Christmas Traditions

[BigFish]

Curious what, if any, family Christmas traditions you folks may have ?? One of my favorite traditions is when we open our stockings on Christmas morning! When I was little (a long, long, long time ago) we would awake Christmas morning, wake my parents up and my brothers and sister would all climb onto my parents bed and we would open our stockings together! They would be filled with many of the same things from one year to the next......Silly Putty, Balsa Wood Airplanes, Lifesavers Storybooks, Goldrush Gum, All kinds of Candy.....and my Mother (or Santa) would also put alot of funny, gag gifts in there as we got older and we would have alot of laughs over some of those things! Well.....I have continued the tradition with my sons all these years and many of those same items I mentioned are in their stockings.....and I have told them the story of how we always got those things....they love it and really appreciate the tradition of it! My oldest son says its one of his favorite things at Christmas!

[ecduzitgood]

Yeah, the stockings were always a favorite; it was like foreplay leading up to the big event! Everthing was wrapped even the chapstick, gum, candy, toothbrush etc. and there was always an orange or apple at the bottom which served as the big toe I'm guessing. It's a great tradition!

[buckman]

I love the family yankee swap. Funny as hell as we try to get my sister her own crappy gift back every year.

[Raider Ronnie]

For me, I've never considered dec. 25th christmas.
Dec 25th is/was my grandfather's (Leo) birthday
Being that he was born on christmas his middle name was Natale.

[Raven]

there was always a wonderful new plug in our stocking
that was hung with GREAT care
to make sure Saint Nick wasn't impaled standing there

with a gamagatzu hook stuck in his hand
a lighted tree with hanging plugs was always so grand

laying a finger beside his nose thus snorting magic dust
to foil the cat it was always a must.


NAILED it LOL.... heh heh heh

[spence]

The past few years we've been watching all of the Lord of the Rings as a Christmas ritual, but I'd wager next year we'll be switching to the AVATAR.

-spence

[FishermanTim]

As a kid, the grown-ups would go to midnight mass (remember those?) and when they got home we would have a midnight Christmas breakfast. Mom and Dad would cook up eggs, bacon and sausage and toast for all/any who came to visit.
Sadly, as we got older, that tradition got phased out.
Now we have a buffet dinner and the kids get to open SOME of their gift on Christmas eve.

For me, it's been the joy of playing Santa at our family Christmas party and at another friends party. Santa gets plenty of good food at both!

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

How about watching A Christmas Story 100 times. I love it!!!!!!!!!!! And the stockings with crust still in your eyes is always a blast.

[Slingah]

On Christmas Eve, Uncle Werner plants himself on the ol' pickle barrel and plays the accordion. Everybody sings, dances the traditional steps and indulge in plenty of homemade beer and schnapps. We then have a large feast of schnitzel, bratwurst and pickled herring. Then more beer and schnapps. Grandpapa (he is 101) will tell stories of the old country, recall Holidays past and remind us of how blessed we all are. All the aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grand kids and spouses sleep over, huddled in beds or on the floor in sleeping bags......then we start over in the morning!

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by spence

The past few years we've been watching all of the Lord of the Rings as a Christmas ritual, but I'd wager next year we'll be switching to the AVATAR.

-spence

Fantastic idea Jeff. I am sooo doing that as well
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