Top Ten Christmas Favorites in no Particular Order:
1. Day after Thanksgiving decorating
2. Holiday music..esp. records like nat king cole, bing crosby, and manheim steamroller
3. Snowfalls
4. Ice skating at Brenton Plaza with a particularly endearing view of downtown des moines
5. Shopping in valley junction or anywhere local for christmas gifts
6. Joke gifts with the fam...one of our most long term traditions
7. Garfield's Christmas movie special every year on Christmas morning
8. Light picking...as i've heard it so called.
9. Christmas caroling!
10. Gift giving(especially homeade gifts!)
Top Ten Christmas Unfavorites in no Particular Order:
1. Fruitcake
2. Blow up yard ornaments
3. Ugly Christmas sweater parties...cmon people...be original.
4. Being packed in Wal-Mart or Target with 4 crazed shoppers and you per square foot
5. Eggnog in large quantities
6. Trying to get out of our driveway after a heavy show or ice
7. My room with no radiator or heating device of any kind
8. Songs like Christmas shoes, Christmas in Iowa, and Last Christmas as sung by Wham, hottest pop group to hit the stage in 1981
9. 24 hours straight of The Christmas Story
10. The 10 lbs. you thought you wouldn't gain during the holiday season but now have to resolve to take off in the next 10 mo. before you put it right back on again
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