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Kaleva

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28. Xmas morning. Long johns, socks and mitts were the usual presents
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 01:54 PM
Dec 6

With one or two cheap toys

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Christmas morning, of course. Ocelot II Dec 6 #1
HAHHAHHAHH. thank you Ocelot II debm55 Dec 6 #2
We were allowed to open one present Christmas Eve. woodsprite Dec 6 #3
thank you woodsprite. Everyone opened at once. debm55 Dec 6 #5
We had the one present on Christmas Eve tradition, too. Aristus Dec 6 #43
Thank you Aristus. That is a very good tradition. debm55 Dec 6 #44
Did we grow up in the same house? chowder66 Dec 7 #55
Christmas Eve EYESORE 9001 Dec 6 #4
Thank you EYESORE 9001 , Thank makes sense. debm55 Dec 6 #6
We usually had our family get-togethers on Christmas Eve FakeNoose Dec 6 #7
Thank you very much, FakeNoose. debm55 Dec 6 #8
Christmas Eve with a catch, we had to go to bed for a few hours (couldn't sleep a wink) and parents "woke" us... wcmagumba Dec 6 #9
Thank you very much wcmagumba. That is a neat idea. debm55 Dec 6 #10
I remember at least one year, dad climbed on the roof and made a bunch of racket like Santa and reindeer... wcmagumba Dec 7 #66
Christmas Morning! redstatebluegirl Dec 6 #11
Thank you very much. redstatebluegirl debm55 Dec 6 #15
From Santa - Christmas morning TexasBushwhacker Dec 6 #12
Thank you very much TexasBushwhacker. debm55 Dec 6 #16
Christmas morning, regardless of how early that was (3,4am). House of Roberts Dec 6 #13
Thank you House of Roberts. I had a metal gas station where the cars went down a curved slide from the upper floor debm55 Dec 6 #18
I had that one, too! A Texaco station, IIRC. n/t malthaussen Dec 6 #23
Thanks malthaussen. I don't remember the name of the station , but it did have this thing where the car would be pulled debm55 Dec 6 #24
I had one of those,too! It was a Texaco station. Diamond_Dog Dec 6 #27
I am a girl and I loved playing with it, Thank you Diamond_Dog debm55 Dec 6 #32
Those were those days back then. My "boy" toys were.... electric_blue68 Dec 6 #47
Agree. I am from the same time period. I did have Barbie and Baby dolls too. debm55 Dec 6 #52
I had no interest in baby dolls, or much in Barbie. My sis had a Barbie. electric_blue68 Dec 6 #53
Morning as a kid XanaDUer2 Dec 6 #14
Thank you XanaDUer2, We have always done in the morning even as adults. I was always PO as a kid as we had to go to debm55 Dec 6 #19
Wed go to Mass, too XanaDUer2 Dec 6 #21
In 8th grade I sand in the midnight mass choir. The church was beautiful and they had the part where the lights were debm55 Dec 6 #25
Xmas morning! pandr32 Dec 6 #17
Thank you very much pandr32. Sounds like a good time. debm55 Dec 6 #20
My brother's birthday was Christmas Eve. malthaussen Dec 6 #22
HAHAHAHAH, thank you Mal debm55 Dec 6 #26
Xmas morning. Long johns, socks and mitts were the usual presents Kaleva Dec 6 #28
Thank you, Kaleva debm55 Dec 6 #30
Growing up, we opened gifts from relatives on Christmas Eve. lkinwi Dec 6 #29
Thank you ikinwi That sounds great, debm55 Dec 6 #31
Christmas morning. (nt) Different Drummer Dec 6 #33
Always, and only, Christmas morning. It was early in the morning, usually 5:30-6:00, rsdsharp Dec 6 #34
rsdsharp, May the memories of your brother be a blessing to you. I like the tradition of eating a lite breakfast before debm55 Dec 6 #35
Thank you Deb. rsdsharp Dec 6 #36
So sorry. electric_blue68 Dec 6 #48
Thank you. rsdsharp Dec 6 #50
We got to open 1 present justaprogressive Dec 6 #37
Thank you justaprogressive. That was so nice of your mom. debm55 Dec 6 #38
Christmas morning with my mom's folks, Christmas afternoon with my dad's family, then catbyte Dec 6 #39
We had a long day like that too.Were you able to take one toy with you when you visited? debm55 Dec 6 #41
Christmas Eve and then we after we were all in school rurallib Dec 6 #40
Same here. My school had a choir in 8th grade where we sang at Mass debm55 Dec 6 #42
I've got a story from 7th grade midnight mass that is pretty bad rurallib Dec 7 #58
Does earlier than Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning count? marked50 Dec 6 #45
That's sad.My cousin told me where they were hidden, But I thought that was where Santa put them before he took them debm55 Dec 6 #46
Always the morning. I don't think we ever opened 1 present Christmas Eve. All at once.... electric_blue68 Dec 6 #49
Thank you electric_blue68 debm55 Dec 7 #59
Gift exchange was always Christmas Eve liberal N proud Dec 6 #51
Thank you very much liberal N proud debm55 Dec 7 #60
We'd go to Christmas Eve service... Mark.b2 Dec 7 #54
It sounds wounderful. Thank you very much Mark.b2 debm55 Dec 7 #61
Both. patphil Dec 7 #56
Thank you very much patphil . That sounds like a very good set up for all debm55 Dec 7 #64
Christmas morning. The whole family comes over and we distribute presents & unwrap. lark Dec 7 #57
Thank you very much lark and enjoy. debm55 Dec 7 #62
We open our gifts with our grandchildren on Christmas Eve. Emile Dec 7 #63
Thank you very much Emile debm55 Dec 7 #65
We had to wait until Christmas morning. Luciferous Dec 7 #67
As a child Rebl2 Dec 7 #68
If I were Christian, it would be Christmas morning (12/25). sakabatou Dec 7 #69
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