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1. A few years back Pentatonix did an acoustic version of Carol of the Bells and I loved it so much, I know all the words to that song now lol, so I'd say that's the one that gets stuck in my head, and sure, i'll call it my karaoke song too though I hate karaoke lol I'm a strictly "Christmas comes AFTER Thanksgiving" person. We don't skip Thanksgiving!

 

1. Feliz Navidad. I teach a Zumba Gold class each week and as soon as Thanksgiving is over the Christmas songs are added to the playlist and this one has been a class favorite for years so it just keeps coming back for over 10 years! Once I even think of it... it is on repeat in my head. It is now there... thank you very much LOL.

 

1) Topic Music:
Which Christmas carol gets stuck in your head the most? 'White Christmas' (The Drifters version ), and I'm waiting for the new cover by Bing Crosby and V from BTS!! I can't wait!! Just a little joy in these dark times...
Which holiday song would you slay at karaoke? 'Last Christmas' by Wham! I love this song!
When do you start listening to Christmas music (How soon is too early?)? I don't really care about the 'right' time, I listen any music I like whenever I want or feel the need to.

 

All I want for Christmas is you - Mariah Carey.
Stuck in my head now ....thanks.

Karaoke song I would slay - George Michael Careless Whisper.

Christmas music starts when we put up the tree.

 

For me it's from the SNL bit...I wish it was christmas today!

 

Which Christmas carol gets stuck in your head the most? I think it's Feliz Navidad for me too. Always enjoy it, but it always gets stuck in my head after I hear it. Lol.

Which holiday song would you slay at karaoke? Um... not slaying anything karaoke related. I'll stick to singing in groups thank you very much. HA! (but I do LOVE singing Silent Night in four part harmony with my choir... I'm an alto)

Do you have a special holiday song that reminds you of someone special? Little Drummer Boy always reminds me of my oldest son. He fell in love with that song as a kid and would put it on repeat over and over.

When do you start listening to Christmas music (How soon is too early?)? After thanksgiving. There aren't enough holiday songs as it is and I get sick of hearing the same ones over and over if I start too soon. My youngest son did start playing Christmas music in the kitchen on November 1st just for a laugh though. Silly kid.

 

Describe your tree (size, variety, flocking or not, etc). Where do you go to get your tree, or do you use an artificial tree? We have a 7.5 ft artificial tree. Last year, we finally decided to get a tree again after not having one for years and I fell in love with a tree at Target - 7 ft, white lights, on a great sale... and it kept getting sold out from under me. My inbox was all curbside pickup and then refund messages as store after store failed to set it aside and someone bought the last one. I CRIED. My mom & husband took turns taking me to store after store to try to find a similar tree and at the third WalMart (and we're not going to mention how many total stores), we found a 7.5ft tree that could do colorful or white lights that was slightly above our budget and my husband just grabbed it and dragged it to the register. He really wanted colorful lights (and most nights, that is what we set it to) and finding the perfect compromise that made us both so happy was worth it. Not sure what variety exactly but I don't think it's a Douglas fir; my husband's name is Doug and he would never let me make nonstop jokes like that. No flocking but I do like to hang those tree-scent things from the branches to be fancy.

Does your holiday tree stay up for months, or do you take it down soon after the holiday? It came down late December/early January last year. In years past, we made a makeshift tree out of our son's Nugget (play furniture) and that went up Christmas Eve and came down Christmas morning so he could play with it.

What tree topper do you have? We don't. It's not something that's important to either of us.

Who decorates the holiday tree in your home? We do it as a family. Nugget tree was husband & I but new tree was all 3 of us (plus my mom). I put up a few ornaments but mostly take photos because "it's for the scrapbook!"

When do you put up your tree? Last year it was after Thanksgiving but there's some talk of doing it earlier so we can stage photos and send out a card to his family this year.

Do you have a theme for the decorations? It's a mish-mash of things that bring us joy (last year, mom bought Star Wars ornaments for husband and kiddo) and random regifted ornaments. My family is Jewish but people give mom ornaments every year and she politely regifts them to us. Christmas is very much for the scrapbook but celebrating with our son brings my husband so much joy. We're going to end up with a lot of holly ornaments because we're the Hollingsworths.

