our family goes to church christmas eve
then we get home and every year im one of brothers and me and my brothers buy like 1 gift for each other and open those gifts on christmas eve. grandparents usually come over to
i cant belive christmaseve is 4 days away i just love christmas eve becaseu of all the energy in the air the anticipation all year ok so got off topic so what are your traditions?
2007-12-20 05:21:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
My father passed away in 1981 and my mother passed away last November, sorry to spoil the Christmas spirit but that's just to say that there isn't much of a family Christmas anymore. My brother is going to spend Christmas with his ex, who is still a good friend of his and I'm going to spend Christmas with my son at my girlfriend's home (with all her family around). Traditionally we eat cod (some people prfer octopus) and maybe turkey the next day, plus all the fine Christmas traditional desserts such as rabanadas, sonhos, filhoses, bolo rei, aletria, leite creme and others. That goes well with some fine wine and maybe a Port or whisky at the end of the meal. At midnight we all exchange presents and that's it. When I was a kid we didn't receive the presents till the morning of the 25th (because Jesus as a Child brought them) but since Santa took over things have changed. Btw, I'm speaking from Portugal in case you found some of the names here weird...
2007-12-20 05:42:15 · answer #1 · answered by truly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas eve I spend at a local nursing home, giving small gifts to the residents who have no family. Christmas Day I spend at the Gospel Mission serving Turkey with all the trimmings to the homeless. Have done this the last ten years, and they have been wonderful years too.
2007-12-20 13:41:16 · answer #2 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since i live with a divorced family, i do my dads side christmas eve night then my moms family christmas day,
then for new years eve its back to my dads side we have a big party and party into the morning
it better that way because my dads side is small and loud so one night is well enough and my moms side is huge about 20 strong and we have a ton of news to gossip on,
2007-12-20 13:48:09 · answer #3 · answered by strawberryred 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We spend Christmas eve with my family. Christmas morning and evening at home with our kids and Christmas lunch and afternoon with dh's family.
2007-12-20 13:26:54 · answer #4 · answered by Psalm91 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone at my grandma's house opens there presents christmas eve around 9o'clock and we save one for christmas <3
2007-12-20 13:30:11 · answer #5 · answered by yomommma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i open one gift on christmas eve and then go to grandma's house on christmas!
2007-12-20 13:29:16 · answer #6 · answered by I ♥ CHRiS BR0WN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My family tends to drink way too much and somebody always starts a fight with someone else, good times.
2007-12-20 13:29:22 · answer #7 · answered by Ken S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