Christmas Favorites
One night we filled in a paper called CHRISTMAS THINGS. Fun to read everyone’s responses.
Dad:
- Favorite Christmas food: Squamish Bars, Christmas Breakfast
- Favorite Christmas song: ‘The Christmas Song’ - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
- Favorite Christmas activity: Purchasing gifts that I know people will like
- Favorite Christmas movie: Elf
- Favorite part of Christmas morning: Waiting to go down
- Present you are excited to give: Katie (Trip to Chicago)
- Best way to spend a cold evening: Fireplace, hot chocolate, puzzle, watch a Christmas movie
- Favorite Christmas smell: Fresh Christmas tree smell
- What do you still need to do before Christmas: Presents for my wife
- Favorite Christmas traditions: Christmas tree cutting, Christmas breakfast, Puzzles, Wrapping presents while watching ‘The Holiday’, celebrating Christmas Adam.
- Favorite Christmas memory: Childhood memory – Being with all of my family and cousins at G&G Polsons house, checking out the wrapped presents under the tree and getting ourselves out of control excited for Christmas Day. Recent memory: watching the kids discover their new luggage and accompanying trip to Europe in 2016.
- Currently reading: Mostly Podcasts ‘Oath Bringer’, ‘Terrible, Thanks for asking’, ‘Revisionist History’
- Favorite Christmas ornament: Santas from all around the World
- What brings you joy this month: Doing puzzles with the family while watching Christmas movies
- How has your life changed since last year: new focus on health and minimalism
- What really matters: relationships with family
Mom
- Favorite Christmas food: Chocolate covered Jo Jo’s from Trader Joe’s
- Favorite Christmas song: Tennessee Christmas, all of Michael Buble Songs
- Favorite Christmas activity: Walking through Denver’s lit up streets, shopping at the Shops at Briargate, going to movies at the Theater with my family
- Favorite Christmas movie: The Holiday
- Favorite part of Christmas morning: The time between Santa Gifts and sitting down to open presents. Love breakfast and the excitement of stockings and the anticipation of getting and giving great presents.
- Present you are excited to give: Dad (new Santa), Emily (bulletin board stuff and turquoise ukelele) Megan (Stranger Things t-shirt and gold Adidas) Matt (3DS case and Hot Wheels toys) Luke (BB9e Droid) Katie (trip to Chicago) Ryan (Sambas and BYU shirt)
- Best way to spend a cold evening: Fire blazing, bundled in my grey blanket with a mug full of hot chocolate watching a BBC show with Chris – like Victoria or Poldark
- Favorite Christmas smells: Evergreen Candle, Cinnamon Candle, Hot Apple Cider
- What do you still need to do before Christmas: Wrap, journal ‘day to day’ in December
- Favorite Christmas traditions: Finding a gift under the tree for someone else, Christmas breakfast between Santa and other presents, going to look at Christmas lights, a movie on Christmas Eve or Christmas Adam, big Turkey dinner on Christmas Eve, shoes out for St. Nicholas, puzzles and movies
- Favorite Christmas memory: Getting my cabbage patch doll and my barbie when I was little, when my Dad gave my mom a serger, when I gave my Dad a BYU Barbarian Shirt, when Chris surprised me with a camera, when we surprised the kids with a trip to Germany – and so many more…
- Currently reading: Nothing : (
- Favorite Christmas ornament: My Santa’s from around the world, my big gold Reindeer
- What brings you joy this month: White Christmas lights, candy cane hot chocolate, cards from friends and family, neighbor gifts, outings with family, seeing Musicals, being organized with presents
- How has your life changed since last year: Kids getting older, Ryan’s 2nd mission Christmas
- What really matters: Finding opportunities to feel the Spirit and teaching my children to do the same
Katie
- Favorite Christmas food: Sugar Cookies
- Favorite Christmas song: Mistletoe – Justin Beiber
- Favorite Christmas activity: Driving and looking at Christmas lights
- Favorite Christmas movie: It’s a Wonderful Life / Miracle on 34th Street
- Favorite part of Christmas morning: Waking up with the kids, having Christmas breakfast
- Present you are excited to give: Emily (American Eagle Sweater) and Mom (Letter board)
- Best way to spend a cold evening: Partayyyy with friends and family inside
- Favorite Christmas smell: Tree
- What do you still need to do before Christmas: Submit my application : / Thx 4 reminding me
- Favorite Christmas traditions: Cutting down a Christmas tree
- Favorite Christmas memory: Strassburg Christmas Market with the Chuggs
- Current December reading: King’s Cage!
