Christmas Traditions or other holiday celebrations

As I sit here and start to plug in lights.. lol to see if they work. My least favorite thing to do btw.

I was wondering what other peoples christmas traditions are.

I always like reading different things..

Well, Our Christmas goes like this.. For as long as I can remember the whole family gets together Christmas Eve and hang out exchange presents and eat.. Then on Christmas day my husband, kids and I just stay home and spend the day together. We wake up early in the morning and open presents then I start to cook the turkey and get things done for our own dinner of 4. While doing that I have to keep my hubby out of the kitchen cause he likes to pick at the food and eat whatever gets done early :lol:

I really love Christmas day cause it's just us 4 all day..

Unfortunately I have no clue,seems for the past few years mine change rather I like it or not

we always watch the christmas story (you'll shoot your eyes out)

Infinite Wolf wrote:

we always watch the christmas story (you'll shoot your eyes out)

I have not seen that in along time..

Okay here are some of our things we do...

We always go christmas caroling.. yup.. out here in the boonies.. to some of our neighbors..

We always make 1-3 christmas hampers.

We always make 3 homemade ordaments on the tree every year..

Every year.. each child gets to buy a christmas ordament and when they leave the nest.. they get to take all of their homemade and bought decorations with them.. to start their own tree...

We litterally decorate every room in our house.. LMAO. as gawdly as we can make it

A tradition passed down from when I was a child..I read the night before Xmas every Xmas Eve before bed to my lil one..our mom used to read it to us....

The only thing that has never changed no matter the circumstances is that before the tree goes up the Nativity set goes up and we discuss the true meaning of Christmas.

It has gotten so commercial that children have a tendency to forget why we selebrate it. I hate it when people say "HAPPY HPLIDAYS" irritates the hell out of me

I feel the same yorkie about the whole happy holiday thing..
Thant's why I love this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAckfn8yiAQ