Caleb
Caleb's first present from santa was this
What is candy, (crispy dunes)
This is Ross' top listened to song of 2025:
What is Let Her Go by Passenger
my middle name is
kaeley
What common toiletry item did Emily and her brothers look forward to receiving in their stockings at Christmas?
Toothpaste
This is the make and model of Reid’s car.
What is Subaru Crosstrek?
Allison knit a tiny baby sweater (that is almost finished), for her friend’s baby, what is this baby’s name.
What is Rivers.
This is Izzy's favorite holiday food.
What are potato latkes?
How many Christmases has Pepe spent in Bora Bora?
Zero
What's Adrik's favourite Christmas movie? Multiple choice - a: Muppet Christmas Carol - b: Die Hard - c: Home Alone - d: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
any/all of the above (unless it's Caleb in which case d is a Thanksgiving movie not a Christmas movie if we're being precise))
Sarah celebrates the holidays every year in this place.
what is Toronto
Caleb believes this holiday has the best food
What is passover
When Ross was this age, he vomited on his his sister at 3am on Christmas morning:
8 years old
Is where I lost my virginity
a tent in a YMCA
What does Emily usually do on New Year Eve?
Contemplate the previous year with friends (although one year I went to a big party in Colombia)
Reid plays this instrument (although it’s been awhile).
What is violin.
Allison is planning a trip with her family to this city in March to celebrate a religious feast.
What is Dublin, Ireland
This was Izzy's NYE-themed party two years ago.
What is "New Year's Revolution"?
For Christmas, Pepe has to buy presents for how many siblings?
4
Which of these has Adrik used as a Christmas tree?
Choose multiple - a: Doug Fir - b: Redwood - c: Oak - d: Madrone - e: Spruce
a, b, c, and e
This is the wildest place Sarah’s AirPod has been found
what is the compost
As a very young child Caleb celebrated Christmas here
Wha is his grandparents house
What non-paper item was the first thing that Ross liked to fold like origami at age 4:
Salami
Is the number of times I have failed a driving test
3 or 6
What is Emily's favorite Christmas film?
It's a Wonderful Life (Elf is a close second though and is thus acceptable too)
This chronic medical condition affects Reid’s toes. It is what makes him special.
What is syndactyly
This place was Allison’s favorite national forest to backpack in growing up.
What is desolation wilderness
his was Izzy's NYE-themed party two years ago.
What is "Spill the Beans?"
The recipe for pepe’s favorite apple pie is from…
his maternal grandmother!
How did Adrik and his brother Tor find out about skiing?
Multiple Choice - a: in ancient viking tradition a yew tree was planted for each of us when we were born and at age 7 we learned to hew it into a pair of skis - b: Guy and Brenda tricked us on our first white Christmas in America to believe only cross country skiing existed but relented and told us the truth when cross country skiing we found a small hill and went up and down it for hours - c: Skiing is a famously popular pastime in Australia, we always knew about it - d: in English class in first grade at Kangarooground Primary School, Adrik fascinated over the fact that 'Skiing' has a double 'i'
b,d
Sarah's holiday arch nemisis is:
a) Santa
b) 7 nortic trolls
c) Howard, her father's accountant
d) the....easter bunny
what is (c) Howard, her father's accountant.
Caleb's family use to do this on new years eve
what is watch movies
This is Ross' favorite christmas song:
The christmas song (i.e., Chestnuts roasting on an open fire)
Number of times someone has broken into my house
3
Q: Which of the following did little Emily usually include in her letters to Santa?
a) "Dear Santa, I hope you and Mrs. Klaus are well up at the North Pole."
b) "Thank you for taking the time to read my letter, I'm sure you're very busy with making toys for everyone..."
c) Asking for a specific video game
d) Small labeled Christmas-themed drawings
All of the above
Reid’s favourite programming language.
What is python?
Allison recently went to Boston for a fellowship meeting, which two friends from grad school did she meet up with while she was there.
What is Juan and Stephanie
This holiday gift consumer more of Izzy's time than any other gift he's ever received.
What is the N64?
When was the last time Pepe went to Spain for Christmas?
Last year
What reverse thing did toddler Adrik do for the Shopping Center (Australian for Mall) Santa?
brought Santa a gift of chocolates because he felt Santa deserved gifts too
Sarah claims this country has a REAL Santa Clause (bc it's TRUE)
What is Finland
As a child Caleb celebrated this Persian holiday
what is Nowruz
(GASP)
What product did Ross request for christmas every year from ages 8-10 :
Gift mum recycled to me from her boyfriend/suitor
turquoise Italian foxfur handcuffs
What is Emily's favorite Christmas Eve tradition?
Lighting candles* and singing silent night at church.
Also acceptable: making overnight cinnamon rolls with my mom.
Side note: I also loved writing notes of things I wanted to not carry forward into the next year and attaching them to an evergreen wreath for the winter solstice and watching the wreath burn, but regrettably this only happened once and furthermore the winter solstice is technically not on Christmas Eve.
*(Candles must be real, none of the fake electronic ones. Those are lame.)
Reid plays this (hockey) position.
What is center?
In what city was Allison living when it snowed a couple days before Christmas- almost giving her a white Christmas.
What is Auburn, Ca
This important character in Izzy's life was the subject of a 2018 holiday scare.
Who is Izzy's old cat, WIllow?
What is the most common type of Christmas present Pepe gets from his siblings?
clothes
That character did 5 year old Adrik choose to be in the school nativity play?
The Star!
(because he is a star)
Sarah spends New Years Eve with these two people ever year
What is Daniela & Nicole