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12-22-2005, 07:31 PM
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That is because You are Special, just not from living In Gods Country=Kansas! 
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12-25-2006, 03:36 AM
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We open ours on Christmas Day!
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12-25-2006, 04:17 AM
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we havent "celebrated" christmas in 2 years, so the kids (well, my siblings) opened theirs at midnite. what ever happened to waiting til the AM? i fought hard to wait til morning, but i got overruled.
i guess when youre older (the youngest is 14) it doesnt matter too much. i mean, we opened stuff at midnite, and here it is 3am and everyone is sleeping. no wrapping paper everywhere, looking around for batteries and watching xmas movies.
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12-25-2006, 07:48 AM
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i guess when youre older (the youngest is 14) it doesnt matter too much. i mean, we opened stuff at midnite, and here it is 3am and everyone is sleeping. no wrapping paper everywhere, looking around for batteries and watching xmas movies.
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I'll disagree on that one!  My oldest (16) has apparently been up since 1:30am in anticipation for today. Of course, the rest of the house will probably be sleeping for hours.
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12-22-2005, 07:35 PM
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No kidding. The high on Christmas is going to be 60 degrees here!  Can't beat that with a stick.
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12-22-2005, 08:50 PM
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We make them stretch throughout Christmas Day. We have this ritual in which the kids get up on Christmas morning and then when Mr. Carnation and I are ready, they line up, oldest first, and go into the family room where the gifts are grouped under their stockings. Then in the late morning, we go to the grandparents' house and open presents there. In the evening, we open our Secret Santa presents to each other.
This is the first Christmas where all the kids won't be here on Christmas morning, ASLFRose having gotten married, and they won't be here until Christmas afternoon.  We understand since they were here the last 2 Christmas mornings, but still...
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12-22-2005, 08:59 PM
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OH but it IS, it's my birthday  My family has never opened gifts on X-mas eve for this reason, I do however get to open B-day gifts, which I happily accept.
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12-22-2005, 09:21 PM
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My mom never let us open ANYTHING on Xmas Eve.
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12-22-2005, 09:34 PM
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Since I have all older sisters w/their own families, we get together on Christmas Eve to let the "kids" open their presents. That way, everyone is w/their own little family on Christmas Day
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12-25-2006, 10:00 AM
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the long standing tradition in our family has been candlelight christmas eve svcs at 9 pm at church , lasagna dinner and 1 present before services. The one present is usually the matching PJs we all wear and take pictures of in the morning. Then the next day ,christmas day, is the big turkey dinner get up early for presents.
These last few yrs has been revised since we have to travel to family on christmas day since my stubborn borther and his wife refuse to travel with twins. So we ( me and my 7 yr old) go to my mom and dads ,spend the night, open all gifts on christmas eve and have our own christmas dinner after church and get up early and travel to the selfish brothers house and do more presents from each other down there and feast all day long on the traditional ham and turkey feast!
Though i do agree as well as my parents that christmas presents should be open the morning of christmas. Though to keep family harmony we re arrange for the selfish and stubbornish of other family members! lol Though, i agree with who said do you open your birthday presents on your birthday eve....NO ! on the day of!
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12-25-2006, 10:06 AM
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Things changed for us this year with the ex-husband thing going on. The kids were at his house this weekend, Santa came on the night of the 23rd over there and they opened the presents on the 24th.
The kids cam home last night at 11pm, and Santa came here last night. As soon as the boys wake up this morning we will open presents. Since they got home at 11 last night they are still asleep-- so I am getting some quiet time all to myself before the present madness begins!
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12-25-2006, 10:48 AM
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Things changed for us this year with the ex-husband thing going on. The kids were at his house this weekend, Santa came on the night of the 23rd over there and they opened the presents on the 24th.
The kids cam home last night at 11pm, and Santa came here last night. As soon as the boys wake up this morning we will open presents. Since they got home at 11 last night they are still asleep-- so I am getting some quiet time all to myself before the present madness begins!
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We do the reverse. The kids were here the night of the 23rd and opened their presents here yesterday morning. Then we headed to my mom's for Christmas with her. After that, I dropped them off at their dad's house and they opened presents with him. I like it this way because Christmas morning is peaceful for me after a few very busy days (We had Christmas with my dad on the 23rd). This afternoon, my brother and I are heading to my mom's for a quiet Christmas dinner, which I should start cooking soon.
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12-25-2006, 11:29 AM
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When I was a little girl, we would open them on Christmas Day.
Nowadays, we do not exchange presents anymore. It is better that way.
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12-22-2005, 09:37 PM
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It's ALWAYS been Christmas Day in my family.
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12-22-2005, 09:46 PM
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When I was little, I would be given one gift to open on Christmas Eve: my Christmas nightdress. This was a flannel nightdress or pajamas, usually with a Christmasy design - or at least red and white. I would warm it by the fire and sleep in it that night. On Christmas morning, after Mass, we'd eat a big breakfast and then open all the other gifts.
These days, we usually spend Christmas with my family, and open gifts on Christmas morning. We exchange gifts with my in-laws whenever we happen to get together with them during the holiday season. My husband and I tend to open our gifts to each other whenever they happen to arrive, rather than waiting for a particular date.
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