after christmas, or warm it up

[JOHNOR]

cold, on a sandwich with mayo and salad!

after christmas day meal: sit around with family, drinking mulled wine and watching a christmas film or have a christmas party?

[sugarplum fairy]

sitting around with family and trying to pick up some from Christmas morning


go to family party Christmas Day or Christmas Eve?

[TwinkleLights25]

Christmas Eve


Christmas Eve party you're throwing or party someone else is throwing?

[Head Elf]

both, the more the merrier at both places




themed wrapping paper or just a hodgepodge of wrapping paper.

[sugarplum fairy]

hodgepodge

store bought bows or make your own?

[pattyjo]

Store bought

Snowmen or Elves

[act_as_if]

snowmen

going sledding down a huge hill or snowball fights

[sila]

sledding
real tree or artificial tree?

[kidzrme]

REAL TREE!


plain outside lights, or icicle lights

[sgrover]

Icicle - although my husband refused to put them up on our two-story house now!

Nativity Scene, Realistic or Cutesy (like Hummel, or bears or something)

[Head Elf]

I know that there are traditionalists out there, so don't stone me when I answer this.......

cutesy





tamales and posole or carne asada and rice

[kidzrme]

carne asada and rice

fruit cake or mincemeat pie?

[whychristmas]

ummm, that's tough but Mince Pies.

Christmas Eve or Boxing Day (26th)?

[kidzrme]

Christmas Eve


Christmas punch or cider?

[act_as_if]

Cider, unless the punch is spiked:)

christmas socks, or christmas gloves

[Head Elf]

Christmas gloves






everything on your wish list or surprise gift

[kidzrme]

surprise gift!

shop for all or draw names

[mrspenguin]

I always buy for everyone.

The Grinch.... Cartoon or Jim Carrey?

[act_as_if]

I love the Jim Carrey one, but cartoon version.

christmas ham or turkey

[whychristmas]

Turkey on Christmas Day, Ham on Boxing Day!

Away in a Manger or Oh, Come all ye Faithful?

[Maureen]

Oh Come all Ye Faithful - because I know the alto part to it!!

Inside warm and cozy in front of the fire with snow falling outside OR being out in the snow, building a snowman and making snowangels?

[RavenHardt]

out in the snow...with a fire burning !!!

white chocolate or dark chocolate?

[sugarplum fairy]

white chocolate

stockings that look like socks or red fluffy stockings?

[kidzrme]

red fluffy stockings!

decorate at work or not?

[sgrover]

Yes!

Do you do a Secret Santa, yes or no?

[kidzrme]

yes, secret Santa


send out Christmas cards or not?

[sila]

of course!!!
send e cards or not?

[whychristmas]

Send, I'm cheap!!! ;-) (and if the postal strike isn't sorted out...)

Christmas Eve night: At Church or in bed waiting for Santa!?

[sugarplum fairy]

in bed waiting for Santa


make your own cookies or buy them?

[mrspenguin]

make them. No, store bought cookies for Santa or my family at my house.

snowmen or penguins?

[JanaBanana]

I love snowmen :)

Real trees or artificial?

[mrspenguin]

I love both, but we use a fake one b/c I have it so early.

Starbucks...
Peppermint Mocha or Pumpkin Spice lattes

[act_as_if]

ooooh, peppermint mocha. Great, now I gotta go to starbucks.

brownies or cookies

[mrspenguin]

cookies

Christmas or harvest decorations for Thanksgiving?

[kidzrme]

Both!


Buy Christmas tree, or cut your own down?

[snowangel_x3]

buy one

Leave white milk for Santa or leave chocolate milk for Santa?

[mrspenguin]

white milk

Polar Express or How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
The Books not the movies.

[snowangel_x3]

Polar Express

:treeguy: or :tree:?

=P

[Maureen]

:tree:


Mittens or gloves???

[Billy Battles]

Gloves

Tinsel or Garland

[mrspenguin]

Garland

red or white poinsettias

[kidzrme]

red


plain hot chocolate of spiked with butterschnapps

[JanaBanana]

Hmm I havent had that one before.. right now in my "condition" I will have to say plain :)

Apple pie or pumpkin pie?