- Favorite Christmas ornament:
- What brings you joy this month: The Savior
- How has your life changed since last year: SENIOR LIFE
- What really matters: Christ, the gospel, my family, love, service
Emily
- Favorite Christmas food: Squamish bars, Christmas breakfast
- Favorite Christmas song: Grandma got ran over by a Reindeer
- Favorite Christmas activity: Sledding
- Favorite Christmas movie: ELF
- Favorite part of Christmas morning: Walking down the stairs together
- Present you are excited to give: Megans (Soccer field iPod case and soccer ball pop socket)
- Best way to spend a cold evening: In a blanket and Christmas socks, reading
- Favorite Christmas smell: candles
- What do you still need to do before Christmas: Buy lots of presents
- Favorite Christmas traditions: the way we open presents
- Favorite Christmas memory: Having all of the Waltons over for Christmas
- Current December reading: The Selection Series
- Favorite Christmas ornament: The Santa ornaments from different countries, and Grandpa as Santa
- What brings you joy this month: Christ and giving gifts that people will like
- How has your life changed since last year: I got my braces off, I started High School
- What really matters: Christ
Megan
- Favorite Christmas food: Squamish Bars
- Favorite Christmas song: Good to be bad – Pentatonix
- Favorite Christmas activity: Decorating the tree and Decorating cookies
- Favorite Christmas movie: ELF, Home Alone, Christmas Story
- Favorite part of Christmas morning: Christmas Breakfast
- Present you are excited to give: Emily’s (pineapple keychain) and Dad’s (work out waterbottle)
- Best way to spend a cold evening: Eating food and watching a movie
- Favorite Christmas smell: Real Christmas tree
- What do you still need to do before Christmas: Katie’s present!
- Favorite Christmas traditions: Christmas breakfast, Elf on the Shelf
- Favorite Christmas memory: When all the Waltons came!!!
- Current December reading: Catching Fire
- Favorite Christmas ornament: Grandpa’s ornament
- What brings you joy this month: The Christmas Spirit
- How has your life changed since last year: Older, cooler, Braces.
- What really matters: Getting presents (jk – GIVING!)
Luke
- Favorite Christmas food: Squamish Bars
- Favorite Christmas song: Nearer My God to Thee
- Favorite Christmas activity: Making sugar cookies
- Favorite Christmas movie: ELF, Christmas story, Home Alone
- Favorite part of Christmas morning: Presents and Christmas Breakfast
- Present you are excited to give: Matts (3DS Game) and Mom’s (Keychain from Anthropology)
- Best way to spend a cold evening: Stand by the fire, watch movies and drink hot chocolate
- Favorite Christmas smell: Peppermint
- What do you still need to do before Christmas: Get Emily, Megan and Katie’s present
- Favorite Christmas traditions: Acting out the Nativity, Having Christmas Breakfast
- Favorite Christmas memory: Getting my 3DS
- Current December reading: Harry Potter 7
- Favorite Christmas ornament: Grandpa’s Santa Ornament
- What brings you joy this month: My family
- How has your life changed since last year: I’m in the fourth grade now
- What really matters: Having our family together
Matthew
- Favorite Christmas food: Christmas breakfast
- Favorite Christmas song: Goofy Jingle Bells
- Favorite Christmas activity: Decorating Cookies for Santa
- Favorite Christmas movie: ELF
- Favorite part of Christmas morning: Playing with presents
- Present you are excited to give: Luke’s present (a 3DS Case) and Megan’s (Stranger Things t-shirt)
- Best way to spend a cold evening: Drinking hot chocolate
- Favorite Christmas smell: Candles
- What do you still need to do before Christmas: Emily and Kate’s presents
- Favorite Christmas traditions: Stockings
- Favorite Christmas memory: The year I got my 3DS and the Wii U
- Current December reading: Harry Potter 2
- Favorite Christmas ornament: Pictures of the family
- What brings you joy this month: Lights
- How has your life changed since last year: I’m baptized
- What really matters: Presents