[ForeverRoses]

1. Are you cooking this year for Thanksgiving? If not, who will and where will you be?

Partially- every adult is in charge of a different item, I'm making the turkey

2. On average, when you travel for Thanksgiving, how far do you go?
3 hours - Indy is 3 hours from Columbus OH and my parents and 3 hours from Evansville and my husband's family. This year, we are going to Columbus
3. Or....if you have families at your home, are the gatherings large or small?
It will just be my Mom & Dad, husband, and three boys
4. Even eat out at a restaurant for Thanksgiving?
nope

6. Do you decorate/get a tree for your home for the holidays?
one real tree, two fake trees

7. What is your most favorite holiday song?
Silent Night. Preferably in German

8. Do you join in with holiday festivites at work?
I plan the holiday party

9. Are you an early shopper (starting in November) or a last minute shopper (last week up til Christmas Eve?)
I've been done since Halloween with the exception of my husband's family gift exchange- they don't draw names until Thanksgiving

10. What other activites do you engage in to get you into the holiday spirit?
decorating the house, taking the kids to the Children's Museum to meet Santa and go down the yule slide

11. Do you attend church on Christmas morning?
nope- Christmas Eve

12. Favorite television programs during the holidays?
A Year without Santa Claus (Heat Miser & Cold Miser)

13. How much vacation time do you take during the holidays?
4 days- or whatever I have left

14. Do attend New Year's functions or spend quiet evenings at home?
early party at the zoo. Home by 9pm to avoid all the drunk drivers!

15. Ever been to Times Square?
not during Christmas

16. Do you remember where you were for Y2K?
at my Brother- and sister-in-laws house

17. What do you do as far as charity / community service during this time of year?
not enough. usually buy gifts for the gift tree at church and donate food to the food drive at my son's school. This year we are "donating" to my kids sitter- she's a struggling single mother so we are going to stock her fridge and do special things to help her out (like pay her electric bill, etc.)

18. If there is one thing that you could outlaw during the holidays, what would it be?
people who decorate their cars with wreaths

19. If you care to share, who is that one relative that is the most embarrasing one to have around for the holidays?
one of my brother-in-laws, especially when he starts drinking

20. By the end of it all, how much do yout hink you will have spent?
around $500 on gifts