christmas traditions

[Samantha]

Things have changed over the years but these are my traditions:

Put decorations up, together maybe but not set in stone.
On Christmas Eve we try stay awake (me and my sister) to wait for Santa; in previous years we'd top and tail on our bed but that's grown old. Also, my nanny used to stay with use from Thursday-Sunday each week but with Christmas she used to stay Christmas Eve then we'd take her to her other home at my uncles.
on Christmas day me and my sister wake up about 4am, open our presents in our stockings, I usually am hungry around this time so my parents make sure I have chocolates to open but last year they knew what I'd do so put me crisps and a banana in.
Then we go back to sleep, at 7am (9am usually now) we wake up our parents, don't look in the living room to keep the magic alive and go have a drink and sometimes breakfast.
Then we go in living room and open our presents, after that we chill for a bit, get dressed, have something to drink (like tea, coffee) and have breakfast. We go to my auntie's house, then my uncles to exchange presents.
In previous years we'd have Christmas dinner at my aunties but we have it at home now.
Then we go home, have our dinner and do whatever we want; my auntie makes me a trifle so we eat that .

[garriet]

my family have a few traditions:

- we go to the cinema on christmas eve
- we always have them chocolate croissant things for breakfast on christmas day
- we go for a long walk to walk my dogs on christmas day, its really nice in the snow
- we always go to a restaurant for our christmas dinner
- we have a big massive family meal on boxing day

we don't really have that many traditions as its nice to change things once in a while

[OldLoveSong]

When my Great Aunt was alive my whole family would go up to her house and we'd all order in Chinese Food and play tons of games and all that, it was really fun. Now my family and I go up to my uncle & aunts xmas eve and visit other family members durin the xmas week.

[GommeInc]

my family have a few traditions:

- we go to the cinema on christmas eve
- we always have them chocolate croissant things for breakfast on christmas day
- we go for a long walk to walk my dogs on christmas day, its really nice in the snow
- we always go to a restaurant for our christmas dinner
- we have a big massive family meal on boxing day

we don't really have that many traditions as its nice to change things once in a while

You get snow... in England?

The latest craze is:

- I put up the decorations shortly after the 2nd December and swear constantly
- Go to a midnight service with my mum and nan on Christmas Eve at my nan's church to see in Christmas Day
- Go to a Christmas Day service at another Church
- Set the table while the rest of the family cook or watch TV

Pretty simple really

[Kardan]

My mum always puts up the things we've made in school from Christmas cards to paintings of Santa, so her walls are covered in my artwork from when I was about 2 - 10...

For Christmas Day itself, we wake up, take turns opening a present each and end up having Christmas Dinner at lunch time and spend the rest of the day with our parents

Boxing Day I always end up round someones house for a buffet

[garriet]

You get snow... in England?

haha yeah that's true it never snows on christmas, but there's usually some left on the ground/trees which makes it looks pretty :p

i want it to snow on christmas this year, they always say its going to but never does

[Red]

We used to have a lot, when we were younger.We would always go to this house that put up a ton of lights to raise money for charity. We used to wake up ridiculously early, and go down as a family to open presents, and then mum and dad went back to sleep and me and my sis would pick a new dvd to watch. Although, my granny died in 2006 and since then my mum doesn't really enjoy Christmas. It's just not the same without her Last year, she didn't even put our tree up, and my street's pipes froze, so I had to go get showered in my friends house. disaster lmao

Anyway the usual routine, go downstairs and open presents, get ready, head round to my cousins and see what santa has left them. Come home and have dinner. Die cause we have ate too much food. Watch some telly and eat pavlova mmmm. In the evenings, all the family go to my cousins house, chat, play games, and they all get drunk to like 6am lmao.