Best Christmas movie: "White Christmas" starring Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney. I've seen it hundreds of times and never fail to watch it every December.
Best Christmas book: "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. I remember being scared as I read it the first time, but couldn't put the book down. So many movies have been made about it; so many versions and take-offs that are amusing but not the same.
Best Christmas main dinner: Turkey. Yes, sometimes I make lasagna, but turkey has always been my favorite!
Best Christmas Carol: Silent Night. Yes, it's a religious song but I grew up believing in God and love all the religious songs.
Best Children's Christmas Story: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"- original poem by Robert L. May. As a child, it fascinated me and I loved reading it to my kids and grandchildren. Always read it when I taught school.Best Christmas cookie: Sugar cookies cut into Christmas shapes. Love making these and decorating them.
Best Christmas dessert: Chocolate Mousse Pie. All my family loves this!
Best Christmas gift: satellite dish. My husband got it so we could get baseball games (this was before cable showed them).
Best Christmas memory of gifts I made: three dollhouses for my daughters. I worked nights while they slept or during school hours to make the wooden (pre-cut) houses and shopped for three different sets of furniture.
Best Christmas collectibles: manger scenes. I love finding different ones.
Best Christmas morning meal: cinnamon rolls...nothing like the smell of warm cinnamon rolls!
Best way to celebrate Christmas: surrounded by family and friends.For those who don't celebrate Christmas, what are your favorite whatever holiday traditions?
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Whatever to Everyone!
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Loved the list! My Best Christmas collectibles are Nutcrackers. I have almost a hundred of them in all shapes and sizes. It's a story I've loved forever.
ReplyDeleteSo romantic...
I love your list too. I collect ornaments. Every year the kids all get a new one representing something special they did that year.
ReplyDeleteI have all their handmade ones from school. That makes our tree feel special to me. :)
Merry Christmas Marianne!
BCM: "It's A Wonderful Life"
ReplyDeleteChristmas Dinner: Polish Roast (Roast cooked with mushrooms, onions & dill pickles. Add sour cream at the end and cooked home made noodles:)
BCC: Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer because it was the first CC I taught my sons.
BCCS: Same:)
BCCookie: Jam Thumbprints
BCD: Broken Glass Cake
BCG: Everyone home for Christmas
BCM: My oldest was obsessed with Godzilla (at 3)and we got him a huge action figure that roared and shot a red plastic flame when you pulled a lever. We still have to watch a Godzilla movie every Christmas:)
BCMM: A slice of buttered Poviticia (Croatian nut bread)topped with ham--did I mention we have a no-calorie rule for that day:)
Merry Christmas, Marianne!
Best Christmas Movie: Toss up between The Grinch That Stole Christmas and A Christmas Story (I think that's the name of it). The one where the little boy in the
ReplyDelete50s wanted a BB gun for Christmas. So cute. :)
My Christmas collectibles are Nutcrackers and candleholders.
ReplyDeleteMovie: Prancer
Carol: O Holy Night and Here Comes Santa Clause
Irreverent song: Walking Round in Women's Underwear and I want a Hippopatomus for Christmas
Love reading the blog and all the comments about Xmas....I love candles, and stuffed toys.. BIG stuffed toys! My kids think I'm crazy but secretly like it, I think!
ReplyDeleteI see we have many of the same likes, although the lasagna did surprise me. :)
ReplyDeleteI myself collect snowglobes. Which take up a lot of room but can be sooooo very pretty. :D
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
I love your list but I'd add "Silver Bells" to the best Christmas songs.
ReplyDeleteAren't you glad you made those doll houses?
XXOO Kat
I love homemade chocolate chip cookies at Christmastime. I don't bake them anymore, though, because I'll eat them. Lol.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
Best--Adele
Thanks for listing/mentioning your "BEST Christmas..."
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, everyone!