Christmas Traditions

[sommap]

Do you have any?

We have a few.  Christmas Eve starts off with the kids playing games of bingo.  Prizes are presents or cash.

We always open our gifts in front of a fireplace, with the fire going.  This year, the daughter with the fireplace just moved.  Grandson #2 got all bent out of shape because we wouldn't be opening our presents in front of the fireplace.   It did help, though, when we told him that she does have a fireplace, but it is a gas one.  Time to start new traditions. 

[dreamyxo]

Don't have any.

[mtmailey]

not me the food is the best part of it all to me.

[Storm61115]

we dont have a fireplace so when it is time to open up the gifts, we pass them out to the people they go to and one by one open each gift so we get pictures of everyone and everyone's gifts.

[rrflem4]

I dont really have any Christmas tradition(s). Although, growing up, my family got together on Christmas Eve every year. On Christmas morning my siblings and I were scrambling under the tree looking through a pile of goodies!

[MichelleHW101]

Both of my brothers have families of their own and no longer with me so this may sound silly to you but my older brother for christmas one year bought me the country version of Shania twain's come on over and my younger brother and I used to sit together and play Might and Magic Six.  So to feel closer to them on christmas since they can't be with me is all day I play Might and Magic Six while listening to Come On Over.  That's been my tradition ever since my younger brother left about five years ago.

[brendy1990]

my kids by exchange gifts for one another and the get to open those on christmas eve. thats about it..

[kords21]

As a kid my family would open gifts Christmas eve, then go to my grandma's capped off with Midnight Mass and the next day was just chilling. I've always liked Christmas eve a lot more than christmas day. These days, I don't really do anything for Christmas, always seem to be working on Christmas.

[jkhanson]

We make lefse (a Norwegian potato flatbread) every year.

We go to church on Christmas Eve and come home to a meal of soups (Chicken Wild Rice, Chili, Taco, Oyster Stew)
then open our gifts.

We then play family games.  Some favorites are Pictionary and Balderdash.

[Ittai]

  music, egg nog and the pine scent in the house

[sugarloveytlc]

bingo and eat