Christmas parenting survey?

Question

1. Are you finished your shopping?
2. How much time off work are you taking (if you work)?
3. Are your children old enough to be excited about Christmas?
4. What are the things your child has asked for?
5. Do your children "make" gifts for friends or family members?
6. What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
7. Do you have any new Christmas traditions that you have started with your own family?
8. Do you have a "themed" tree or a "tacky kids tree", LOL?
9. What are you doing to prepare for the end of the world tomorrow?

Answer 1

Yay!! I love surveys!!



1. Pretty close.



2. I get the day of Christmas off. Hospice nurses work 'round the clock.



3. Yep. 6 and 2.



4. Peppa Pig toys, babies dolls, legos, superhero toys, and both of them want a cat.



5. Usually cards.



6. Don't really have any.



7. Nope.



8. This year, I did a themed tree. It has green, dark blue, and silver ornaments. Plus, little gold bows and a large gold bow at the top with ribbon cascading down. In past years, we've done a kid tree. This year, we bought the kids little fake trees for their rooms to decorate.



8. Nothing. I plan to die peacefully ;) LOL

Answer 2

1. Are you finished your shopping? I forgot to buy dessert and we still need washing powder,fabric conditioner and sugar



2. How much time off work are you taking (if you work)? My partner has Christmas Day off,that's it.He's working Christmas Eve,Boxing Day and every day until after New Year's Day



3. Are your children old enough to be excited about Christmas? He's 5,so yes



4. What are the things your child has asked for? Pretty much everything!We have decided to invest in a tablet which he will have use of (his school have Ipads which the kids use regularly),we will get in the New Year so he doesn't have a whole lot of things.He got money from one of his aunts and uncles and Gran,the other 2 sent their gifts down in October when my Mum and sister were down for his birthday



5. Do your children "make" gifts for friends or family members? Yes.He's making some pictures for his Gran,she'll get them in February when she comes down to pick him up for half term



6. What is your favourite Christmas tradition? Don't have one,I really don't like Christmas much



7. Do you have any new Christmas traditions that you have started with your own family? Not getting dressed on Christmas Day until we have our walk into and around our town centre (after dinner).I love the peace and tranquility after all the rush in the lead up to Christmas



8. Do you have a "themed" tree or a "tacky kids tree", LOL? No,we don't have a tree up



9. What are you doing to prepare for the end of the world tomorrow? I set a status on Saturday saying "The awkward moment when the world doesn't end" LOL.I never believed the world was going to end anyway

Answer 3

1. Yes I finished shopping a while ago

2. I'm a stay at home mom at the moment so none

3.yes, she's 6 this year

4. My child asked for an orange furby and a tablet

5. I gave her $20 to spend on each of my grandparents and $20 to spend on me. She had a blast picking out gifts. She also decorated an ornament at school with her thumb prints and made reindeer's on it.

6. watching a christmas story on christmas day

7. nope

8. No themed tree this year. I had to use plastic ornaments because of the cats..

9. There is no such thing as "The end of the world" so i'm doing nothing

Answer 4

1. Not yet, have a few gift cards to pick up still.

2. I'm a SAHM so no time off for me lol.

3. Two of the three, my son is 10 and my daughter is 4. My 3 month old is still too young, obviously.

4. My daughter wants everything on tv. My son wants a iPad but was told from the gate he isn't getting one lol. I did buy him a touchscreen mp4 player and some cool headphones though so hopefully he likes it.

5. No. I'm really not an artsy person, even though I've tried like hell. They make stuff at school though.

6. Going to my in-laws on Christmas Even (usually after going to my dad's house) and staying up late playing card games. Alcoholic drinks may or may not be involved.

7. I've started buying Christmas Eve pajamas every year. Crap...that's another thing I forgot to buy yet, mine and my husband's. Thanks!

8. Right now, all we have is a 2' tree on top of the breakfast bar counter (that I have yet to even decorate). We have absolutely no room for a regular tree this year but plan on buying a house this spring so that won't ever be a problem again.

9. Getting all my laundry washed. Can't have dirty laundry when the world ends!

Answer 5

1) a couple things left to get, but all the big stuff is done.

2) I'm off for 6 days starting tomorrow.

3) My kids (age 6, almost 4 and 2) are really, really excited!

