Chistmas Traditions You'll Never Break
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This week I've been feeling particularly Chsritmassy 
So I though I'd start this thread so we can all share our household Xmas traditions that we've had for years and will have for years to come :-)
Now I don't care if you think my traditions are boring or too predictable to carry out every year because if me and my family enjoy them, then that's all that matters.
The Chrsitmas Tree & Decorations
As my birthday is the 8th December, as a child I refused to have Christmas overshadow my birthday so the weekend after my birthday, the Christmas season could begin. it's been this way for years and since my birthday is roughly only 2-3 weeks before Christmas, it seems like a good time to start getting into Christmas mode. Therefore, every year me and the rest of the family spend a sunday morning at church farm selecting our Christmas tree and going for a toasty hot chocolate or cup of coffee. We take ages agreeing on which tree to buy but we always find the right one. This year we'll probably get the tree on the 12th maybe the 19th :-)
Decorating the Christmas tree then usually takes place in the evening sometime later in the week. The whole family get together for this and help decorate the tree (we always end up putting the school-made deccys on aswell because my parents insist on it :rolleyes: ) Here comes the cat full of intrigue and excitement as he's found some new entertainment and a place to swing from :rolleyes: We always end up playin the continous game of cat knocks things of the tree and we put them back on. It's a continuous cycle :-)
Pressie Shopping
For some reason most of my families Christmas shopping takes place in the week before Christmas (excluding the 21st of course to celebrate dearest father gaining another wrinkle and making one step closer to retirement
).
Christmas Eve
Xmas Eve is when we deliver local crimbo cards or go scavanging for that last important present. We spend the rest of the day wrapping the pressies and relaxing in the evening with some good old crimbo movies (home alone 1&2 ;D and shamfully.... The polar express 
always a favourite of mine when I was a kid) Dont do the whole midnight mass thing 
Christmas Day
I used to rise early and meet with my brothers to open our stockings but now i need dragging out of bed. Once the whole family is awake presents can be opened. (sometimes in the morning sometimes after dindins :-D)
Breakfast doesn't exist on Xmas day Chocolate all the way! Turkey gets put in the oven to cook and the whole family head off to the cemetery to visit my sister and grandfathers grave :-) we always leave a big basket of flowers for them and hope they're having a good party up there :-)
Grubs served and we all tuck in unfortunately we have to endure the queens speech :rolleyes: then we recline to the lounge for either a chrimbo film or one of the soaps. Boyfriend comes round for the afternoon :-) Buffet for dinner. And usually we fit an hour or two in to visit mates and deliver pressies :-)
Sorry for such a looooong post but as you can probably tell by now I just love Christmas Sorry for wasting your time
So I though I'd start this thread so we can all share our household Xmas traditions that we've had for years and will have for years to come :-)Now I don't care if you think my traditions are boring or too predictable to carry out every year because if me and my family enjoy them, then that's all that matters.
The Chrsitmas Tree & Decorations
As my birthday is the 8th December, as a child I refused to have Christmas overshadow my birthday so the weekend after my birthday, the Christmas season could begin. it's been this way for years and since my birthday is roughly only 2-3 weeks before Christmas, it seems like a good time to start getting into Christmas mode. Therefore, every year me and the rest of the family spend a sunday morning at church farm selecting our Christmas tree and going for a toasty hot chocolate or cup of coffee. We take ages agreeing on which tree to buy but we always find the right one. This year we'll probably get the tree on the 12th maybe the 19th :-)
Decorating the Christmas tree then usually takes place in the evening sometime later in the week. The whole family get together for this and help decorate the tree (we always end up putting the school-made deccys on aswell because my parents insist on it :rolleyes: ) Here comes the cat full of intrigue and excitement as he's found some new entertainment and a place to swing from :rolleyes: We always end up playin the continous game of cat knocks things of the tree and we put them back on. It's a continuous cycle :-)
Pressie Shopping
For some reason most of my families Christmas shopping takes place in the week before Christmas (excluding the 21st of course to celebrate dearest father gaining another wrinkle and making one step closer to retirement
).Christmas Eve
Xmas Eve is when we deliver local crimbo cards or go scavanging for that last important present. We spend the rest of the day wrapping the pressies and relaxing in the evening with some good old crimbo movies
(home alone 1&2 ;D and shamfully.... The polar express always a favourite of mine when I was a kid) Dont do the whole midnight mass thing Christmas Day
I used to rise early and meet with my brothers to open our stockings but now i need dragging out of bed. Once the whole family is awake presents can be opened. (sometimes in the morning sometimes after dindins :-D)
Breakfast doesn't exist on Xmas day
Chocolate all the way! Turkey gets put in the oven to cook and the whole family head off to the cemetery to visit my sister and grandfathers grave :-) we always leave a big basket of flowers for them and hope they're having a good party up there :-)Grubs served and we all tuck in unfortunately we have to endure the queens speech :rolleyes: then we recline to the lounge for either a chrimbo film or one of the soaps. Boyfriend comes round for the afternoon :-) Buffet for dinner. And usually we fit an hour or two in to visit mates and deliver pressies :-)
Sorry for such a looooong post but as you can probably tell by now I just love Christmas
Sorry for wasting your time 0
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bah humbug.
I also, every year, watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation... Just love that film.
Indeed :cool: we go through buckets of the stuff
watching national lampoon's xmas vacation.
getting horribly drunk
playing triial pursuit until the family all falls asleep and it ends up being me vs my sister.
Smarties and chocolate orange before breakfast on Christmas morn.
Bacon butties for breakfast Christmas morning.
We all buy each other a selection box and open them Christmas Eve when we watch a film
Yay! Your back
Harro
I'm never let
The opening of one present on Christmas Eve. (Both of these are traditions from my childhood)
Christmas breakfast is always chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream.
now that sounds great
I'd never have room for the massive Xmas dinner:eek:
One or all of us has to say at some point that we could leave the turkey and just have the vegetables and gravy and be happy, and one or all of us has to say that Boxing day dinner is better than Christmas dinner. And my dad has to sit and fart and blame it on the dog.