What are some fun kickass xmas family traditions?

Answer 1

If you like to sleep in and someone else doesn't, set their clock back so when they think it's 8:00, it's really 9:00. Also to keep them from getting up, you could take wrapping paper and tape it all over their doorway so when they open up their door, they will only see the wrapping paper.

The reason I say this is because I was the person who liked to get up early haha. My parents did the clock thing to me all the time when I was younger. Also they put packing paper on my door and wrote "Go back to bed!" on it. They always try something new to get me to sleep longer lol...it's part of tradition now! :)

Answer 2

grab bag! it's so fun.. everyone brings a present.. a good present nothing unfair or ridiculous, and you write out numbers on little pieces of paper 1 through say 20 (depending on how many people are there) throw them in a hat and everyone picks out a number. you place all of the presents in the center of the room and starting wtih number ONE you go through and pick out your WRAPPED present from the floors selection and unwrap it.. now as the game goes on, the more that are opened the better number one gets to pick from ALL of the unwrapped presents at the end of the game. all the other numbers can only trade with those that have already been opened. you are stuck with whaetver has been traded wtih you or what you have chosen. it may sound complicated but its totally not! it's so fun! if you still dont understand how to play email me i'll explain more [e-mail].. this game rules.. lol goodluck and have fun<3

Answer 3

I don't know about family, however, many years ago my friends and I used to designate a driver and the rest of us would drop some acid or shrooms and then go driving around looking at all the lights while we melted. I'm glad to report that we are all still alive and that we all grew up.

Answer 4

1. Happy Birthday, Jesus!
A number of readers suggested a variation on this idea. Kim Garland of Burnsville, N.C., wrote:

"I come from a long line of pagans, and we spend Christmas day with all of them. So my husband and I have established Christmas Eve as our time for celebrating the birth of Christ with our two boys, ages 3 and 5. We have a dinner together followed by the lighting of the Christ candle on our nativity wreath, and then Daddy reads the Scripture account of Jesus' birth. After that we have a birthday cake for Jesus. The cake is chocolate, representing sin. It's filled with cherry pie filling, representing the blood of Jesus, and it's covered with white frosting which represents our new life in Christ."


2. Moving Nativity
"One of the things we do in the days before Christmas is place our nativity figures all over the house. The empty manger is placed under the Christmas tree. As the days get closer to Christmas, the figures are moved closer to the manger. The first thing my kids open on Christmas morning is a wrapped Baby Jesus to remind them that Jesus is the best gift we can ever receive!"

Yvonne Reynolds
Patterson, Calif.


3. The Gifts of the Three Wise Men
"While looking for a new tradition for our family, I wanted to focus on the aspect of gift giving since it has become the central theme for many people at Christmas time. I found an old perfume bottle, and my kids and I covered it with colorful tissue paper. This represents the frankincense the wise men brought to Jesus. I then took an assortment of spices (whole cloves and cinnamon sticks) and wrapped them in a piece of green tissue paper tied with a ribbon. This represents the myrrh. Then I found a chain of gold balls—the kind you can get in any craft store. I wrapped this in gold tissue paper and tied it with ribbon. This represented the gold brought to Jesus.

"All these were placed in a colorful gold bag—very fancy and beautiful. I then wrote up the verses found in Matthew 2:1-12, which tells the story of the three wise men, and added them to the bag.

"Each year we went to church on Christmas Eve, and when we came home my children knew there were three gifts they were allowed to open before they went to bed. As a family we read the Scripture and opened the gifts one by one. We talked about how important it was that Jesus was born and that He was born for us. That was the reason for us receiving gifts. I told them, "Isn't it great that it is Jesus' birthday and He gives us all His presents?"

"My children are now 17 and 15 and I know they will still want to open the three special gifts under our tree on Christmas Eve, even after all these years."

Liz Bachilas
Shelburne, Vt.


4. Family Gathering
"We decorate with all the traditional stuff—tree, lights, presents, etc. One year it dawned on me that we could add a deeper spiritual touch to our celebration by thinking in spiritual terms. As we gather to have our family Christmas, we began the evening by looking at the decorations and sharing what each item reminded us of:

The lights—Jesus the light of the world
The tree—the cross
The gifts—God's gift to us

"As our children grew each year, more spiritual meaning was given to our celebration."

Mike Pickle
Clinton, Ark.


5. A Hard Floor
"We realized that Mary, Joseph, and Jesus did not have it easy that first Christmas, and we wanted to remember that. Each Christmas Eve we give up our beds and sleep on the floor together to remember what they must have endured. Our children are young enough at this point that they think it is fun and different, while we often feel it in our older backs. Each year they understand a little more the sacrifice that Mary and Joseph made, and at the same time we do enjoy the cozy family time."

Answer 5

Carving the pumpkin is my favorite, but searching for the eggs is also a lot of fun.