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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