Are you ho, ho, ho or no, no, no? Do you deck the halls - or the next guy that suggests it?

We asked talented musicians from this year's 12 Bands of Christmas CD and concert, which takes place Sunday, about their holiday pleasures, pet peeves and traditions. We got factoids from a sampling of 12 Bands musicians. The responses run the gamut from holly jolly to humbug. Here are the results

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Brian Allen

Band: 48VOLT

Day job: Registered nurse, Trinity Hospital

Holiday drink: Tom n' Jerrys (essentially, it's diabetes in a cup, with liquor added in for good measure - a family tradition)

holiday viewing: Hands down A Christmas Story - it never ever gets old in spite of being run 24 hours nonstop every single year.

Christmas song: Father Christmas, by The Kinks

All I want for Christmas is...: The birth of a healthy new son in February.

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": A pleasant mixture

Artificial or real tree: Real

White lights or colored: Colored

Best use of a fruitcake: Doorstop

holiday tradition: A quiet Christmas Eve with the family before the maelstrom of Christmas Day. That and a few of those Tom N' Jerrys

David Bradberry

Band: Debt of Nature

Day job: U.S. history teacher, Westside High School

Holiday drink: George Dickel, lots of ice, splash of water in a festive holiday glass

holiday movie: A Christmas Story

best Christmas song: Christmas, by the Who

All I want for Christmas is...: Lots of sleep

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": God Bless the Grinch

Artificial or real tree: Real

White lights or colored: White

Best use of a fruitcake: Throw it at Walmart shoppers

holiday tradition: Kids, friends, general unspecified mayhem

Jennifer Daniels

Band: Jennifer Daniels

Day job: Performing songwriter

Holiday drink: Winter's Nip (a local brewery's holiday porter)

holiday viewing: It's a tie between A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Christmas song: Anything on the Carpenter's Christmas album

All I want for Christmas is...: The safe delivery of our twins

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": Tiny Tim, bless his heart

Artificial or real tree: Real tree, if I can get it home before the people at the organic food store can catch me.

White lights or colored: White in the living room, but colored flashing snowman toilet seat cover.

Best use of a fruitcake: As comic fodder for comedian Jim Gaffigan's Beyond the Pale routine: "Fruit - good, cake - great, fruitcake - nasty crap."

holiday tradition: Decorating our tour vehicle with Christmas cards as we drive from gig to gig.

Dave Newhall

Bands: Debt of Nature, 48Volt

Day job: Cook

Holiday drink: Hot buttered rum (family recipe)

holiday viewing: A South Park Christmas (the musical one)

Christmas song: Mr. Garrison's tune from the special (title deleted in a family newspaper)

All I want for Christmas is...: Sleep

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": Grinch

Artificial or real tree: No tree

White lights or colored: Both

Best use of a fruitcake: As a projectile

holiday tradition: Cheese souffle

Ruskin Yeargain

Bands: Impulse Ride, Tara Scheyer and the Mud Puppy Band

Day job: Dad to my two kids, Kate and Daniel

Holiday drink: Eggnog, of course.

holiday viewing: Scrooged

Christmas song: Sleigh Ride

All I want for Christmas is...: Health

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": God bless us everyone

Artificial or real tree: Artificial - there are no empty or crooked spots.

White lights or colored: White lights are classy. I need all the help I can get.

Best use for a fruitcake: Doorstop

holiday tradition: Singing Christmas songs with my wife and daughter as Daniel plays the drum. Actually, he's not bad.

Jamie Jones

Band: Ed Turner & Number 9

Day job: Musician/drum teacher/father of two boys

Holiday drink: Mountain Dew Supernova

christmas movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Christmas song: If We Make It Through December

All I want for Christmas is...: Peace

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": Grinch

Artificial or real tree: Real

White lights or colored: White

Best use of fruitcake: Quarterback passing practice

holiday tradition: Looking forward to it being over

John "Stoney" Cannon

Band: G-City Rockers

Day job: Husband, writer, promoter and college student

Holiday drink: Eggnog or mimosa

holiday viewing: Any of those old claymation ones, especially the one with the Heat Miser.

best Christmas song: Feliz Navidad, because Alexis used to sing that really loud when it came on the radio.

