The Christmas Tag!

Hi guys! I came to the point that it´s time for some kind of tag, and what could be more fitting than a Christmas tag, right? Here we go!

1. What is your favorite Christmas film?

I don´t have to think about the answer long time- it is definitely Home Alone! This year I watch also Love actually, Grinch, Jack Frost, Cinderella, Gremlins, Ill be home for Christmas, and many others :)

2. Have you ever had a White Christmas?

I can hardly remember but there were times it was snowing as well as times it wasn´t. But most of the time I went to mountains for snowboarding so I do enjoy snow enough.

3. Where do you usually spend your holiday?

I spent Christmas eve with my family in Olomouc and next day we visit grandma in Prostejov and grandparents in Znojmo. And I love it in Znojmo! My hrandparents are the best!

4. What is your favorite Christmas song?

Suprisely, it´s "Last Christmas"- Wham! John hates that but for me there is no song more christmasy than this one,

5. Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?

According to the Czech tradition, we open Christmas gifts only at Christmas Eve. I know in some countries they do it at Christmas Day, but here definitely not. I still find some gifts under the Christmas tree, but as I get older, there is not so many gifts and also I noticed they are not choosed so accurately, you know. I mean, when I was child, I used to get so many gifts and they were obviously what I wished for whole year. Now there are the gifts I need. This Year, my mom gave me Hungarian money, which she saved when they were on vacation, and she told me to exchange it and buy something I would like. Then I would give it to her and she will pack it. I hate this kind of giving gifts. Why should we make that theatre with packing the gift and me opening it? She even didn´t spend a few minutes to choose something for me...she even didn´t spend few minutes to exchange that money... And when we were in shopping centre (and yes, I went with her just to spend some more time with her), there was photograph taking pictures of people with reindeers! I told her that would make me so much happy to have a pic like this with her but she told she doesn´t want. And that hurts the most- she can´t spend 30 seconds to make a photo with me. We don´t have any together-photo within last 4 years. So that would be nice gift for me. But it feels like she doesn´t want to make me happy. She wants to accomplish the task that there must be something under the Christnas tree.

6. Can you name all of Santa´s reindeers?

Nope, due to the fact we don´t have Santa in here :D But yeah, I know Rudolph :D

7. What holiday traditions are you looking forward to most this year?

We don´t do any traditions with my family, but I usually go to church at midnight which became traditions for past few years and also with John´s family I am part of some of them. On New Year´s Eve, there is special dinner and his father has to feed all of us and they eat special food and most of all, they enjoy family time. Which me and my family were suppose to do- but to me it seems that all nice family time is gone by the Christmass dinner speech my father does. I realize, he mean the speech as a motivation maybe, but it feels more like a reproach. Last year it was so sad cause he was speaking how next year we won´t be propably all together. I had no idea if he meaned that I will not come or he will leave us, but at that moment I wished I won´t come there. I am so stresfull when I am there and it´s getting worse by anything what happenes "extra". Well this might not make sence, but it simply is like that.

8. Is your Christmas tree real or fake?

It is real. And it´s always a pine. It can´t be anything else cause my father used to have a pine when he was child and it became a tradition for him. As a child, I did not know why we just can´t have a spruce as they have in the movies, but now I understand why my father keeps on having a pine.