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hollysnum2 (890.1 days ago)
On Christmas eve we watch `Its a wonderful life` and open up our christmas eve gift. It was always a gag gift from our Daddy about something silly we did through out the year. One year I desperately wanted to go bungee jumping, so my Xmas eve gift was one of those bungee cords you use to tie your trunk down with a note attached that said `attach to coffee table and hang on!` It was a very special tradition that I have passed down to our daughter!

hotpotaaaaato (890.8 days ago)
Last year we started our `family traditions`... Christmas Eve day we went to a local ice-skating rink and it was sooo much fun we are going to do it every year! Then Christmas Eve the girls get to open 2 gifts.... one is jammies (matching) and the other is a special Christmas ornament for that child. Christmas morning is big breakfast then open gifts

mskitty (890.8 days ago)
When my Nana was alive we would go to her house and the whole family would be there. We would slplit up boys and girls and Nana would hide the pickle ornament on the tree. Then we would have to find. Girls first then hide again for the boys. Whoever found the pickle would get a present. Nana died a few years ago and the tradition has been lost. It`s so sad that only a few people in a family keep family/ traditions alive. We still get together but don`t hide the pickle. But again we are all older, so mabye with this next generation of kids we will start it again once they get a little older. I want to start some tradtions w/ my family. Oh and we get to open a present on the Eve. and it`s alway pjs! I love that one!

dedileb (890.9 days ago)
when we were young we, my immediate family, would usually go out on the eve to my grandma and get home to open gifts if it was after 12 and the next morning get up early to play with everything to then have left overs and movie family time, it was nice...

Now as we got older on the eve, the whole family, aunts, uncles, cousins etc, started to play a game called `trash or treasure` you bring 3 beautifully wrapped items that are new, not bought but usually something you got from say a neighbor that you have kept in the box since its not your style at all! and so we put all the beautiful gifts in the center and with a dice go rounds 1-6 if on round 1 you roll a 1 you get a gift if you roll doubles you get 2 gifts, this goes on until there are no more gifts in the center

now the fun begins since we do one more round of 1-6 of stealing gifts, so lets say someone got the nice big box you wanted this is your chance to get it, but it can be taken from you as well... this is were we have the most fun and its great because we have no clue what were fighting to get, trust me there are a few of these items that make it back to the game each yr lol, but its a ton of fun!!!

we play til 11:45 and then get in a circle in the living room and pick a piece of paper out of a hat that has the lyrics of `the 12 days of christmas` and well my aunt `santa claus` always gets `5 golden rings` but ours is random and we all sing but let the person with the lyric sing their part for ex: i might have 4 turtle doves and i have to be ready to sing my part each round!! its fun since none of us are singers and its usually a really good laugh!!

then after that its 12 or a lil after and my aunt passes out the gifts and when we all have our gifts we tear them open like 5 yrs olds!!

thank yous, hugs and kisses and everyone goes home!!

funny on christmas my immediate family stills stays home, eats left overs watch movies and enjoy our gifts! ;)

kickboxerbaby (890.9 days ago)
After Christmas eve service we go home and are aloud to open one small gift from one person in the house. Then we read the Story of the first Christmas and sit in the Childrens room and sing them to sleep. Usually my husband falls asleep before they do but I don`t mind. Everything is always ready it just needs to be put under the tree.

hunnybunnysmama (890.9 days ago)
when I was little every year we opened one present under the tree on Christmas Eve, always from the cat(s) and it was ALWAYS jammies so we`d all have cute matching jammies on for Christmas morning pics. I will be doing this too...

Str8 As (890.9 days ago)
We take the kids around to see Christmas lights on the Eve. Now that our girls are little older, we wait for them to come wake us up (even though I am already up waiting for them..lol) all excited to open up their gifts. Then I usually cook a pretty big dinner and relax! I love the holiday season! Oh yeah we watch the Christmas Story marathon like all Christmas Eve and all of the goodies too!

loribb (891 days ago)
armymom: Sounds like so much fun!!, good luck this year, lol. babydecember: I love the old version of Miracle on 34th street too.

babydecember (891 days ago)
Watching the old version of `Miracle on 34th street`, drinking egg nog, and having cinnamon rolls and fruit salad on Christmas morning.

armymom (891 days ago)
Gingerbread houses. I have 3 older sisters and 1 older brother.. We`re all well in our 20`s now.. live in different states but still try to get together (at least all the girls do since my brother lives in London, and we`re all in the US) Anyways, we get together at my parents house and have a gingerbread house competition.. my mom is the judge. We are all really artsy and creative so it can become VERY competitive.. when we were younger my mom never named a winner but she would secretly tell you.. YOURS was my favorite. LOL.. The gingerbread craze can go on for weeks at my house.. I plan to keep the tradition going with my own children.. as I`m sure my sisters will too. That is my favorite part of the holidays - Gingerbread week. =)



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