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One year, when DS and DD were young and starting to question Santa Claus, they woke on Christmas morning to find a piece of red felt stuck to the fireplace. I told them Santa must have ripped his pants. Giggles abounded, best memory. Also, wrap Santa's presents with different paper. Traditions - we always open presents youngest to oldest, always eat breakfast together, always go to church, always buy one new ornament for the tree for each family member, (no all one ornament for my tree0, and always have the same Christmas cookies and heaven forbid I forget oneHave a very Merry Christmas!
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Well we have never had many traditions in my house, but since I've been celebrating with my Fiance's family I've noticed they have some. Their youngest is 19 now and since everyone comes up on Christmas Eve (or 5am Christmas Morning like we did last year) they still open presents at 530-6am. They always open presents from youngest to oldest (at least in the immediate family). There are always at least 3 "christmases" on Christmas Day. 1. Immediate family in the morning, 2. Grandparents & Aunts & Uncles & cousins, 3. The oldest & his wife and kids come over. And there is always Christmas Cookies, and 2 Christmas Trees (A family/Misc. tree & a Disney Tree).
With my Fiance & Myself we've started traditions of Advent Calendar Collections (We have 4 atm), 2 Christmas Trees(Disney & Misc), and my special pumpkin pie.
Merry Christmas everyone!!
Amanda
Next Visit:
August 16-23, 2014: CBR
Virginia Tech
HOKIES
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Christmas traditions in our house....unwrapped presents from Santa, opening 1 present on Christmas eve(new pjs for everyone, picture purpose for morning of course), and two new traditions. A green/red paper chain to help our son countdown to Christmas eve, and making Jesus a birthday cake I love hearing about everyone's traditions. So many different ones!
~~Heather
Laughter is timeless
Imagination has no age
And dreams are forever
July 04-Honeymoon
May 05-Bought Fairfield Timeshare on Disney Property
Sept/Oct 05-Weekend Trip
Oct 06-Baby's first trip
2008-Disneyland Premium Annual Passholder!
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I'll be interested to know everyone's traditions... I feel like shaking things up this year and doing something different.
Our traditions:
1. watch White Christmas while decorating the tree (this year the tree went up beginning of Dec)
2. open PJs on Xmas eve
3. set out stuffed animals on the backs of the couches to watch for Santa
4. open Santa presents (in different wrapping paper)
Kathy
Many trips from childhood to 2008, WDW/DLP
8/09: Ultimate Adventurer Trip, WL Concierge/AKL
6/10: POFQ
12/10: Mousefan Reunion (Pop)
8/11, 7/12: AKL Concierge
10/12: ICOT 15th solo trip (Pop)
4/13: Pop
7/13: Hilton Bonnet Creek
7/14: 3 nights at BLT
12/14: US, IOA, and WDW
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Leaving out cookies and milk for Santa, carrots for Reindeer, and each child writes a note to Santa, and they usually ask him questions, and Santa writes a short note back to each child. Christmas eve spent at DH's parents house, Christmas morning comes early and belongs to only us. The traditional picture of the kids coming down the stairs. Each child has their "spot" under the tree, and they each have their own wrapping paper from Santa for their gifts. Stockings are opened first, then they all open presents at once. Christmas cookies and pierogies for breakfast. Every Christmas about noon time we head to my Mom's house. My sisters and their families meet up with us there.
Also, on Christmas Eve day, we do the "pickle" present. I hide the pickle ornament on the tree somewhere, and whoever finds it gets to open the "pickle" present. The present belongs to everyone, but the pickle finder gets to open it. Its usually a game or movie, something all of us would like. This year, its the game "Bop it".
Lisa
Multiple visits over Multiple years
30 plus stays at Disney's Polynesian resort
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Jacob is 11 1/2 now and we had the Santa talk earlier this month, mostly because I could tell he pretty much knew. His response was, "Well, the North Pole IS inhospitable."
Unwrapped presents from Santa.
Stockings for everyone.
Opening presents one at a time, youngest to oldest.
Amy
"I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine. And he shall be my Squishy."
"Just keep swimming...just keep swimming...just keep swimming, swimming, swimming...What do we do, we...swim...swim"
Previous trips: Dolphin/ASMo, CBR, AKL, Pop, WL
Upcoming trip: Spring Break at Pop
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On the 23rd my dh and I go out for our anniversary (usually dinner and a move and last minute shopping). Then on the 24th we deliver our goodie boxes that we make for friends and family, then we head off to church. We then attend a family Xmas Eve get together and then head home. We read Twas the Night Before Christmas, leave out cookies and milk for Santa and then head off to bed. The next morning, we get up, open stockings, open presents and then for breakfast I make Blue Bayou Monte Cristos. My parents come over for breakfast and we open presents again.
Melissa
Disneyland - too many times to count
Poly 2007
3 day Cruise Wonder 2007
4 day Cruise Wonder 2000-2001 (New Years Cruise) Honeymoon
Beach Club 2000 Honeymoon
Poly 98
3 day Cruise Magic 98
Tokyo Disneyland 1994
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Originally Posted by crazypoohbear
My kids always left santa a glass of Chardonnay and cheese and crackers
I told them that santa would stop at our house last and have a nice break before going back to the north pole and if there were any left over presents in the sleigh he would leave them for us as a thank you for leaving something other than milk and cookies.
LOVE IT!
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I'm surprised at how often Santa leaves unwrapped gifts! Santa did that when I was growing up as well and I hated it! Santa always wrapped gifts for my little girl when she was growing up!
