The Christmas tag

What is/are your favourite Christmas film?

One film I have to watch at Christmas is "A Christmas Carol", it wouldn't be Christmas without it. But my favourite film has to be The Polar Express.

Do you open your presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?

 Christmas morning. Though as a child, myself and my brother would nag my mother every Christmas eve until she let us unwrap one small present. So she'd started to buy things like socks to wrap for that reason, so we didn't open our main gifts until Christmas day.

Do you have a favourite Christmas memory?

All of my favourite and most missed memories of Christmas are always spent at my grandad's house. I always remember every year helping him put up his decs, always 2 weeks before Christmas day and they were the most tacky over the top decs ever! But I loved them.

Favourite Festive Food?

I love cheese with red onion chutney, tiny oranges and bubble and squeak severed on boxing day.

Favourite Christmas Gift?

Last year I was given a £100 gift voucher to buy myself some things, it was from my mum's OH and I was told it was for me and not the kids. I very rarely spend money on myself - my birthday money was used to buy Archie's pushchair, so I love the gift so much. 

   

Favourite Christmas Scent?

Cinnamon. 

Do you have any Christmas Eve traditions?

I always take the kids out for a drive on Xmas eve. Then we have baths, put out the things for santa, plus reindeer food and the "magic key" then it's bed time. This year I have made Xmas boxes, which Santa's elves are going to drop off for the kids while we are on our drive. They have a new book, mug (beaker for Archie) with white hot chocolate in, new pj's, new dressing gown and a teddy each. Possibly a DVD too.

What tops your tree?
A star. Eva fell in love with it in the shop so we had to buy it.

As a kid, what was the one gift you asked for but never received?

I asked for a shaker maker. My mum did get one, but my grandad told her we had too much so on Christmas day we never got one. On my 21st birthday I opened one present from my mum to find a Disney princess shaker maker.. it was my favourite gift. (Though I've never used it)

What is your favourite Christmas song?

There is one Christmas song that makes me smile and that is "stop the cavalry". My grandad loved the song and used to sing it every Christmas while he cooked the dinner. It was always played on the radio and to this day it's the one song I have to listen to on Christmas day. It's my "grandad song", when I sing it for hear it, it feels like my grandad is in the room with me.

 What's the best part of Christmas for you? 
Just after lunch. When everyone is full of Christmas food and sat on the sofa watching Christmas TV, the kids are silently playing with their toys. that's my favourite part, looking around and seeing happiness and love.