 

Music: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" runs around and around in my head this time of year. I try not to listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving but then listen a lot. We have a radio station devoted entirely to Christmas music, so that one is on a lot in my car.

 

Tree: We try to put our tree up Thanksgiving weekend and take it down on New Year's Day. After Christmas, it starts to feel really cluttery and I itch to take it all down! We had a BIG tree for years but it always seemed like we had to cram it into someplace it didn't really fit (hubby always wants it in the family room with us) and it took forever to "fluff" (artificial tree) and to decorate. So, when that one finally died, we got a much smaller one -- still "normal" tree sized, but thinner and shorter so it's easier to handle. One of the reasons we like to decorate on Thanksgiving weekend is that my adult children are here so we can all take a hand at decorating a bit.

Oh and we live in the dessert so we use artificial trees. Most real trees are trucked in from elsewhere and are dry-sh to begin with and then after being up for weeks in the dessert climate, they are totally crunchy dry and all the needles are falling off. Some people here will actually toss their new tree into their pool for a day to let it soak up a lot of water but we've never tried that.

 

2) Topic Trees:
Where do you go to get your tree, or do you use an artificial tree? Artificial one, not so big .
Does your holiday tree stay up for months, or do you take it down soon after the holiday? It depends on my mood.
What tree topper do you have? A star.
When do you put up your tree? Usually on December 1st.

 

2) Topic Trees: Describe your tree (size, variety, flocking or not, etc). For the past couple of years, it's been a Fraser fir. Some years it's a Balsam fir. No flocking.

Where do you go to get your tree, or do you use an artificial tree? Sometimes from a local tree farm, sometimes from the local Kiwanis Club

Does your holiday tree stay up for months, or do you take it down soon after the holiday? I like to keep it up until January 6

What tree topper do you have? A star

Who decorates the holiday tree in your home? Me!

When do you put up your tree? Early December

Do you have a theme for the decorations? I have a bit of candy cane theme. Many of my ornaments are red, white, or red/white, and I have a lot of stripey ornaments, and I always add candy canes to the tree

 

2) Topic Trees: Describe your tree (size, variety, flocking or not, etc). Where do you go to get your tree, or do you use an artificial tree? Does your holiday tree stay up for months, or do you take it down soon after the holiday? What tree topper do you have? Who decorates the holiday tree in your home? When do you put up your tree? Do you have a theme for the decorations?

It is a green artificial 7 or 8 feet tall. I don't have it out yet LOL. I never put my tree up until after Thanksgiving. Usually not until the first week of December. We have had this tree for MANY years and every year we say we need to start looking for a new one because it is wearing out, but we never do. It is usually me that decorates the tree now that the kids are grown. I like the tree to be down by Jan 1. I just need to get things back in order and cleaned up. The past several years I have made a big ribbon bow for the top but we have also had a star or an angel many times in the past. Last year I did the tree in just silver and green. Not sure what I will decide on this year. I don't go buy new decorations but I do have enough stuff that I can kind of mix and match to come up with a new theme or design each year.

 

3) Topic Travel:
Do you stay home for the holidays or travel? Christmas MUST be at home, I mean with family (the whole family, only the close ones, big, small, but home with family), travelling can happen before or after that time.

 

4) Topic Gifts/Shopping:
What kind of holiday shopper are you: Black Friday, Christmas Eve, or yearlong hoarder (When do you start thinking about buying your presents)? Do you buy presents for lots of people or only the people who are closest to you? I buy presents for my people, the ones I love and who are always there for me; knowing them quite well, when I see something I think they would love I buy it or write it down, but it's not really yearlong, I'd say I start to look around in October/this time of the year (unless it's something I know it would take a lot of time to get it).
What's on your wish list? Right now I only wish to get safe and sound to 2025 (and beyond...).

 

i don't know what it says about me but i still love 'Grandma got run over by a reindeer' and love parodies over traditional carols

I think the most underrated traditional carol is Good King Wenceslas even though i have no idea who he was or what the feast of stephen was

 

And of course Big Bang Theory fills in the blanks for me

and of course Sheldon knows all the verses and has to sing all 4 because he's one of those types of people (@bestcee - love you!)