Christmas This or That

 

 Another question from the Hodgepodge and Joyce at From this Side of the Pond.  She says:

Let's do a little holiday this or that? 

• shopping or wrapping
• baking or decorating
• eggnog or wassail
• real tree or artificial
• turkey or ham
• white lights or colored lights 
• ugly sweaters or matching pjs
• peppermint or cinnamon 
• presents Christmas Eve or presents Christmas Day

So let's see ... I'm afraid that on some of these I will be a bit wishy-washy.  It will be hard to choose! 

Shopping or wrapping -- I do enjoy shopping, or even better, creating gifts, but I do enjoy wrapping a lot and like getting a bit creative with it.  Like the snowman below, which is a package of Laughing Cow cheese and a box of crackers!

Baking or decorating -- This is a really tough choice!   I love both.  If I have to choose though, I will pick decorating since my hubby now does so much of the baking.

Eggnog or wassail -- it depends on the recipe.  In general I will say wassail.  I have a holiday beverage that we and our guests love, which may not strictly be wassail but I consider it as such.  It's a mulled cranberry-orange juice.  Find the recipe here.

Real tree or artificial -- I definitely prefer real trees for their scent and the fun of going out to cut them.  That said, however, we usually have an artificial one, which I enjoy because it can be left up much longer than a real tree.

Turkey or ham -- another difficult choice.  I think I prefer turkey but we just had it at Thanksgiving.  For Christmas we often have a beef roast and a chicken dish to choose from rather than either turkey or ham.

White lights or colored lights -- I like them both.  In general we have colored lights on our outdoor tree and white on the indoor tree.

 

Ugly sweaters or matching PJs -- I prefer sweaters but not super ugly ones.  Maybe ones with more of a traditional Nordic look.

Peppermint or cinnamon -- Oh, I like them both!  Maybe  cinnamon just a little more.

Presents Christmas Eve or presents Christmas Day -- in general, Christmas Day.  But in the past we have often exchanged gifts with our two oldest grandkids on Christmas Eve.  Now they have busy lives of their own so we exchange whenever it works for them.

That's my Christmas this-or-that!  Want to try answering these yourselves?  Please share in comments!