Anonymous
12/29/2022 11:13
Subject: Re:What are your family's Christmas Eve traditions?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My uncle and my dad climb on the roof with their shotguns and ring jingle bells and pretend to hunt reindeer.
At midnight we release about 100 balloons to welcome on Christmas Day followed by about a couple thousand fireworks.
Please don't release balloons!!!
Oh it was a wonderful release. The kids loved seeing them float into the sky.
You are so ignorant.
Anonymous
12/29/2022 11:12
Subject: What are your family's Christmas Eve traditions?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:how do you do "reindeer foods"?
OP here. We put oats and holiday sprinkles in a little jar for each kid and they shake them out on the front lawn to attract Santa's reindeer to our house.
We do this too!
Feed the rodents and damage the environment in one fell swoop. Great.
Anonymous
12/26/2022 13:59
Subject: What are your family's Christmas Eve traditions?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Typically run around buying the last minute gifts for family we realize we’ll see Christmas day, wrap a multitude of gifts despite plans to wrap as I shop - running to CVS for more tape as I’ve misplaced the dozens I bought earlier in month. Another trip to the grocery store for whatever ingredients I’m missing for Christmas brunch - usually worked around husband running out to finally do his Christmas shopping (no joke.) Friends, neighbors stop in dropping gifts, wine drinking starts. At some point stop to TRY for sweet moment of hanging stockings, putting food out for reindeer and cookies and milk for Santa. Get kids to bed then two hours of prepping for morning brunch. Then mounds and mounds of gifts come out of hiding, stockings filled, we ring sleigh bells and go to bed.
Not my dream but the reality. Christmas Day is actually stress free and all the crazy before hand seems worth it but vows of being organized next year….
+1 This is basically our Christmas Eve as well.
HA! My parents must have done all of this stuff, which is why their rule of "don't wake us up before 7:30am" was absolutely the LAW. My sister and I spent HOURS waiting to go down and see the tree - we'd be awake by 3pm and 7:30am was SO FAR AWAY.... but we had our stockings hung on our bedroom doors, and we brought so many board games upstairs to our bedrooms so we were well prepared for the HOURS of waiting until 7:30am. Trouble, Yahtzee, Parcheesi, Chinese Checkers, card games... we played them ALL.....
Anonymous
12/25/2022 21:08
Subject: Re:What are your family's Christmas Eve traditions?
Watch movies, karaoke, play poker, eat Chinese take out, and a lottery pool.
Anonymous
12/25/2022 20:56
Subject: Re:What are your family's Christmas Eve traditions?
None. We are non-White, non-Christian immigrants. We celebrate secular Christmas for our children so that they assimilate and enjoy. We give generously to all teachers, coaches and tutors and it is usually monetary gift.
For my kids, it is mainly all about the decorations (tree, lights), and gifts for all of us. Our various friend and family circles will utilize the time off from work to throw parties and socialize with others. In most of our friend's circle we are very clear that there is "no gifts". Some will do secret Santa (with a $ limit) and that is manageable too. With relatives we do a combo secret Santa and gifts for kids. Obviously, we do not have the same foods as mainstream traditions, so we eat basically whatever we want to order in, get catered or cook.
Most of the times though for our younger single relatives we just give money gifts.
For my kids, it is mainly all about the decorations (tree, lights), and gifts for all of us. Our various friend and family circles will utilize the time off from work to throw parties and socialize with others. In most of our friend's circle we are very clear that there is "no gifts". Some will do secret Santa (with a $ limit) and that is manageable too. With relatives we do a combo secret Santa and gifts for kids. Obviously, we do not have the same foods as mainstream traditions, so we eat basically whatever we want to order in, get catered or cook.
Most of the times though for our younger single relatives we just give money gifts.
Anonymous
12/25/2022 20:31
Subject: What are your family's Christmas Eve traditions?
We go to mass and then have candle light with appetizers and a religious reading intro. Then dinner. Then roll a die and open that number of presents.
Anonymous
12/25/2022 19:04
Subject: Re:What are your family's Christmas Eve traditions?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My uncle and my dad climb on the roof with their shotguns and ring jingle bells and pretend to hunt reindeer.
At midnight we release about 100 balloons to welcome on Christmas Day followed by about a couple thousand fireworks.
Please don't release balloons!!!
Oh it was a wonderful release. The kids loved seeing them float into the sky.
Your mother enjoy this?