Tell us about your Holiday traditions!

[RDR2Suzanne]

Well, I'm an adult, so for this is how it goes for us. Decorations go up on the day after thanksgiving and my son's Elf on The Shelf, Lucky Larry, shows up. We have various count down methods, an Advent calendar and a HallMark countdown radio my son uses every day. Christmas Eve evening, there is usually a party with my husband's family, though this year, due to family illness, this might not happen. We run our son ragged playing games and joking around (so hell sleep all night)and have him put out milk and cookies, and sometimes carrots for the reindeer,then send him off to bed. Once he's well and truly asleep, we put out all of our presents, all of which we hide to keep him from snooping, then off to bed ourselves. Christmas morning, my son goes through his stocking while we make breakfast, then presents. About noon, we load up and go to my husband's mothers house. From about noon on, it's my husband's birthday, yes, he was born christmas day. We go to a Chinese restaurant for a big birthday lunch/dinner, come back and have cake, ice cream and birthday gifts. Then we all settle back, fat and happy, for another year.

[liiontai]

Well, I'm fro. Australia so it is Summer for Christmas And it is stink in' hot! I am in my nightie and go to bed ( after I put out ginger bread men and beer, and carrots for the reindeer) I wake up and go through my sticking! I have 2 younger brothers and I'm usually first up... I wake them up and then we run into my parents room and wake them up then we run through the house and look at our pressies and open ones from the pets and mum and dad! We usually go to my Pops house but he passed away this year it is out first Christmas without him or my cousin Ashley ( she died I. A car crash this year ) so this year we are going to my Aunties for the party and we have a secret Santa so everyone gets a gift! Merry Xmas everyone!

[Shinryu]

Every year on the 26th, our family and extended family spend the day together.
We have dinner together and then it's time for the presents.
My parents and my aunt and uncle take turns at hosting the celebrations; this year it's our turn again.
We don't really have a lot of traditions beyond that, but it's always fun to spend time with the others. My aunt especially is very dear to me, it's great to have someone for a round of friendly bickering :3
(Me and my cousins also keep a sort of Bingo on which old family stories will be brought up in conversation. We might as well make every space a free space.)

[Guest]

I typically hide up in my room until my family yells at me to come down, and then when we're all ready, we open presents. We always start with the stockings, and go for the bigger stuff. We have omelets for breakfast and spend the day in our pajamas, watching whatever movies we got.

[Lunacorn]

In norway we celebrate christmas 24 not 25 dec, so at 24 dec at night my family + some more eat dinner talk and open presents together ^^

[chaoticneutralegg]

My little sister (@DogLover148, she wants trades!) and I always construct an elaborate plan to wake my parents, other sister, and grandma up on Christmas morning. (This year, we're strapping her phone to my dog and sending him in all the rooms, playing a voice recording that says "Christmas dog is coming to get you!") Then, the adults take forever to brush their teeth and get ready. Afterwards, we go downstairs to celebrate, unwrap presents, and eat breakfast.

[~Kassy.LOX~]

I stay in pajamas and I expected to open my gifts

[NightAkita]

POLAND

24th December

We wake up really early (Like always my mum wakes up everyone because we're really lazy) then we prepare for more visitors. Young People (only boys) start visiting random people's house then they sing a carol (They got little gifts for it like 100 zł (20 €) or oranges.). At 4-5 o'clock every person of our close family (cousins, aunts, uncles) arrive at our house then we are saying to eachother nice wishes and after that we eat a really big dinner. We are keeping the tradition about only 12 'meals?' on table. We open presents after this, then my family (me, my brother and parents) go to my 2nd grandma's family house (again every thing that was before). We come back to house and we're having fun with everyone. ♥

[stuckinmymind]

I wake up saying quietly its christmasssss
then i go on computer for awhile and eat breakfest and then my family opens presents with us
maybe we will have a family dinner this year and ppl coming over.

[riftintime]

We wake up, unwrap the presents, and then go to a restaurant for breakfast. After that, we usually do nothing all day