CG480 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 So how do you open gifts at your house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebony0421 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 fast...... :lolrun: I like to watch the kids and the dh open their gifts while I sniff and cry like a baby cause they are so happy. Come on, I know I'm not the only cry baby on Christmas morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridasun5 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Being that its just me, dh and dd, we do it one at a time so we can tell stories of why the person would like it, what we thought of when buying it, etc. and everyone can see what the other got. We go to a friends house on Christmas afternoon and its such a frenzy with everyone ripping things open all at once that its no fun and you can never see what each other received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBC Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 One at a time but quickly. We all do our stockings at the same time though. When I was growing up we were allowed to open our stockings and play with our unwrapped Santa gifts before my parents got up, probably to keep us from waking them up at 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mghtymth27 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 one at a time -- that way we can see the reactions from the people!! Stockings are usually done 1st -- but this year may be different since both kids are getting vid. now and we were going to put the PVD's for it in the stockings (glad we figured they would catch on to what they got if we did it that way)!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairydustcrissy Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 all at once. Ever tried telling a 4 & 6 yo to wait, the baby is opening one right now? LOL. We just let them have at it, thats the way we did as kids, and its a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deals4Me Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 We do round robins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deals4Me Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 all at once. Ever tried telling a 4 & 6 yo to wait, the baby is opening one right now? LOL. We just let them have at it, thats the way we did as kids, and its a blast!I always had to wait...never a big deal as long as you make it a habit.... We plan on making alex do the same round robin we do... he'll probably be like that, but It'll give him a chance to look at each toy...he's three now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bestbuy7 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 So how do you open gifts at your house?The kids...in the morningThe adults one by one in the afternoon.Me one the morning , one at noon and the rest in the evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootsieroll23 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 We do our stockings first, all at once. Then DS helps the cat open his presents. Yes the cat. Then DS goes since he is the youngest, then DD after him. DH goes after DD and I open mine last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kandy Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 We do it one at a time, (it goes round from DD, DS, DH and myself) or however we are sitting clockwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinydancer34 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 At our house we open up one at a time. But at my inlaws, where approx. 25 people show up on Chrstmas eve, my BIL just starts handing out packages until there are no more left. It becomes this mad frenzy with paper being thrown everywhere, gift receipts lost, people not knowing who gave what gift, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggie7632 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 all at once with 4 kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootsieroll23 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 At our house we open up one at a time. But at my inlaws, where approx. 25 people show up on Chrstmas eve, my BIL just starts handing out packages until there are no more left. It becomes this mad frenzy with paper being thrown everywhere, gift receipts lost, people not knowing who gave what gift, etc.That's exactly how it was at our inlaws. Nobody ever knew who got what from whom. Some Christmas's were spent going thru the trash looking for gift certificates that had gotten thrown away with the wrapping paper. Now on Christmas we do the left/right story that someone reads. We pass the presents either left or right whenever the word left or right is read in the story. It's not as hectic and lots of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofshopping Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 i said 'some other way' bc half of my family pretty much opens all at once (at each person's own pace) & the other side, just bc they're crazy i suppose, insists that one gift be opened at a time, & passed around they even made the kids do this when they were toddlers! try explaining to a 2 & 5 yo that they cant touch the big pile of presents in front of them till aunt so & so passes around the bowl they just got...maybe in a smaller family that might work, but there are 20 of us! (this also causes some of the less tactful family members to speculate on where the gift was purchased & how much the giver paid for it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deals4Me Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 (this also causes some of the less tactful family members to speculate on where the gift was purchased & how much the giver paid for it)thats completely assanine of some people.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josetann Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 thats completely assanine of some people....My mother-in-law probably invented that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairydustcrissy Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 LOL, at my Gma's, part of the fun is guessing what someone paid! But we are all bargain shoppers, and chances are most gifts had a red target clerance tag on them! We shop all year to get good deals! I know, we are odd.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofshopping Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 At our house we open up one at a time. But at my inlaws, where approx. 25 people show up on Chrstmas eve, my BIL just starts handing out packages until there are no more left. It becomes this mad frenzy with paper being thrown everywhere, gift receipts lost, people not knowing who gave what gift, etc.omg that's the best way to do it! we always did that when i was a kid & i loved the insanity! oh, & a tip: rather than putting gift receipts in boxes, keep them with you & hand them out after the gifts have been opened...this is especially good for kids who may not notice them, bc you can hand them right to their parent who will be sure to hang on to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofshopping Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 thats completely assanine of some people....no kidding...when that happens i roll my eyes as hard as i possibly can & my mom just sits in the corner & scowls, trying not to slug one of my aunts (this is her in-laws) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchandalisha Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 When I was a kid my family just opened all the gifts at once! It was so much fun and the excitement was just wonderful!!! But now that we are much older, we go around the room, one person at a time opens one present and then the next until all the presents are gone. It takes soooooo much time to do it all, but I like seeing everyone's face! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roswell2005 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Always one at a time with my family. Unless two people get the same present then they open them together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappynik Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I would like to do it one by one with my kids but they are so excited I just let them go crazy! DH and I's gifts are usually at the bottom of the pile so we don't open ours until one of the kids come across it and hands it to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayhaysay Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 The kids take turns opening presents. They never want to take turns any other time but on Christmas morning they're surprisingly cooperative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopping mom Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 One at a time. One person opens a gift, shows it to everyone, and can spend time looking at it, before it is put in a designated spot. Then it is the next persons turn. We will have About 18 people this year so it is an all day thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steakgoddess Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 The kids gifts from us, well they ike to open them and then show each other and then rip into the next one. All that Christmas morning excitement! The kid's gifts to each other and then Dh and my gifts are all done one at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena_398 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I pull out the gifts and read the tags. My husband is video tapes. I make a pile by each child and let them go at it. I love seeing the smiles and excitement on their faces and the squeals when its something they really wanted. It truly makes my day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanM Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 we open our presents while hanging from the ceiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseed Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Growing up, my parents would put all mine on one side of the "tree room", and my bros on the other. It was rip , rip, and see what you got! THAT was fun. But, I only have one child, so, she does them one at a time..and it gives me room to get digicam shots of her and her expressions, gifts, etc. to send to my boyfriend who is away and/or family. (as well as to keep for me and her!) Her call though, I swear she loves the anticipation of "and I wonder what THIS one could be?!?!" At the family getogethers however, we all pass out all the presents (typically 1 or 2 per person. We draw names), and you can open them when you get them or wait for everyone else. The kids usually go for it, the adults usually wait after making sure their kids say "thanks" (or at least acknowledge who it is from) and are taken care of. :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissy72 Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 The kids open the presents all at once here. It's fun. I have been to the one at a time homes. What I don't like about that is that if someone gets something they don't like, it's really hard to pretend you do like it if there are a million people watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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