SECRET SANTA TRILOGY - FUN FACTS FROM THE AUTHORS

 Erin:

What are your top 5 favorite Holiday Songs? 

• Baby It's Cold Outside,
• White Christmas, 
• Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let It Snow,
• Joy to the Worl
• All I want for Christmas is You, 

What treat do you look forward to every Holiday season?  

 I love baking Christmas cookies.  I don't love eating them as much as I love baking them though.  Fortunately, my family does that part.

Is there a specific Holiday Tradition you had growing up that you want to pass on to your family?  

 On Christmas Eve, we always open our house for a friends and family.  I have every type of appeteaser under the sun and after all the holiday rush, after work and before the night begins, we eat, drink and make merry. Some people come for a few minutes, others for hours, but it's just a nice relaxing, fun night.

What's that 1 movie you have to watch every year?!   

The Family Stone.  It's one of my favorite Christmas movies ever.  Sad and uplifting at the same time.

 Calista:

What are your top 5 favorite Holiday Songs?

• All I Want for Christmas by Mariah Carey
• The Christmas Shoes by New Song
• Every Christmas Song by Carrie Underwood!
• Blue Christmas by Elvis
• Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Randy Travis

What treat do you look forward to every Holiday season?

It is officially champagne season!

Is there a specific Holiday Tradition you had growing up that you want to pass on to your family?

Christmas Eve brunch at my parents' house with way too much food, mimosas and Bloody Marys!

What's that 1 movie you have to watch every year?!

Love, Actually

Mary: 

What are your top 5 favorite Holiday Songs?

• The Christmas Waltz, by Johnny Mathis
• The Christmas Song, by Nat King Kole
• Santa Baby, by Eartha Kitt
• Happy Christmas, by John Lennon
• Sleigh Ride, by Johnny Mathis

What treat do you look forward to every Holiday season?

Hot mulled cider spiked with brandy

Is there a specific Holiday Tradition you had growing up that you want to pass on to your family?

Opening the majority of gifts on Christmas Eve...and Christmas family bowling! (When my kids were young, it was the only activity we could all agree on for Christmas Day)

What's that 1 movie you have to watch every year?!

It's a Wonderful Life/A Christmas Story