[sila]

apple pie
decorate your tree with all the same colour of baubles or a mismatch of your favourites?

[Maureen]

Mix-match of favourites!!!

Carrots - plain with butter or caramelised in the oven???

[mrspenguin]

I like them both ways but my kids only eat RAW baby carrots w/ ranch dressing. My hubby and I usually have them steamed w/ butter and the kids have them raw.

cranberries...
jellied or whole berries?

[AL_Storm_Chaser]

Jellied.

Three feet of snow or just a couple of inches on Christmas morning?

[kidzrme]

THREE FEET!!!!!


last minute Christmas shopping, or done way ahead of time?

[Maureen]

Last minute Christmas shopping!!

Up, dressed and fed before presents or PJ's at dawn???

[Head Elf]

Up dressed and fed before chaos.






Having your birthday on christmas or the first part of december

[kidzrme]

first part of December...

stuffing with or without fruit and nuts

[sgrover]

I'd have to go without.

Sunflower seeds or Pumpkin seeds?

[Head Elf]

Pumpkin seeds






popcorn balls or a popcorn garland

[JOHNOR]

garland

love actually or bridget jones?

[sila]

bridget jones
take part in a secret santa or not?

[AL_Storm_Chaser]

Take part in Secret Santa.

Do more shopping the day after Thanksgiving or the day after
Christmas?

[act_as_if]

day after thanksgiving

noisy house full of kids, or quite evening with just the adults

[Maureen]

Quiet evening with just the adults AFTER the noisy day with kids!!

Tobogganing or ice-skating???

[sila]

tobogganning
stay home or go out to play in the snow?

[snowangel_x3]

playing in the snow

learning about Santa's elves or learning about Santa's reindeer?

[Maureen]

The elves, definitely (you can learn SO much from elves)

A candycane or a bag of chocolate coins in your stocking???

[whychristmas]

Chocolate coins (or even Chocolate notes!)

Christmas lights that stay on all the time or Christmas lights that flash like mad things?!

[act_as_if]

stay on lights

snow fall on christmas day, or christmas eve

[kidzrme]

Do I have to choose? Christmas day...


Frosty or Rudolph?

[Billy Battles]

Rudolph

Snowball Fight or Building a Snowman

[sila]

building a snowman
mini christmas crackers or big christmas crackers?

[JOHNOR]

big christmas crackers

mashed potatoes or roast potatoes?

[sila]

roast potatoes
sprouts or parsnips?

[Maureen]

Ooh - parsnips!!!

Red or white wine???

[mrspenguin]

I am not a much of a drinker but I like a good red wine every once and a while.

cinnamon or pumpkin eggnog? (I bought both last night)

[Maureen]

I've never had either of them!!!! Which do you recommend???

[act_as_if]

apple or cherry pie

[snowangel_x3]

don't really like either, but i guess apple

On Christmas Day:

turkey or ham?

[act_as_if]

I prefer ham, but we have both

deviled eggs or jello salad

[snowangel_x3]

hmm.
deviled eggs.

blue lights or yellow lights?

[act_as_if]

blue, yellow can be hard to see

christmas sweaters or christmas socks

[sila]

socks
im wearing my xmas socks today but noone will see them!!!
go to bed early or late on xmas eve?

[Maureen]

Going to bed late on Christmas Eve (usually still wrapping presents!)

Walton's Christmas Special or Little House on the Prairie Christmas Special?

[JOHNOR]

waltons

spring vegetable soup or winter vegetable soup?

[Iron Eagle]

Winter vegetable soup (with turkey broth)


Older regular lights - or - new L.E.D. lights??

[JOHNOR]

i'll go for the old ones.

last christmas (wham) or merry xmas everybody (slade) ?

[sgrover]

Can I say neither??? OK, if I have to pick one, I'll say Wham, at least they dressed cute.

Scrooge - Alistar Simms or Michael Caine?

[Maureen]

Alistair Sim!!

