does your family open christmas gifts on christmas eve or christmas day?

[honeychile]

When my brother lived with us, we opened them up on Christmas eve, because he simply cannot wait. You know "Calvin & Hobbes"? I'm convinced he was the original Calvin!

We open our presents on Christmas morning now - the way it's supposed to be. Isn't the whole gift part all about anticipation?

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by christiangirl
THANK YOU!!!!! None of this, "Oh, they just couldn't wait" nonsense. This is how it's supposed to be, if we did it the night before, where would the magic be?

I don't think that is always the case. Many traditions surround Christmas Eve, and many cultures celebrate Christmas differently. For many Christmas Eve is often celebrated just as much as Christmas Day.

Christmas Eve

[Lindz928]

Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
I don't think that is always the case. Many traditions surround Christmas Eve, and many cultures celebrate Christmas differently. For many Christmas Eve is often celebrated just as much as Christmas Day.

Christmas Eve

Thank you!

Just because people don't do things exactly the way you do it, doesn't mean they are WRONG.

[uksparkle]

This year will be Christmas Eve at my parents, Christmas Day at his. I was planning to be with my family Christmas day, but his threw such a fit that my mom being the peacemaker agreed to take Christmas eve.

[winnieb]

As a kid, we would go to my grandparents and open presents there. My dad would pick me up later in the evening. I would go to his house and we would open presents Christmas morning. A few hours after opening gifts he would drive me to my mom's where my mom and I had our Christmas. So Santa came to my dad's house and my mom's house.

Since getting married and having kids we use to try to cram- my mom, his parents, and my dad all in the same night. That lasted until we had our first kid and I decided that was crazy. We went to my dad's on Christmas eve and opened gifts there. On Christmas day my mom and my husbands parents would come to our house for breakfast, gifts and then Christmas dinner.

This year is completely different as well. Since we won't be going to my dads we are going to dinner with firends and opening our gifts on Christmas day. I have NOTHING under the tree right now. There is nothing from us or to other people. I don't want to listen to two little boys beg to open presents so I put everything out after they go to sleep on Christmas Eve.

We go to Christmas eve candlelight services ( i sing in the choir) and we open one gift when we get home. we have a traditional christmas eve dinner of lasagna, go to church coem home and open the one gift and have egg nog and cookies. open the rest christmas morning

[AOIIalum]

Christmas Day. We'd never get everyone to sleep if we did it otherwise. However, there have been times where one gift was opened on Christmas Eve, especially if we were traveling the next day and the gift would come in handy to keep the kids happy