4) LeapPad, Minnie Mouse costume and green basketball (HAS to be green!)

5) Yes, they made cards and gifts for various people including grandparents and teachers. My oldest daughter even decided to make a card for her school's principal and thanked her for "all your hard work"!

6) Reading/telling christmas stories by the tree every evening after dinner

7) This year with our extended family we skipped the gifts for each other's kids and we all went out for a Christmas getaway last weekend. It was so much fun and much more memorable than exchanging a bunch of toys to add to the pile.

8) Our "themed" tree is gradually turing into a kids' tree. Each year there are less ornaments and more "crafts".

9) celebrating...it's my birthday tomorrow!

Answer 6

1. Yes, just this morning.

2. I work mostly from my house and my particular field isn't one that's important around Christmas time, so I have from this weekend until the fourth off. I might have to go in for a few hours after new years though.

3. Yes. They are 9, 8, and 6, so they know what's happening.

4. My eldest wants a bike, the middle one hasn't really asked for anything big this year except for movies, and my daughter wants a dollhouse.

5. Yes. I come from a family of six kids, so we always do a sort of gift exchange between the families. So this year my husband and kids and I are buying gifts with my brother and his wife and their two kids, but we aren't buying presents for any of the other nieces, nephews, or aunts and uncles. My kids made cards for their cousins to go along with the presents, but they made my parents' gift.

6. Christmas dinner.

7. We always buy an ornament for each person each year. They can buy it whenever they please.

8. No we just have the one. It's real and huge.

9. It's the 23rd, so nothing.

Answer 7

1 nearly

2 two weeks



3 yes middle teens

4 phones

5 help make Christmas food. Red cabbage etc

6 church Xmas eve

7 opening stockings all sat on our bed in the morn.

8 a tree decorated with different decorations. A new one bought each year.

9 as I did for all the other ones. Nothing.

Answer 8

1. Yes I am, just finished yesterday actually.



2. I am off the day before Christmas all the way to the day after New Years. (I am a pediatric nurse)



3.Yes they are, my husband spoils them!



4.Well I have 2 daughters, My oldest is Chloe who is 12 and my youngest is Bianca who is 10. Chloe wanted some new shoes and clothes from Rue21, Forever21 and H&M so I bought her a lot from there. And then I also just got her a IPhone 5 (she is very responsible and I trust her) and I'm getting her room redone so it's all neon light and such! And then for Bianca, I got her again some new clothes, I'm also getting her room redone and my husband and I are getting a teacup maltese! They wanted it for ages so I decided to get it for them because they deserve it.



5.Bianca is very creative so sometimes she makes angels for her classmates.



6.I love decorating the Christmas Tree and the house outside with my daughters and my husband. Then after that, coming in and watching how the Grinch Stole Christmas. It's amazing.



7.No, sadly



8.I do have a main Christmas Tree in the living room that is amazing, beautiful. But in the kids room, they have their own little trees that they decorate the way they want.



9.I don't believe in that.

Answer 9

1. For my daughter, yes. For the rest of the family, not even close!

2. Just one day – the day after Christmas. It’s all I could negotiate. My company decided to close for Christmas Eve, so I get that as well.

3. My daughter is 9. She is all about Christmas.

4. Her list is long this year. Top items – a computer, telescope, American Girl doll, bed set, duct tape

5. Oh yes. Last year she made knitted washcloths and soap for the family. This year she was working on hats and scarves but ran out of time. For her friends, she made candy bracelets and friendship bracelets with mini jungle bells.

6. Aside from going crazy and spoiling your kids? Baking and making crafts. We love to make things almost as much as we love to eat.

7. The crafts are new for us. My family never did this sort of thing, so it is a tradition for my daughter and I.

8. Actually we do! But not the kiddy tree. After 8 Christmases with wild, bright colors on a gigantic tree, I picked up a pencil tree, black with tinsel, and all clear and silver ornaments. With simple white lights it is absolutely stunning.

9. Not a thing.

Answer 10

1. Pretty much!



2. I get two weeks break from my classes.



3. Quite.



4. They don't really ask for anything. They give us ideas...like, "Mom/Dad, I really like that." whenever commercials come on.



5. Absolutely. My daughter has a potentially great future for Halmark or American Greetings, as many cards as she makes. My son isn't quite at that phase yet.



