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Mark.b2

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54. We'd go to Christmas Eve service...

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 12:01 AM

Dec 7

then come home to my mom’s Minnesota wild rice cream soup and open gifts. We’d stay up until the wee hours of the morning. Christmas Day was sleeping in late and pretty much staying in pjs all day playing with our toys while my mom was taking down the tree. Such great memories!

I’ve kept the same traditions with my family to this day.

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Did you open your gifts of Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning? Mine Christmas morning. [View all] debm55 Dec 6 OP

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