christmas routine of olden days?

[rugeleyboy]

do you still have a routine from christmas past??........... when i was younger,so much younger than today we all used to have slippers in our christmas pressies, every year we all would shake the box and say "bloody slippers" and we all got a box of milk tray??

i was watching something on tv today and it brought it back to me???

are you still in the old routine or not??

[flipflop104]

Never really had a routine except eating Christmas dinner while watching the Queen <yawn>

[divegirl]

Hi, I always buy my kids new jammies, slippers and dressing gowns for Christmas, but they are left by Santa on Christmas Eve.....there's something nice about all having new stuff to wear on Christmas morning. Call me sad....but I like it....lol

Lisa x

[flipflop104]

Yeah new clothes are always good - makes you feel special putting them on on the day

[~Wingnut~]

Hello :o)

The only routine we had as kids that I still carry on now as a Mum of 2 is that we aren't allowed to open pressies until after we have had Christmas dinner. So that's usually 3pm gone. Hubby & kids joke that I'm cruel but it makes Christmas last most of the day rather than it being over and done with by breakfast. I make sure they get games in their stockings to keep them amused till dinner.
I'm not that bad really, I do let them open at least one prezzie in the morning whilst dinner is cooking just to tease them :o)

[ELVIS68]

Yes, a couple of pints in the pub before dinner, but this year I had the in-laws over and didn`t fancy buying them all drink as they were drinking my booze all day anyway so I told them it was shut

[Henry's Wife]

My dad used to print a national newspaper (he is retired now!) he used to work Christmas Day night, on Christmas Day morning I would be allowed to open my presents from Santa only, and the rest of the presents we would open after Christmas Lunch (when my dad was awake) and we still do it to this day with my daughter.