1. Did you believe in Santa when you were young?
Oh yes. Didn’t all kids? I remember waking up to a strawberry writing pad when I was younger. And coming home to a Teddy Bear backpack after a Christmas Eve dinner. I even wrote him a week before Christmas, I think. I’d leave them on top of the piano or inside a stocking. I miss those innocent days.
2. Did you hang christmas stockings on christmas eve?
Not all the time. Santa usually left his presents by my bed or on top of the piano. My gifts were usually too big to be placed inside a stocking. 😀
3. So far, what was the most memorable gift you received on Christmas and from whom?
Memorable, but not in a good way. Haha! My parents gave me a pencil sharpener when I was 13. It was an electric sharpener and I was flabbergasted when I opened it. What the heck would I do with that? Sharpen pencils, yes, but I could do that in school. It was so impersonal. I wanted to cry when I unwrapped it.
4. When and how did you learn the real truth about santa?
Third grade! I still remember my classmate (Kukay, she was called) talking about how she didn’t believe in Santa because she knew her parents were posing as Santa. I was so disillusioned. I didn’t want to believe her, but she was so insistent. I wanted to cry.
5. Did you have holiday traditions in your home when you were growing
up?
See #3 of my previous blog entry. 
6. Did you mail your holiday cards already?
No. Dang it.
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.