He would also leave a wrapped gift on the foot of my daughter's bed. If she woke up extra early or in the middle of the night (inevitable), she could open the gift that Santa had left in her room.
Once we were up in the morning, my daughter could open her stocking but no other gifts. While she explored her stocking we would make coffee, set out Danish and turn on the hoiday music. Once we were all settled into the living room, we would begin the gift opening process. No mass tearing in our house! Everyone stopped to see what the person who was opening gets and to appreciate that along with the person who received it before moving on to another gift for another family member! Since most of the gifts under the tree were for my daughter, there was never a long wait before another gift to open landed in her hands!
Linda aka: Faline
INTERCOT Staff: Vacation Planning,Trip Reports and Disney Camping
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I loved Santa's gifts being unwrapped! I have vivid memories of my mother carrying my down the stairs as a kid and seeing stuffed animals, playsets and the like. Often, Santa bought us awkwardly shaped items... Like my brother's Bat Cave, a stuffed animal sitting on a huge tub of Duplos... my Big Bird Big Wheel... my best reaction was probably when I stopped halfway down the stairs as I spied my new dollhouse that was as big as me!!!
We didn't do the Christmas Eve gift until we were a little older... and now we added a new tradition a few years ago: another gift at midnight if everyone is still up!
~M.~
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
11 Trips to WDW
1 Trip to Disneyland
Many more to come
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me.
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Originally Posted by PirateLover
I loved Santa's gifts being unwrapped! I have vivid memories of my mother carrying my down the stairs as a kid and seeing stuffed animals, playsets and the like. Often, Santa bought us awkwardly shaped items... Like my brother's Bat Cave, a stuffed animal sitting on a huge tub of Duplos... my Big Bird Big Wheel... my best reaction was probably when I stopped halfway down the stairs as I spied my new dollhouse that was as big as me!!!
Sounds like you got pretty much the same thing as me as a kid. I loved santa bringing stuff unwrapped cause you got to play with the stuff right away versusu opening boxes.
~~Heather
Laughter is timeless
Imagination has no age
And dreams are forever
July 04-Honeymoon
May 05-Bought Fairfield Timeshare on Disney Property
Sept/Oct 05-Weekend Trip
Oct 06-Baby's first trip
2008-Disneyland Premium Annual Passholder!
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Ooh I love this thread!
On Christmas Eve, my dad's family comes over around 5 o'clock. We have shrimp cocktail, pierogies, stuffed clams and my mom's cod casserole (sounds gross but it's actually really good) since our tradition dictates no meat on Christmas Eve. We also exchange oplatek, which is a Polish tradtion. The oplatek is like a giant rectangular Eucharist, but with a picture of the nativity on it. We each get a piece and go around to each person and wish them a merry Christmas. I break a piece off of the other person's and they break a piece off of mine and we eat the pieces. This continues until everyone has exchanged with everyone else.
Then we go to midnight mass. My parents serve (they're Eucharistic ministers) and I sing in the choir. I even have 2 solos this year: Mary Did You Know and The Birthday of a King.
On Christmas morning, we get up at the crack of dawn to open gifts. My brother and I can't come down until my parents give the okay. We open stockings first, then gifts. My aunt comes over around 9 and we have breakfast. I go back to church and sing for 10:30 mass.
Then my mom's family (many many people) come over for a sort of buffet around 2 o'clock. We eat, the guys watch some football or something, and then we rip open presents!
Then my other aunt and cousins come over for dessert (it's hard to explain cuz we're not technically related lol)
See, now I'm excited- only 5 more days!
<3 Robin
Prince Charming: It's offical. I've lost my mind. First I'm hijacked by bluebirds and now I'm talking to ...imaginary mice.
King: I do trust you son.... It's the talking mice I'm worried about...
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Originally Posted by handmaidenofprincesses
We also exchange oplatek, which is a Polish tradtion. The oplatek is like a giant rectangular Eucharist, but with a picture of the nativity on it. We each get a piece and go around to each person and wish them a merry Christmas. I break a piece off of the other person's and they break a piece off of mine and we eat the pieces. This continues until everyone has exchanged with everyone else.
This is a tradition I greatly miss! My grandmother and father were Polish and we did this - though primarily on Easter rather than Christmas!
Linda aka: Faline
INTERCOT Staff: Vacation Planning,Trip Reports and Disney Camping
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We started a new tradition a couple of years ago (kids idea). The boys get to sleep by the Christmas tree! Which means Santa has to be really quiet so the boys can't sneek s peek.
I also grew up with Santa's gift unwrapped. But in my house now Santa wraps the gifts.
I like several others posted have MANY Christmases as well.
Mar'14 DCL..Nov '13 POP..Jan '13 CBR..Mar'12 Swan/Dolphin..Nov '11 Universal/legoland, one night @ WDW..Oct '10 POP..April '09 Swan/Dolphin..Jan '09 AKL..Apr'08 offsite..Jan/Feb '08 offsite..Dec '08 HiltonHeadResort..Oct '07 Pop.. July '07 VB..May '07 DCL.Oct '06 FtWcabins.May '06 POP.Jan '06 POFQ
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Are we the only people that open stockings last? The stockings have always been my husband's favorite part of Christmas morning and we wait to open those after everything else is done!
I love everyone's traditions and ideas. I especially love the red felt on the fireplace and the boot tracks to the tree. I may have to do those this year for my 5-year-old, who by-the-way told me I didn't have to buy him a DS anymore, because he asked Santa for it!
Sonja
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