 Hey guys, welcome back to our channel. My name is Andrea with Food and Mentory Adventures in Food. Our channel is all about the food. We do taste test recipes, grocery hauls, and what's for dinner. This video is a little bit different today. So it's not food related even though I am drinking some hot cocoa with marshmallows. It's a Christmas tag video. Now I love Christmas, it's my favorite holiday. I wasn't actually tagged, but I did go online and find some questions about Christmas. I love watching other people doing these videos so I decided I would do one myself. So I'll make sure to link, well not actually link, but I'll have all the questions linked to my description box. So if you would like to answer these questions and do your own tag, you are welcome to. But I thought it'd be a good way for you to get to know a little bit more about me as well. So I'll be looking down at the sheet of paper so I can read the questions off. So first question is, favorite Christmas movie. Now this one is hard for me because I like all Christmas movies. I really like the classics, like It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street. And then I also like Chevy Chase's National Lampoon Christmas, that one cracks me up every year. I love a Christmas story, then I love the cartoons like Frosty the Snowman, Charlie Brown. So that was really hard for me to narrow down. But those are a few of my favorite Christmas movies. Have you ever had a white Christmas? Yes, I grew up in Oklahoma. You don't think about snow when you think of Oklahoma, but I can remember growing up, we had white Christmases quite often. Oklahoma is one place where you do get all four seasons. You get winter, spring, summer, and fall. So definitely I've had white Christmases. Next question, do you start Christmas shopping on Black Friday or do you wait until the last minute? Now I do not enjoy Black Friday shopping. And I'm definitely not one to wait to the last minute. I tend to try to pick up things throughout the year as I see them, but I'm definitely not a last minute person. Right now it's about 10 days before Christmas and I'm done with my Christmas shopping. Next question, when does your family put up your Christmas tree and who decorates it? So our family for right now to our little baby comes pretty soon, it's just Howard and I and we both put up the Christmas tree and we both decorated. Now I don't know if Howard enjoys decorating the Christmas tree and putting it up as much as I do, but he does do it. So is your Christmas tree real or fake? It is fake. Excuse me, when I was growing up, I remember when I was very small, my parents did get a real Christmas tree. Then at some point they transitioned to artificial Christmas trees and ever since I've been an adult, I've always gotten artificial Christmas trees are just easier for me to care for. And then I don't like when they dry out and you have the needles all over the carpet, so artificial. Next question, peeking at gifts or being surprised? I am definitely not a peeker. I love surprises, so I definitely want to be surprised. Have you ever gone Christmas caroling? No, but I want to. I really want to go Christmas caroling, so that's something that is on my list. I think once maybe, you know, if all of my family was together at Christmas or something, I think that might be something I can convince them to do to go out in the neighborhood and carol, but no, I've never been, I want to though. What tops your Christmas tree an angel? Do you prefer giving or receiving gifts on Christmas? I definitely prefer giving gifts on Christmas to receiving gifts on Christmas. I do enjoy shopping for other people and trying to find things that they like, but I definitely would prefer to give rather than receive. And I really like to give to people that need something. I like to give to needy families or like shelters and things like that, that would be my preference to people that really need something. What is your favorite thing about Christmas? I guess for me, my favorite thing would be just like the hustle and bustle of the season. And then I also just like, you know, the family time, you know, the atmosphere that's in the air, people are traditionally more giving and loving. I love baking at Christmas and just family and friends. That's my favorite thing about Christmas. Let's see here. Are you a last minute shopper or are you organized? I'm definitely organized. I like to make a list of everything that I need to do, not just at Christmas, but just period. So whenever I go to the store, I like to have a list. When I write out my Christmas gift list, I like to have the person's name and then of course what I'm gonna be buying for that person. So definitely I think I'm an organized person. What is your favorite Christmas song? Gosh, I don't have one. I really like all Christmas songs. So from about November 1st, and that is the truth, you can ask my husband, throughout Christmas, I turn it on iHeart radio and I'm either listening to Christmas music or carols or radio stations, something like that. In my car, I have Christmas CDs, so I really like all Christmas music. It doesn't matter to me. What do you eat on Christmas day? Typically my Christmas day meal is very similar to my Thanksgiving meal. So I like dressing and vegetables, like greens or something like that. Ham or turkey, so it's really pretty similar to Thanksgiving. Do you like eggnog? Absolutely not. Do not like raw eggs at all and I know they're pasteurized and all that stuff. I just can't get into eggnog. I don't drink eggnog at all. Next question, what was your favorite gift you've ever received at Christmas? So this probably goes back to my childhood. I think I was probably about nine years old and it was the year that I got a bicycle and I got a Baby Alive doll. That was the best and most memorable Christmas for me. I do not know why, but that was just my favorite Christmas. That was my favorite gift that I received was the bike and my Baby Alive doll. Loved it. So anyway, that's all the questions. Like I said, I think there are like 14 questions or so and I'll make sure to link or add the questions that I keep saying link in my description box. And if you guys would like to answer these questions, please do so. You don't have to wait to be tagged to do one of these videos. I just like to watch them and I hope you guys enjoyed this video too. If you did, make sure to give me a thumbs up and if you haven't subscribed to our channel, I hope you'll do so and we'll see you guys next time.