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When do you open Christmas gifts?

Started by best4less , Oct 29, 2005 - 3:34 pm

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#31 mrn8 OFFLINE

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Posted Oct 31, 2005 - 11:58 am

In-laws - Christmas Eve My family - Christmas Day It works nice that way. I'm glad the two families had different traditions!

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#32 Kygal2003 OFFLINE

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Posted Oct 31, 2005 - 12:44 pm

We let the kids open one small gift each on Christmas Eve and everything else gets opened Christmas morning.

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#33 katsrus OFFLINE

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Posted Oct 31, 2005 - 7:25 pm

Christmas Eve

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#34 elaine2w OFFLINE

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Posted Nov 1, 2005 - 8:31 am

They get to open one xmas eve and the rest xmas morning. They open at their dads on xmas eve

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#35 abram87 OFFLINE

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Posted Nov 1, 2005 - 9:09 am

Christmas morning, but we always got one or two on christmas eve when I was little. The two we got on Christmas Eve were usually pajamas and a Christmas book.

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#36 TBA OFFLINE

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Posted Nov 1, 2005 - 4:21 pm

we usually open gifts on christmas eve and then when my brother comes down on christmas day we have the whole opening gifts again. He usually has tons for Ashley to open.

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#37 fairydustcrissy OFFLINE

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Posted Nov 1, 2005 - 4:33 pm

We let the kids open one small gift each on Christmas Eve and everything else gets opened Christmas morning.

Same here! But we do dinner at my grandmas on christmas eve, so they open lots of gifts there as well.

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#38 treasure60 OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 10, 2005 - 11:50 pm

We usually let the kids open the least expensive present that we bought them on Christmas Eve,,,but we open presents about 10 am after having Christmas breakfast with my parents and hubby's parents at our house.

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#39 MrsHoneybee OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 10, 2005 - 11:58 pm

Here is a prior thread:
http://forums.gottad...ead.php?t=16827

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#40 treasure60 OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 10, 2005 - 11:59 pm

Oops sorry! Can you link it with the other one, please? TIA

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#41 MrsHoneybee OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 12:02 am

Oops sorry! Can you link it with the other one, please? TIA

Done.

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#42 misshayley OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 6:35 am

We open gifts with: Part of DH family on Dec. 17th Group of friends on Dec. 18th My dad's side of the family Christmas Eve morning (usually Christmas morning) My DH's mother Christmas Eve around noon My DH's extended family Christmas Eve around 3 and My family Christmas morning Oh yeah, DH and I haven't figured out when we are going to open our gifts to each other yet.

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#43 floridasun5 OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 6:57 am

Christmas morning....being that my dd and dh only have about 4 gifts to open each plus their stockings (everything they wanted was expensive this year LOL), we like to keep everything for Christmas morning. We will be out at a Christmas party Christmas Eve night, so we wont be home to open gifts anyway

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#44 sheli OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 7:04 am

We go to my parents house on x-mas eve and the kids get 3 ro 4 gifts from family friends and then a big gift bag from grammy. On x-mas day they get all the out of town family and friends plus mom/dad and santa gifts. Then x-mas afternoon the other grandparents show up with a bunch of junk from the clearance shelf just in case we don't have enough stuff... (can you tell i dislike the in-laws?)

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#45 shanni OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 7:05 am

We each open one on Christmas eve, then the rest in the morning. We also go to my inlaws on Christmas and open them up there too

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#46 Bestbuy7 OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 7:14 am

Christmas night

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#47 malachitecat OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 8:42 am

We would get all the family together on christmas eve, have dinner and then the grandkids would get to open presents. The kids still at home would get to open one present and the rest would be opened christmas morning.

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#48 shopping mom OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 7:50 pm

U sually we do the IL on Christmas Eve and the one present for each kid especially from their daddy. Christmas morning we use to go really early (after stockings) for breakfast at my grandmothers house and then come home and open presents. Grandma passed away in April, and Christmas is on a Sunday. This year we are opening everything on Monday, everyone is off work and available so I would rather have the family all together than stick to the calander. It will last all day because we do one gift at a time.

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#49 blueyedgirl78 OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 8:23 pm

We open ours as soon as Santa drops them off...usually around 2am. We store everything in the shed so they are nice and cold. Then shut the door and ring bells. The kids sleep very light and they wake up to those bells.

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#50 Kayakmom OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 8:32 pm

We open ours as soon as Santa drops them off...usually around 2am. We store everything in the shed so they are nice and cold. Then shut the door and ring bells. The kids sleep very light and they wake up to those bells.

Wow! That's EARLY, lol.

I let the boys open a present from me on Christmas Eve. Typically it's been a big gift bag with jammies, slippers, and something small from me. I think this year it will be the things I got at Discovery Channel Store online last week with the special.

I picked them up jammies, slippers, and robes at Children's Place. Speaking of which...I need to check if they went on sale.

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#51 KellyGus OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 11, 2005 - 9:47 pm

When I was a kid, we could open 1 or 2 on Christmas Eve to tame the anxiety before we went to friends house for the evening and the rest were opened Christmas morning. With my kids since we live on the other side of the counrty from my family they get to open most gifts sent by family when they arrive. That also makes it easier for Thank You notes!

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#52 2apples OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 12, 2005 - 2:18 am

Our gifts are opened on Christmas Eve. We go over to my mom's for snack food and present time. Then we come home and open gifts from my in-laws who live else where. The Christmas morning are gifts from SAnta, which are not wrapped

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#53 laffnatu OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 12, 2005 - 3:00 am

We let them open 1 gift on Christmas eve. Usually I try to pick it out, this way son won't open a controller to a game system that is still under the tree..lol. The they open the rest on Christmas morning.

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#54 scrappynik OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 12, 2005 - 4:38 am

The kids usually get one to open Christmas eve and the rest are opened Christmas morning at the butt crack of dawn! lol

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#55 vlybl10 OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 12, 2005 - 5:06 am

We let the kids open 1 on Christmas Eve. and then the rest are opened Christmas Day after breakfast and Dad wakes up.

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#56 sherrinfred OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 12, 2005 - 5:12 am

When I was little we would go to my grandparents' house during the evening on Christmas Eve. From there we would leave to go to Midnight Mass. We would arrive home around 1:30 in the morning (Christmas Day) and Santa had came while we were gone. That's when we would do everything. Now I have kids of my own and have to share them with my ex, we do all of ours of Christmas Eve. My parents in the late morning, my new husband's family in the late afternoon, and "our" family in the late evening. We visit both our grandparents' houses on Christmas Day now.

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#57 Mommie2one OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 12, 2005 - 5:39 am

In-laws Christmas eve Our house Christmas day

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#58 teebee OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 12, 2005 - 5:48 am

We go to my in-laws on Christmas Eve to open presents, then to my family for dinner and presents. When we get home, the kids get to open one present each. We get to pick which one because they always want to pick the "real good" ones. Then on Christmas morning santa has came (he never wraps his stuff) and they enjoy all of that and then unwrap the things from my husband and me. It takes several hours to remember stockings so, that is a surprise later! Then the rest of the day is relaxing and trying to get a quick nap in! :g_zzz:

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#59 aolson OFFLINE

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Posted Dec 12, 2005 - 6:08 am

We always seem to be having to go somewhere on Christmas Day, so on Christmas Eve we will open all our gifts. That way all there is left to open on Christmas morning at our house is Santa gifts, and then we can be on our way.