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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP but I'm really enjoying reading everyone's Christmas Day ideas and traditions. Here are some of ours:

- We do gifts in two parts so it takes longer. Stockings happen first thing and often include little items people will want to put on or play with -- new slippers, a wind up toy, a Rubik's cube.

- We make "first breakfast" after stockings, usually something like biscuits from a dough that we put together the previous night so it doesn't take long. We make tea, coffee, and hot cocoa so everyone gets a hot drink with breakfast.

- Then the rest of our gifts. We take turns with each person opening while others watch, so even though we don't do a million gifts, this takes a while. We also have this game we play with the cat where we give him empty boxes and torn wrapping paper as "gifts" and that extends this as well.

- People hang out on their own for a bit after this. We'll put on music and DH and I will do some prep for lunch/brunch. No screens during this time, by tradition. It's for reading, playing with gifts, trying on your new socks or sweater. Cozy time.

- Lunch/brunch. A sit down meal and our biggest meal of the day. Sometimes it's breakfast-y, but some years we do elaborate sandwiches or soup and fancy grilled cheese, whatever sounds good.

- After lunch we play the board game my mom always sends as a family gift.

- Family walk or hike, weather permitting. Even if it's snowing (especially if it's snowing?) or raining we'll generally go out and just walk the neighborhood. The only time we skip this is freezing rain, which sucks.

- Home, people get cleaned up with showers and changing clothes, more solo time putting gifts in rooms.

- Dinner is leftovers from previous night (that's our big Christmas dinner, there's always tons of food) or from lunch if they prefer. We don't all sit down together for dinner, it's chill and people can decide what and when they want to eat.

- Around 7 we put on a family movie (recent selections: Home Alone, Die Hard, Jurassic Park, Singin' in the Rain -- we figure out what we're going to watch in the days leading up to Christmas with suggestions and voting until we find something everyone is happy with). We all pile on the couch and snuggle in. Little kids go to bed right after the movie.

It's funny because when I spell it all out like this, it sounds kind of regimented, and I guess it is in the sense that we do plan the meals and the movie in advance and the schedule was developed over time. But it's really a very relaxed day. One of my favorite days![/quote]

OP here and I like this a lot. But the part that made me LOL was “try on your new cozy socks”. Perhaps you missed the part of my post where I said my kids have no chill. I have 3 boys under 10. If I told them to try on socks and a sweater, they would scream.

Otherwise, I like the general idea.[/quote]

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