Andy Cuykendall, aka Peppy Mistletoe
Favorite Holiday Movie? It’s a Wonderful Life
Favorite Holiday Treat? Pizelle Italian Cookies
Favorite Holiday Tradition? Decorating the tree to Frank Sinatra
How do you Trim your Tree? Lights and ornaments – No tinsel or garland
Favorite Reindeer? Blitzen

Bill Purdy, aka Peppermiz Bingaling
Favorite Holiday Movie? A Christmas Story
Favorite Holiday Treat? Bourbon Eggnog
Favorite Holiday Tradition? Fondue on Christmas Eve
How do you Trim your Tree? Generations of hand-made ornaments. NO TINSEL!
Favorite Reindeer? Vixen

Ninh Nguyen, aka Bijou Mistletoe
Favorite Holiday Movie? Home Alone
Favorite Holiday Treat? Pumpkin Pie
Favorite Holiday Tradition? Ice skating outside at the uptown rink
How do you Trim your Tree? I’m eco friendly — I have a plastic one
Favorite Reindeer? Dancer– since I like the show “So you think you can dance”

Brooke Sanders, aka Nipper Tum-Tums
Favorite Holiday Movie? Elf
Favorite Holiday Treat? Chocolate Peanut Squares, Breakfast Casserole
Favorite Holiday Tradition? Sitting in front of the fire, reading a book, and drinking hot chocolate with the Christmas tree lit up and Christmas music playing in the background
How do you Trim your Tree? Christmas ornaments that my mom has bought me–one every year since I was born
Favorite Reindeer? Rudolph

Ashley Hollingsworth, aka Zippy Angel-Pants
Favorite Movie: Elf
Favorite Treat: Chocolate covered cherries…sometimes I think I might be the only one that feels this way.
How do you trim your tree? Balls, lights, a big giant star and strings of little red beads.
Favorite Tradition: Baking cookies for Santa
Favorite Reindeer: Comet

Maghan Cook, aka Batty Bing-a-Ling
Favorite Movie: A Very Brady Christmas
Favorite Treat: Chocolate Covered Pretzels
How do you trim your tree? Colored lights (LED, of course), and a flimsy, too-small, slightly crooked star on top because it makes me laugh
Favorite Tradition: Cinnamon rolls first thing Christmas morning
Favorite Reindeer: Donner and Blitzen (because, NERD ALERT, I learned recently mean Thunder and Lightning in German)

Jenna Wise, aka Bouncy Candy-Lips
Favorite Movie: A Christmas Story
Favorite Treat: Moms Fruit Cocktail / Dream Whip Salad
Favorite Tradition: 24 hours of A Christmas Story on TNT, I watch the movie once on Christmas Eve and NO LESS than four times on Christmas Day (what?)
What do you trim your tree with? Colors for the last few years have been silver, dark blue and teal plus the introduction of a new ornament every year.
Favorite Reindeer: Vixen, duh. And Dancer. It’s too hard to choose!

Joanne Lee, aka Cheerful Tum-Tums
Favorite Movie: The Year Without Santa Claus
Favorite Treat: White Trash
Favorite Tradition: Egg hunt! … no, that’s not right… Fireworks! … no, no, doesn’t sound right either … Drinking green beer! Yes, that’s it.
What do you trim your tree with? Hedge Clippers :)
Favorite Reindeer: Blitzen– cuz he must drink lots of eggnog (and green beer) with a nickname like that.

Paula Weigel, aka Dingy Twinkle-Toes
Favorite Movie: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Favorite Treat: Philly Cheese Balls & Brie Bites (no way I can pick just one)
Favorite Tradition: Decorating the day after Thanksgiving.
What do you trim your tree with? Hand-made ornaments from my childhood
Favorite Reindeer: Donner … or Donder … whatever his name is, I like it!

Kristin Everidge, aka Beaker Twinkle-Toes

Favorite Holiday Movie? Elf

Favorite Holiday Treat? Ham Delights

Favorite Holiday Tradition? Drinking wassail (hot spiced punch) at my grandmothers on Christmas Eve. I only get to have it once a year

What do you trim your tree with? Ornaments collected over the years.

Favorite Reindeer? Rudolph!