All I want for Christmas is...: Another day with Alexis.

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": Who's cooler than the Grinch? That dude totally rocks.

Artificial or real tree: Fake tree that slowly rotates around.

White lights or colored: You're kidding, right? Gotta be colored. White is so ... plain.

Best use of a fruitcake: The next time someone walks up to you on Broad Street and asks for change or a cigarette, politely respond by saying, "I'm fresh out of those but I have this lovely fruitcake you can have."

holiday tradition: Driving around looking at Christmas lights.

Joel Hodges

Band: G-City Rockers

Day job: Army Mobile Training Team Instructor

Holiday drink: Eggnog

christmas viewing: A Charlie Brown Christmas and Christmas Vacation

Favorite Christmas songs: Lights On the Boulevard, by 48Volt, and Wonderful Christmastime, by Paul McCartney

All I want for Christmas is...: For my kids to have a great Christmas

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": Usually thought of as a Grinch but really more like Scrooge.

Artificial or real tree: I have to have artificial or my dog will use it as his personal indoor toilet.

White lights or colored: I prefer white lights but this year I have colored.

Best use of a fruitcake: A doorstop

Favorite holiday tradition: Making bread with my Pop. Our family has been giving out home-made bread to family friends for years.

Grady Nickel

Band: Grady Nickel

Day job: Southeast U.S. product specialist, Meinl cymbals and percussion

Holiday drink: Eggnog

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Story

Favorite Christmas song: Oh Holy Night

All I want for Christmas is...: Snow

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": God bless us everyone

Artificial or real tree: Real tree

White lights or colored: White lights

Best use for a fruitcake: Doorstop

Favorite holiday tradition: Listening to the Chipmunks

Greg Hester

Band: Greg Hester, featuring Danny Ray and Keith Jenkins

Day job: Singer/songwriter/producer

Holiday drink: Loaded eggnog

holiday viewing: Christmas Vacation and The Year Without a Santa Claus

Christmas song: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

All I want for Christmas is...: A lower mortgage payment

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": God Bless Us Everyone

Artificial or real tree: Real tree

White lights or colored: Depends on which string of lights work this year.

Best use of a fruitcake: Paper weight, weapon (self-defense only) or a Christmas gift to Chase Bank.

holiday tradition: Driving down Broad Street looking at all the decorations and lights. God, I miss Augusta.

Don Powers

Band: Crosstie Walkers

Day job: City of Thomson's administrator

Holiday drink: Too many kids to publish

holiday viewing: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Christmas song: Christmas Time's A Comin'

All I want for Christmas is...: Collings' City Limits Deluxe guitar, in sunburst

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": God bless us everyone

Artificial or real tree: Real, typically

White lights or colored: White

Best use of a fruitcake: None

holiday tradition: Being around the house with my family.

Scott Roberts

Band: The Crosstie Walkers

Day job: Hairdresser

Holiday drink: Bailey's, on the rocks

Holiday viewing: Hanukkah & Her Sisters

Best Christmas song: I Saw Three Ships

All I want for Christmas is...: Immortality

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": God bless us

Artificial or real tree: Always real

White lights or colored: I don't think the word "colored" is acceptable these days.

Best use of a fruitcake: Gift for someone you don't like.

holiday tradition: Mistletoe kisses

Charlie Knox

Band: Crosstie Walkers

Day job: Financial adviser

Holiday drink: Bud Light

holiday viewing: It's a Wonderful Life

Best Christmas song: Silent Night

All I want for Christmas is...: A silent night

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": God bless us everyone

Artificial or real tree: Real

White lights or colored: White

Best use of a fruitcake: Tire blocks for the mobile home

Holiday tradition: Christmas Eve family reunion

Tommy Powers

Band: Crosstie Walkers

Day job: City president, Regions Bank

Holiday drink of choice: Nog

christmas viewing: It's a Wonderful Life

Best Christmas song: Beautiful Star of Bethlehem

All I want for Christmas is...: No respsonse

Grinch or "God bless us everyone": God bless

Artificial or real tree: Real

White lights or colored: Colored, and big

Best use of a fruitcake: Doorstop

Holiday tradition: 12 Bands of Christmas