Christmas Eve Service or Christmas Morning (if applicable)

[sgrover]

Christmas Eve Service - I love listening to the children do their program.

Sugar cookies - frosted or plain?

[kidzrme]

frosted


Twas the Night Before Christmas or Polar Express on Christmas Eve?

[AL_Storm_Chaser]

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Eggnog or Milk for Santa?

[Maureen]

Milk for Santa

Eggnog or Mulled Wine for you?!

[sgrover]

Eggnog

Christmas breakfast - eggs & bacon, or donuts and hot chocolate?

[kidzrme]

eggs and bacon


sleep in or up at the crack of dawn Christmas day

[act_as_if]

crack of dawn, dad always works on christmas and has to be there by 6:00.

deck the halls or twelve days of christmas

[kidzrme]

Deck the halls


to bed early Christmas eve, or stay up late to watch for Santa?

[whychristmas]

In bed! or possibly on the computer seeing where in the world he is...

A log fire or a Chocolate log to eat?

[JAboc]

a log fire with my beautiful girlfriend

scented mistletoe candles or scented peppermint candles

[Maureen]

Scented mistletoe candles

Hot Chocolate with or without marshmallows?

[JOHNOR]

peppermint

christmas morning - chocolates and bucks fizz or cooked breakfast and cup of tea?

[act_as_if]

breakfest and a cup of tea

huge family meal or small meal

[AL_Storm_Chaser]

Huge family meal.


Regular baked turkey or deep fried turkey?

[Billy Battles]

Regular

Red Tree Skirt or Green Tree Skirt

[The Miser Brothers]

Red


songs from Rudolph- Holly Jolly Christmas or We are Santas Elves?

[Maureen]

Holly Jolly Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas or Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer??

[The Miser Brothers]

that is like asking me to decide between my 2 children (if I had any).

BOTH.


M&M's- plain, peanut, other???

[RavenHardt]

plain

brownies or cookies?

[mrspenguin]

cookies...

cocoa or cider

[MissKringle]

Cocoa, The Santa Clause 1 or 2

[act_as_if]

santa clause 1

bells that hang from your door(make noise everytime door opens) or wreath

[kidzrme]

bells, I actually have Christmas bells that play Christmas music.


homeade gifts or store bought?

[act_as_if]

I like homemade gifts. My five year old cousin gave me a santa picture he colored. It's still hanging on my wall. :)

Christmas tree theme, or hodge-podge of ornaments

[sila]

ohhhh i used to go for the hodge podge but i toned it down last year
up early or late on xmas morn?

[kidzrme]

Early, early, early


Eggs or pancakes Christmas morn

[sila]

ill say eggs but i actually have a bacon roll

two or three courses for christmas dinner?

[whychristmas]

Three - as long as the starter's not too big!

Go out carol singing or stay in and keep warm?!

[Maureen]

Definitely go out carol-singing!!

Tinsel or not?

[act_as_if]

not, its weird

snow angels or snowmen

[whychristmas]

not, its weird

LOL!!! Sorry but that cracked me up :hello:

Snowmen

We Three Kings' or 'While Shepherds Watched'?

[mrspenguin]

While shepherds watched...


wrap as you buy or an all night marathon wrapping session?

[TooShort4]

all night wrapping session

Fun night out on Christmas Eve or stay home

[Maureen]

Stay home (please refer to your "All night wrapping session"!!!)

Christmas Pudding or Pie for dessert??

[JOHNOR]

pie

get married on boxing day or new years eve?

[sgrover]

I got married in June! But if I had to choose one, I'd probably pick New Year's Eve.

Decorate your kitchen for Christmas, yes or no?

[kidzrme]

Yes, decorate my kitchen for Christmas. :)


just family to decoarate the tree, or family and friends

[act_as_if]

just family

go out to see a movie on christmas, or go out caroling

[TooShort4]

go caroling, definately.

Ham on Christmas Day or something else [specify]

[miller4plusmore]

We have ham and turkey!

Which would you rather go see--Dicken's Christmas Carol or The Nutcracker?

