Christmas Interview with Asher and Jackson

A friend of mine, Becca Blomker, inspired me to do an interview with my kids. Here is her blog post with her sons Micah and Josiah. So here goes, what my kids really know about Christmas.

What is your name and how old are you?

Asher: Asher, 5

Jackson: I dunno, two.

Why do we celebrate Christmas?

Asher: Because it's Jesus' birthday

Jackson: Jesus

Who were Jesus' parents?

Asher: Mary and Joseph

Jackson: Mommy, (Who was his daddy?) Mommy

What town was Jesus born in?

Asher: Bethlehem

Jackson: I dunno (Guess.) Guess.

Why were Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem?

Asher: Cause they had to have a baby

Jackson: Somebody hittin' dem, like knight

Where was Jesus born in Bethlehem, and what did it look and smell like?

Asher: In a stable, it looked like a house, it had a pointy roof. Hay and cow poop, sheep poop, donkey poop. Did you write poop? (Much laughter)

Jackson: in Jesus. (What did it smell like?) Fower. (What did it look like?) Fower. (flower)

Who was in the stable when Jesus was born?

Asher: Donkey, Joshua, three kings, Joseph, Mary, two other people

Jackson: Jesus, Dod (God)

What did the angels say to the shepherds?

Asher: There is a baby who is getting ready to be born, follow the star, His name is Jesus

Jackson: GI Joooooeeeeee

Who came to visit Jesus a little while after he was born?

Asher: God and poopy (raucous laughter)

Jackson: GI Joooooeeeee

What fun things does your family do before Christmas (during the weeks leading up to Christmas)?

Asher: Decorate...I don't know anything else. Oh, and bake cookies, make gingerbread houses, kill a deer for our family, kill a cow, kill a bull, kill a lamb...could Joshua really talk?

Jackson: Make dookies, make dingerbead house.

What do you do on Christmas Eve?

Asher: Open presents, get presents out of your stocking, eat cake, bake cookies, Christmas is special cereal day!

Jackson: Make dookies.

What do you do on Christmas day?

Asher: I just told you that. (No, you told me Christmas Eve). Oh, well all the stuff I already said. Open presents.

Jackson: Make make pops. (cake pops)

What are your favorite Christmas songs? Can you sing them?

Asher: Mr. Grinch, Jingle bell song, the bell song, tootie booty (maniacal laughter)

Jackson: Coobie, doobie, doo, Mithey Mouse, no, I dan't sing. Coobie, doobie, doo, where are you, got some work to do noooowwww....