around 11:45 on christmas eve, my family would gather all the kids around the christmas tree and tell them Santa was coming to the house. we would play youtube videos of reindeer walking and play them on the speaker to make it more authenti. then, my tio would walk down the stairs in a full Santa costume and take pictures with everyone. Then he’d change back and act like nothing happened. it was the best!!
Dec 12, 2024
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As a kid, I was always psyched out of my mind for Santa to come and would be giddy with anticipation the night before. Now, as a parent, even though it feels like the prep is never ending and the clock is running out, I was so excited I didn’t know what to do with myself.
Being the reason your child’s eyes sparkle is honestly better than any of the past 10 christmases combined.
Dec 25, 2024
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my family is part italian-american so for us, christmas eve is much more important than christmas day. we all get together less now that all the cousins are adults and spread across the country, but every year growing up -- on christmas eve we’d all get together, usually at one of my aunts’ house. the men would chat and kids would play and all the women would be in the kitchen busy making dinner - the main dish being shrimp scampi. the more traditional italian christmas eve dinner is a feast of seven fishes, but we don’t do that many fish lol
before dinner there was antipasto and my aunt’s rice balls, also chicken cutlets, and after dinner we had salad, and then the sweet treats served include panettone (IYKYK), struffoli, italian butter cookies and rainbow cookies, mini cannoli, and sometimes my mom would make a pie!!! <3 and there was always lots of red wine (for the adults, but also if you were a teen you got a glass of watered down wine lol)
after several hours (when dinner is finished and cleaned up), we’d do our cousins + adults secret santa exchange, and everyone would talk for a bit longer and do our very extended goodbyes before heading home!
it was always so much fun and great to all be together, and i think food is an extra love language so i feel like that was a huge part of it also :)
Dec 12, 2024
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When I was a kid, we'd always open family gifts on Christmas Eve. We've adapted that tradition now that we are all adults into Secret Santa. I have 5 siblings, three of us are married, and my mom joins. None of us have the cash money to be buying everyone gifts, so for the past decade we've just done SS. Since we're never all together on the holiday anymore, we do a group facetime to open the gifts. I love gift giving and the challenge of finding the perfect gift for someone. The surprise element makes it even more special! I used to do "clues" before the actual reveal, but I was the only one doing it and it was always a give away it was me. It was fun though, maybe I'll start that back up...
Dec 11, 2024
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