:snowball:

[sila]

a christmas carol

go xmas shopping or stay in xmas eve?

[whychristmas]

Stay in (I try to get my shopping done early!)

and while your staying in...

Nuts or Chocolates to munch?!

[ChristmasSpirit76]

Chocolate cheesy

How about
Christmas tree up for thanksgiving or Christmas tree up on Christmas Eve

[act_as_if]

well, neither, really, we get ours up first or second week of December.(only because its a real tree and we dont want it to dry out.)

invite new people in on your christmas celebration, or just family

[snowangel_x3]

Hmm... probably just family.

Store-bought wrapping paper or homemade wrapping paper?

[miller4plusmore]

Store bought--I don't have time for homemade!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas or Charlie Brown Christmas?

:cry:

[ChristmasSpirit76]

Oh that is a tough one. Hmmm I would say Watch Charlie Brown Xmas

Buying a real tree at a lot or Hiking in the woods and getting your own

[act_as_if]

Hiking in the woods to get my own, just not in private property. Might get shot!lol

getting that someone that really expensive gift or a bunch of cheaper gifts

[sila]

probably both!!!!!

recieving an expensive gift or a handmade gift from your kids?

[miller4plusmore]

A handmade gift from my kids, of course!

Hot cocoa or hot mulled cider?

[whychristmas]

The cocoa - cider's an 'all year drink' in these parts! (although many Somerset Christmas customs do involve quite a lot of cider...)

Black Friday or White Christmas?!

[Maureen]

White Christmas!

Christmas bags or wrapping paper??

[clarebear]

wrapping paper

A christmas walk or a christmas drive in the car?

[act_as_if]

Well, I would like to say a walk, but I'm too lazy, so a drive.

clean up as you open presents, or wait till all are open

[clarebear]

Wait till they are open!

White lights or coloured lights>

[TwinkleLights25]

Colored lights

Small lights or big lights

[miller4plusmore]

small lights

Santa Claus or Kris Kringle?

[pattyjo]

santa Claus

Real mistletoe or fake

[act_as_if]

real

traditional widow stickys or the new gel type

[sila]

not seen the gel ones so ill say traditional
open pressies fast or slowly?

[act_as_if]

fast, too much anticipation to go slow.

windy snowy nights or warm no snow nights (in winter)

[Minta]

Windy snowy nights

hot chocolate with marshmallows or without

[miller4plusmore]

with marshmallows!

Traditional garland or bead garland on the tree?

[pattyjo]

Traditional

coloured lights or clear lights

[Maureen]

Coloured lights

Traditional green tree or funky coloured one??

[pattyjo]

Traditional green tree

Eggnog or hot chocolate

[kidzrme]

traditional tree


stay up late Christmas Eve or go to bed early?

[TwinkleLights25]

Hmm...Stay up kinda late I guess, maybe not past midnight, but maybe so.

Sleep in on Christmas day or get out of bed early in the morning?

[kidzrme]

Early in the morning, coffee in hand :)


put toys together Christmas eve, or wait until Christmas morning?

[miller4plusmore]

put some together Christmas Eve and others Christmas morning!

Sugar cookies or Gingerbread cookies?

[kidzrme]

sugar cookies


singing ornaments or non singing?

[sila]

singing
frosty the snowman or rudolf the red nosed reindeer?

[Billy Battles]

Rudolph

Santa In Rudolph or Santa In A Year Without Santa Claus

[The Miser Brothers]

Year Without a Santa Claus



Jingle or Jangle (the elves from Year Without a Santa Claus)

[sugarplum fairy]

Jangle


Snow Miser or Heat Miser?

[act_as_if]

snow miser, not a huge huge fan of heat.

Santa Claus is coming to town or A year without a santa claus

[The Miser Brothers]

odd days- Year Without a Santa Claus
even days- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

too hard to choose


milk chocolate or dark chocolate??

[kidzrme]

milk chocolate

milk for santa or hot chocolate?

[sugarplum fairy]

milk

traditional Christmas meal or different/unusual?

[clarebear]

Traditional oh yes!!

