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woodsprite

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3. We were allowed to open one present Christmas Eve.

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:58 AM

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The rest, plus “Santa’s” gifts, were opened Christmas morning. The rule was we had to wait on the stairs until everyone was ready to go into the living room. Later we went to kids could go down but only open their stockings until the adults got downstairs.

And did you all take turns opening, go round robin, or everyone opens them all at once?

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

Christmas morning, of course. Ocelot II Friday #1

HAHHAHHAHH. thank you Ocelot II debm55 Friday #2

We were allowed to open one present Christmas Eve. woodsprite Friday #3

thank you woodsprite. Everyone opened at once. debm55 Friday #5

We had the one present on Christmas Eve tradition, too. Aristus Friday #43

Thank you Aristus. That is a very good tradition. debm55 Friday #44

Did we grow up in the same house? chowder66 Saturday #55

Christmas Eve EYESORE 9001 Friday #4

Thank you EYESORE 9001 , Thank makes sense. debm55 Friday #6

We usually had our family get-togethers on Christmas Eve FakeNoose Friday #7

Thank you very much, FakeNoose. debm55 Friday #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 Friday #9

Thank you very much wcmagumba. That is a neat idea. debm55 Friday #10

I remember at least one year, dad climbed on the roof and made a bunch of racket like Santa and reindeer... wcmagumba Saturday #66

Christmas Morning! redstatebluegirl Friday #11

Thank you very much. redstatebluegirl debm55 Friday #15

From Santa - Christmas morning TexasBushwhacker Friday #12

Thank you very much TexasBushwhacker. debm55 Friday #16

Christmas morning, regardless of how early that was (3,4am). House of Roberts Friday #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 Friday #18

I had that one, too! A Texaco station, IIRC. n/t malthaussen Friday #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 Friday #24

I had one of those,too! It was a Texaco station. Diamond_Dog Friday #27

I am a girl and I loved playing with it, Thank you Diamond_Dog debm55 Friday #32

Those were those days back then. My "boy" toys were.... electric_blue68 Friday #47

Agree. I am from the same time period. I did have Barbie and Baby dolls too. debm55 Friday #52

I had no interest in baby dolls, or much in Barbie. My sis had a Barbie. electric_blue68 Friday #53

Morning as a kid XanaDUer2 Friday #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 Friday #19

Wed go to Mass, too XanaDUer2 Friday #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 Friday #25

Xmas morning! pandr32 Friday #17

Thank you very much pandr32. Sounds like a good time. debm55 Friday #20

My brother's birthday was Christmas Eve. malthaussen Friday #22

HAHAHAHAH, thank you Mal debm55 Friday #26

Xmas morning. Long johns, socks and mitts were the usual presents Kaleva Friday #28

Thank you, Kaleva debm55 Friday #30

Growing up, we opened gifts from relatives on Christmas Eve. lkinwi Friday #29

Thank you ikinwi That sounds great, debm55 Friday #31

Christmas morning. (nt) Different Drummer Friday #33

Always, and only, Christmas morning. It was early in the morning, usually 5:30-6:00, rsdsharp Friday #34

rsdsharp, May the memories of your brother be a blessing to you. I like the tradition of eating a lite breakfast before debm55 Friday #35

Thank you Deb. rsdsharp Friday #36

So sorry. electric_blue68 Friday #48

Thank you. rsdsharp Friday #50

We got to open 1 present justaprogressive Friday #37

Thank you justaprogressive. That was so nice of your mom. debm55 Friday #38

Christmas morning with my mom's folks, Christmas afternoon with my dad's family, then catbyte Friday #39

We had a long day like that too.Were you able to take one toy with you when you visited? debm55 Friday #41

Christmas Eve and then we after we were all in school rurallib Friday #40

Same here. My school had a choir in 8th grade where we sang at Mass debm55 Friday #42

I've got a story from 7th grade midnight mass that is pretty bad rurallib Saturday #58

Does earlier than Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning count? marked50 Friday #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 Friday #46

Always the morning. I don't think we ever opened 1 present Christmas Eve. All at once.... electric_blue68 Friday #49

Thank you electric_blue68 debm55 Saturday #59

Gift exchange was always Christmas Eve liberal N proud Friday #51

Thank you very much liberal N proud debm55 Saturday #60

We'd go to Christmas Eve service... Mark.b2 Saturday #54

It sounds wounderful. Thank you very much Mark.b2 debm55 Saturday #61

Both. patphil Saturday #56

Thank you very much patphil . That sounds like a very good set up for all debm55 Saturday #64

Christmas morning. The whole family comes over and we distribute presents & unwrap. lark Saturday #57

Thank you very much lark and enjoy. debm55 Saturday #62

We open our gifts with our grandchildren on Christmas Eve. Emile Saturday #63

Thank you very much Emile debm55 Saturday #65

We had to wait until Christmas morning. Luciferous Saturday #67

As a child Rebl2 Saturday #68

If I were Christian, it would be Christmas morning (12/25). sakabatou Saturday #69