There’s nobody to give me presents anymore. I don’t have a family left to celebrate the holiday with, no friends either. I barely decorate.
But there’s still one thing from my childhood I still try to honor and that’s having a stocking of candy. If not, small gifts.
Celebrating on the 24th. It’s not even a long historical tradition in my own family or local culture, we adopted it after my grandparents celebrated a few Christmases with a Central European immigrant family in the neighborhood who start celebrating at midday 24th December and realized it enabled those of us who were married/etc to celebrate the next day with our other families. It’s much more relaxing like that, I’ve heard my friends complain after trying to fit in a breakfast, lunch and dinner at three different Christmas parties in one day to avoid offending anyone.
We do the fun parts taken from Yule (trees/greenery/lights) and Saturnalia (feasting). I think at this point it’s more a celebration of managing to make it through another year than anything else.
Putting on the tree on th 8th and dismounting it at March
We decorate our house. My wife really does an incredible job of it and each year she changes it up and it always blows my mind what she does.
I’m old fashioned I get myself an eight ball on Christmas Eve and one tall hooker dressed like Mrs. Claus and one short one dressed like an elf.
So traditional it’s like a Norman Rockwell painting.
I think that’s where I got it from.
Is it only a joke? I tried finding the painting and failed haha :)
I didn’t have a Christmas tradition, until now…
Not really big tradition, but gifting is on the eve 24th. And its from baby Jesus or / and from the Angels and no santa included.
I never get Christmas gifts either, not even cards.
I buy myself the same snacks and treats every Christmas, and cook a nice Christmas dinner. I then zone out in front of the TV.
It’s a nice tradition, very peaceful, unlike past Christmases with the now estranged family.
I always get my kid a gift my wife will hate. She’s still genuinely annoyed about the fart gun I got last year.
That and getting drunk.
fart gun
I got my nephews one of those! It disappeared after a week, but what a week.
Nothing really. We appreciate the neighbors and sales.
Opening presents after midnight on the 24th
only one I really care to do every year is watching The Hogfather. best christmas movie 10/10 no notes.
Playing the complete “Carpenters Christmas” album at least once.
Orange cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas morning.
Sounds interesting. Do you have a recipe handy?
Oh, I just buy the Pillsbury orange cinnamon rolls in a can. 😅
Ah, not a thing here sadly. Maybe I’ll see if I can find a recipe myself. They sound interesting
Listening to the Snoopy vs. the Red Baron tape by The Royal Guardsmen while decorating the tree.
We’ve got young kids and go all in with decorations. Another tradition, weirdly, is eggs Benedict and bucks fizz for breakfast. No idea why, but I’m down.
good god … when I read bucks fizz I thought you were talking about buckfast. im relieved to learn its just another term for a mimosa