Snowman or ruldolph? :)

[act_as_if]

awww, both are cute.

I'll say snowman

donner or dasher

[sila]

dasher
elves or fairies?

[dvdguy]

elves

polar express or elf?

[sugarplum fairy]

Polar Express


The Grinch or The Cat in the Hat?

[miller4plusmore]

The Grinch

Albert Finney or Alistair Sim as Scrooge?

[sila]

alistair sim
soppy christmas movies or funny christmas movies?

[GingerMel]

Funny Christmas movies.

Snowball fight or snuggling up inside the house during a snow storm?

[act_as_if]

snowball fights for sure!!

rocking around the christmas tree or O Christmas tree

[sila]

rockin around the christmas tree
turkey or goose?

[dvdguy]

turkey

homemade cranberry sauce or can?

[sila]

home made if i knew how to make it!!!!!
mince pies or xmas pudding?

[dvdguy]

whats in the pudding?

[sila]

traditional fruit pudding
oh and it might have lucky charms in it!!!!

[dvdguy]

I'll go with the pudding
Do you have a recipe for that?

Roasted chestnuts or assorted chocolates

[sila]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/richchristmaspudding_8935.shtml
chocolates of course

red or white wine?

[kelly ann]

white wine

angel on the tree top or star?

[sila]

star
tinsel or lights?

[kelly ann]

LIGHTS!!!! (AND PLENTY OF THEM)

fake tree or real tree?

[dvdguy]

I have a fake but i prefer real

one horse open sleigh or snow mobile?

[kelly ann]

one horse open sleigh

Was Tim Allen great as Santa Claus or Not

[pattyjo]

Fantastic, I love him

Jingle Bells or Jinglebell Rock

[dvdguy]

jingle bells

sinatra or crosby

[kidzrme]

Crosby (close call)

eat fruitcake or not?

[dvdguy]

eat

star or angel

[kidzrme]

Angel (I made it when I was 5, and it still goes on the top of my parents tree. p.s. I'm 36 years old)

silver tinsel, or colored?

[clarebear]

Coloured

A miracle On 34th Street, 1947 or 1994?

[Maebeary]

1947 version

Christmas cookies or candy?

[dvdguy]

thats like picking an arm

[stillsnowberry]

LOL.

Snowball fights or snow ice cream?:snowball:

[kidzrme]

snowball fights


sugar cookies or Chocolate chip for the big guy?

[clarebear]

Sugar Cookies

Home Alone or Santa Claus?

[The Miser Brothers]

Santa Claus


White Christmas or The Christmas Song?

[sila]

white christmas
get dressed before opening the presents on xmas morn or not?

[kidzrme]

These are getting harder and harder....The Christmas song, If I have to choose...

Candy canes on the tree or not?

[kidzrme]

oops, we answered the same question at the same time.....

staying in my p.j.'s

candy canes on the tree or not?

[sila]

heh heh so we did!!!!
not cos im not keen on them !!!
expensive xmas crackers or normal ones?

[Maureen]

Ummm - homemade!!!!!!:dance:

Christmas musical or Christmas ballet???

[sila]

musical
christmas movie or panto?

[ChristmasSpirit76]

Christmas Movie

Going to a Live Nativity or Caroling in the Neighborhood

[JOHNOR]

live nativity

wham - last christmas OR slade - merry xmas everyone

[sila]

slade!!
wrapping paper or gift bags?

[ChristmasSpirit76]

wrapping paper:}

Bows on presents or ribbons ( the ones you curl yourself)

[miller4plusmore]

I like ribbons you curl yourself if I have time, but if I'm in a time crunch, I use bows!

Christmas cards or Christmas newsletter?

[Maureen]

Cards - you can't recycle newsletters into gift tags!!

Sitting in the dark with your loved one (s) with only the tree lights and listening to CD's with the snow falling outside OR
Walking at night with your loved one(s), down a country lane, with the snow falling softly

[sila]

errrrrrrrrr first one
parsnips or sprouts?

[sugarplum fairy]

Ewww neither, but if I had to chose parsnips.


garland: swag or straight?