Do You Have Any Christmas Traditions?

[MayorCake]

I'd like to say my family gathers around the fire with hot coco or something, but we don't. We don't even get surprise gifts. What does your family do/you do?

 

[rosiekitty405]

Not really a "tradition" but we open 1 gift on the night of Christmas Eve.

 

[Nymeri]

I watch Disney cartoons for hours and then Tři oř?šky pro Popelku (Three Nuts for Cinderella) on christmas morning. I know this is tradition for many norwegians like me Also, we eat rice pudding with sugar, cinnamon and butter for lunch on christmas, usually with an almond inside. The one who finds the almond gets a prize. Then we head off to my grandpa where we eat christmas dinner consisting of pork belly, norwegian pork patties and medister sausages and risalamande for dessert. It is also a tradition to drink akvavit, which is a spirit that tastes horrible imo, with the meal. I can't stand it though >.<
After that we talk and watch christmas shows on TV. Later we open christmas gifts.

 

[Squeaky]

Not really a "tradition" but we open 1 gift on the night of Christmas Eve.

My family does this one. It's pretty much always a tree ornament and some pajamas for the night

Last year the grownups opened their presents on Christmas eve after the kids went to bed because it meant we could go back to bed faster in the morning LOL

 

[tinybutterfly75]

We usually open one gift on Christmas Eve, we have red velvet cake as one of the desserts after Christmas dinner, we open stockings after the regular gifts are opened. I think that is about it.

 

[rosiekitty405]

My family does this one. It's pretty much always a tree ornament and some pajamas for the night

Last year the grownups opened their presents on Christmas eve after the kids went to bed because it meant we could go back to bed faster in the morning LOL

Yeah it's usually those little things that get opened. My mom
Doesn't let us open any gift over 5in because that's usually the good gifts
That have to be opened on Christmas XD

 

[SockHead]

My family keeps a time capsule in our Christmas Tree box. Every year we put in a little note to remember past years!

 

[Stevey Queen]

I get wasted.

Jk. Umm not really. But we usually go to grammys house for breakfast.

 

[BellGreen]

Usually my family and relatives play bingo and the adults usually play weird games while the children just play hide and seek or play with their presents.

 

[Zanessa]

We open gifts at like 8 AM and wake up at 6AM.

 

[Sheepish]

We usually spend the day with my dad's side of the family (and then New Year's at my mum's), so I guess there's that.

 

[Jake]

i chose not to celebrate christmas so i have none

 

[MayorCake]

You all seem to have pretty cool traditions! Most of you

 

[Laurina]

Growing up we never had any Christmas traditions or celebrated. Especially because my birthday is on Christmas Eve. I've tried my hardest to make traditions over the past few years. I now decorate gingerbread houses with my niece every year. Bake a kitchen full of Christmas cookies and sweets. I cannot wait for my niece to be old enough to help me bake yummy desserts. And of course open presents together on Christmas morning. Every year my house becomes more and more decorate with Christmas stuff because I always buy left over Christmas stuff from work when we discount in to 90%.

 

[JustBeingOtaku]

Every year we buy a Hallmark ornaments for everyone in the family. Even the dog and cat gets one which my husband thinks is odd of me but hey they are part of the family too.

When I was a kid we use to open a gift at midnight which was always a doll. We would also make and eat as much Mexican food as we can. Might have to restart the food tradition up again soon.

 

[Elliot]

I go to church 10pm night of Christmas Eve, after church we go around and look at house decorations, it's fun and cool.

 

[Trent the Paladin]

Used to go to my one of my grandparent's houses to gather with my dad's side of the family and we'd share gifts. Except this year I don't know if we'll do it because she passed.