6. Twenty-four hours of A Christmas Story? Seriously, though...I think just relaxing after all the cooking's been done and watching movies.



7. Pajamas on Christmas Eve.



8. HEY! I LIKE OUR TACKY TREE!



9. No man knows the hour or the day...I'm just going to carry on as usual, and whatever happens, happens.

Answer 11

1. Everyone is done with shopping.

2. Thursday was both me and my husbands last day and we go back Jan.7 when school starts back.

3. Yes, the 9, 7, 5 yr old's are excited and well the 14mth old, our new puppy and 2 new kittens are all wondering why trees and foliage is suddenly indoors and wrecking havoc everywhere, all 4 of them...lol

4. My husband and I buy for them separately and I won't know what he got till they open their gifts. Among other things: Our 9 yr old asked for an addition to his Schylling Erector Set and Lego Ningago Set; the 5 yr old asked for "his own" Vintage Millennium Falcon (because X won't let him play with his for a long time...this and more was all written on the note..lol), and of course he needed some Star Wars action toys and Hot Wheels Double Loop something or other; the 7 yr old girls asked for "the new American Girl doll" and the nightmare of twins is I got two and two of her dogs, and 2 of her loft beds.. ugh..lol but they really take care of these dolls, then one asked for Dream Dazzlers and the other for some kiddie cosmetic kit and I know they coordinated this..lol; I got the 14 mth old Vtech Go Go and Catch-Me-Kitty, a Laugh out Loud Elmo and Fisher Price Little Peoples Wheelies and Disney Princess Songs Palace. I also got for all refills for Treat Maker and Easy Bake Oven, new craft items, clothes and shoes.

5. They make ornaments at school and I have no clue how they get away with this but they make 4 sets...lol One for here and one for each of their grandparents and one for my moms mom. But they all come carefully boxed..lol

6. My grandmother knits our stockings. She will knit them in red, green or white with your favorite color and she likes them really long. They are gorgeous. I actually asked for one of each and she does it..lol. So we each have 3 stockings, except for our 14 month old who has a temporary green plaid stocking until she tells us her favorite color. My mothers tradition is that we meet hat her house on Christmas Eve for brunch and the gift exchange.

7. On Christmas day, we dress in jammies that I make us and watch movies and their dad concocts some sort of popcorn.

8. We have several trees, but the tacky tree in the family room is what we call the "family tree" where we hang all those ornaments the kids make, the construction paper garland that I carefully box each year so it isn't crushed, everyone's first ornaments, first shoes that we have pearlized in some color, trophies, and other keep sakes that we want to hold onto but would otherwise not get recognized or just collect dust if displayed. Its a tree of us. But the others are themed.

9. Making "smores" in the fireplace.

Answer 12

1. yes i have

2. im a stay at home mom but my husband gets off tomorrow to the second of January

3yes my 3 yr old is but not my 2 yr old yet

4. my 3 year old wants barbies and a barbie kitchen my 2 yr old son wants everything but we got him a ride on car and some spider man sheets.

5. no not yet but later we may try

6 baking cookies and drinking hot chocolate

7 yes baking cookies and drinking hot chocolate and reading bible stories

8 no we dont

9 nothing lol

Answer 13

what form of customer are you (internet or mall)? I shop anyplace i ought to, no particular place. whilst do you initiate and end your Christmas buying? The week of Christmas. i'm lazy. luckily I basically ought to shop for my spouse. She handles the lads' way beforehand. the place do you purchase maximum of your presents? relies upon on what she needs that year. This year she needs a gown coat and an computerized starter. So possibly Macy's and in spite of automobile place. What time do your toddlers awaken on Christmas morning? each and every time they open their eyes. Is your loved ones massive on the Christmas nap? The Christmas nap? did no longer understand there became the form of element. So, no. what's your well-known holiday custom? My complete kinfolk gets jointly at a convent and we do a great grab bag. it somewhat is countless relaxing. what's your families well-known holiday ornament (timber, lights and so on)? My spouse likes all the "previous" Christmas decorations. She has some elves, Santa, and mice that are apparently from some particular version something or different..I dunno. additionally.. is it too early to be doing Christmas surveys? :) Nope, Christmas continuously places us in a extra effective temper. I say the faster, the extra effective.