When did I Become my Mom?

I was tagged by my girly Momma Such over at RaisingMy4Sons.com...
Since she's such a sweetie, I thought I'd give it a try. So here goes.

1.) Have you started your Christmas shopping? 
Just barely. I'm usually pretty good about shopping early, but this year I'm just so BUSY!
I remember being done with ALL my shopping by the time December rolled around. This year, I will probably find myself in the Mall on Christmas Eve. :-(

2.) Tell me about one of your special traditions.
We light Advent candles in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Every Sunday we light the Advent candle for that week, and read a story together about the theme for that week. I think we'd be lost in the sea of commercialism that Christmas has become if it wasn't for this. Thank goodness the kids are still into it. I hope they always will be.

3.) When do you put up your Tree?
Well we don't have Thanksgiving here, so our tree usually goes up at the end of October. It's definitely up by the end of November. Now as for when it comes down....

4.) Are you a Black Friday shopper?
Online, yes. While I lived in the States, I never made it out to Black Friday sales, although I did take part in the sales the week right after Thanksgiving.

5.) Do you Travel at Christmas or Stay home?
Home, home, home. I love to be home for Christmas. I'd love to not leave my house for Christmas. I think it's a time for making memories, and I love spending it with my kids.

6.) What is your funniest Christmas memory?
Don't have one. Or.. can't think of one. NEXT!

7.) What is your favorite Christmas Movie of All time?
LOVE ACTUALLY! (Polar Express for the kids) NEXT!

8.)Do you do your own Christmas Baking, what’s your favorite treat?
YES YES YES! I always bake Christmas cookies. All kinds of Christmas cookies. From scratch.
And we always bake fresh and leave some out for Santa on Christmas Eve. (Yum).

9.) Fake or Real Tree?
Fake. This is the tropics.

10.) What day (as a Mom) does the actual panic set in to get it all done?
Nah, I don't panic about it. What doesn't get done doesn't get done. But I usually manage to get the key stuff done without too much stress.

11.) Are you still wrapping presents on Christmas Eve?
Every. Single. Year. (Yawn)

12.) What is your favorite family fun time at Christmas?
I love Christmas morning. I love to see those little sparkly eyes when they open their presents, and when we all sit down to breakfast together. Ahh good times. Til somethin' breaks.

13.) What Christmas craft do you like the best?
I have to confess I am very lame at getting the Christmas craft done. I depend on whatever they do at school and that gets put on the tree. We do bake together though. I think that should count. :-)

14.) Christmas music. Yes or No, and if yes What is your favorite song?
YES! Depends on the mood. Don't have a favourite.

15.) When do you plan to finish all your shopping?
Pffff. Not like it's a plan, but I'll probably be done on Christmas Eve just cos I won't have finished it all before then!

I have to tag 5 more people, so I think I'm going to pick on these 5 ladies and hope that we don't become fast ex-bloggy friends. :-)

1. Peeling an orange with a screwdriver. 
2. this blessed life 
3. Adventures of WannaBe SupahMommy 
4. How to Become A Cat Lady... Without the Cats 
5. I'm Living Proof that God Has a Sense of Humor