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[Kat]

I like getting socks! I'm always losing the darn things. 

[NapisaurusRex]

Ahh. I do not yet recognise this candy... because Hershey's chocolate is fucking disgusting.

It is, but it's cheap, melts ok, and looks cute on pretzels with m&m's shoved in them.

[Emily]

Daniel happens to prefer socks over other shit for Christmas.
What is better than a fresh, new, pair of socks for your footsies? NOTHING.

DON'T BE SUCH A GRINCH!

 

Nothing is better. Especially if you wanna slide around in 'em. 

 

I'm a child, I swear. 

[Emily]

Our Christmas Eve traditions are: 

 

• Steak and lobster dinner.
• I get to open one present.
• The whole family watches It's A Wonderful Life

[Strategist]

This year continued the tradition of us having the extended family around at ours for bbq bacon and eggs for breakfast (my parents and sister), then for lunch, the missus' side of the family came and we had a fantastic roast lamb/turkey with veg. Now for dinner, we're alone with just myself, the missus and two boys nomming on THE BEST steak ever!

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*not exact picture of the steak, but STRAYA MATE!

 

Oh and of course, gifts galore! The boys had a wonderful Christmas morning opening their 'Santa Sacks' full of presents and Jayson (my eldest) got his long-awaited Force FX Lightsabre xD

 

I got some weird logic puzzle that I will most likely attempt once and not touch again lol (brain hurts just thinking about it).

 

Copious amounts of alcohol to go towards our New Year celebrations in the next week too

[Strategist]

Yay! That light sabre sounds pretty epic, I bet Braden would die.

@Kate, show him the video on FB

[Emily]

Steak AND lobster?

All I see is signs all I see is dolla signs

 

Christmas Eve is a special occasion. We also have ahi tuna, but I just stick with the steak and potatoes. 

[Emily]

IS it? IS IT EMILY? 

 

I choked when I read this. Thanks. 

[Karla]

We don't have any traditions for Christmas.  We don't even put up a Christmas tree anymore. :\

 

My mother is trying to make it a "tradition" that I bake cookies on Christmas.

[Karla]

Lol! That's actually kind of adorable though.

 

It is.  What's better is that the cookies I bake taste good.

[Padme]

I do nothing on December 25th.

In the past, I have hung out with my Jewish friends and ate chinese food and gone to the movies with them .

 

My family celebrates on the 24.

The day starts off with cinnamon buns, follow by my grandparents hiring a Santa to come to the house and all the grandkids sit on his lap and get one gift. Mainly to occupy us until we open gifts later. We then all get ready for church. Supper time!!! We used to have Cornish Game Hen and all the fixings. Now my Grandma makes her idea of what chinese food is (it is so not chinese food....) Now that supper is done, we head to mass. Once we get back from Mass 'Santa' has come and there are loads of gifts under the tree, stockings are filled etc. Following gift opening we have midnight lunch with spinach dip, cookies, pizza bagels, chicken wings etc.

 

I long for the day where I get to spend Christmas in the mountains snowboarding. 

[Unmata]

We wont be doing anything for the 25th this year either @Padme. Jay and I thought he'd be home tonight but now it's looking like he will be home the 28th. and thats okay, because our girls are still young enough that I can pretend Christmas is 3 days later and they wont notice

 

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Our family tradition starts with Winter Solstice tonight. We left frozen pumpkin pieces cut into stars at the base of a tree in the backyard, hung birdseed ornaments and an ice wreath. Then we drink apple cidar and cuddle on the couch watching the christmas tree. (I add the christmas lights today and light them tonight. We decorate the tree together christmas eve (this year it will be December 27th) and I've told Maya that we will wait for Santa to drop off all the toys in the world and that he is giving daddy a ride home to be with us for christmas. We also usually bake cookies on christmas eve and leave a glass of milk for Santa and two carrots for his reindeer. 

 

I take stockings pretty seriously. It's always been my favorite part of gift planning. I fill them with awesome little gifts, candy canes, a pomegranate, manderine orange and nuts lol. ^.^ (this has been the way it was for my family ever since I was a little girl.) But this year it's a little different, again, and for reasons I wont really go into, Jay has to do all of the christmas shopping on his own before coming home.

 

Our Scandinavian Advent calendar didnt make it unfortunately. Its like an advent tree on steroids that gives stocking stuffers EVERY DAY! But who cares we'll do our own thing.  

 

I make a mean christmas breakfast, and christmas dinner looks basically exactly like thanksgiving dinner but we are Canadian so by the time it comes around we are completely ready for more turkey, and, theres Always cherry cheesecake. In my family, it doesnt matter if theres no money, no presents and the pilot light has gone out in the oven. My mother  and I have always found a way to make cherry cheesecake on christmas.

[Padme]

I love this.

You and I have a date in BANFF one day, sweetie.

 

I am so about this! Spiked apple cider, snow and fireplaces please <3

[mynamewasslop]

I always make sure that all of my out of state friends send me christmas cards. Otherwise I feel really left out.