What are YOUR Christmas traditions?

[BitsyNaceyDog]

New pajamas on Christmas eve must be a common tradition. As a kid we went to my grandma's house every year on Christmas eve and she gave us a new pair of pajamas. When she passed away that tradition went away. However it was a tradition in my husband's family too, his mom gave everyone new pajamas on Christmas eve. So when I married into the family (actually when we were dating too) that tradition found it's way back into my life. My mother-in-law still does it.

My husband and I wanted to create a Christmas eve tradition for our son so we decided to give him a Christmas book every year. This way he'll get new pajamas from his grandma and a new bedtime story from us.

Another tradition we have is cooking a big yummy breakfast Christmas morning.

[Taz_Zoee]

Since I've moved out the traditions I love so much I miss. My dad always fixes a big breakfast. However, since I live over an hour away and we go to Bruce's family for Christmas Eve and don't get home until the wee hours of the morning, we never make it there for breakfast. We are lucky to make it for lunch. LOL

But other traditions from when I was a child have changed so much that they are just memories now. We used to go to my dads side of the family for Xmas Eve and my moms on Xmas day. Neither of those things happen anymore. Mainly because my parents parents have all passed away. But I will always have those fond memories of how it used to be back in the "good ol days".

Now for Xmas day we go to my brothers (who lives right next door to my parents). And I can't wait for this year!! My sister will be down and I'm so excited. I haven't been this excited since I was a child.

[sumbirdy]

I don't think we had too many traditions. We open our gifts on Christmas Eve and then we get 1 big gift on Christmas morning and then we head to Grandma's and open presents there from the extended family. But that won't be happening this year. We're going to Delaware!

I've started a tradition for my nephew, every year I read him a Christmas story-Santa: My life and times. We start on the 9th of December and read a chapter every night and read the last chapter on the 24th. It's a pretty good story, it has a lot to do with magic. "Santa" tells the story of how he came to be and how everything started. Even though it is long, Nathan enjoys it.