when my eldest two were younger my dad used to dress up as santa every christmas eve,  as  a child my family always went to my aunt and uncles boxing day for tea, younger ones played and the oldies played cards after a sumptious feast

we always have 'christmas tree' presents in the afternoon.......just more 'smallish' pressies we open at about 4pm....

 

in the morning the spongettes come in and sit on our bed and open their stocking pressies before going downstairs to their main pressies by the tree.

 

on christmas eve we always go to the kids carol concert at church...mainly cos i like to squawk hark the herald angels sing...then after go to a local street where all the houses have outside lights and moving santa's and gawd knows what else.. and they do mulled wine and it's a bit of a party thing up there

 

we still leave out a carrot and mince pie,water and milk for rudolph and father christmas(even though the kids are now 18 and 16!).and i still ring the sleigh bells at 10pm to say father christmas is nearby!!

1st December is Elf night 1st Sunday of December is put up the tree day Christmas eve is wear a Santa costume to work Christmas morning we get a 5.30am phone call from our mad friend Charlie who screams "has he beeeen?! Check ya tree!!!!"

 I'd be disconnecting the phone Sweet!!  That's a bit early!

 

Every year my kids sleep til 8 or 9am but I'm wondering if they'll be up early this year.  Although the lazy buggers didn't get up til midday today!

Driving to Llangollen in Wales around 20 December to see a couple of our aunts and calling at Shrewsbury on the way down to middle England again to see a couple of other relatives. Then on Christmas day, we always go for a walk around our area to the woodland in the late afternoon (around 3.30pm.)  Also, we always go to a few Christmas themed places (farms and themed fairytale type parks, and Christmas markets,) in early December. We have quite a few traditions and love Christmas so much...

We always have croissants and bucks fizz for breakfast, although this year for the first time ever we are breaking with tradition.  For years my sister and I would have a tradition of playing and singing along to (this is shameful) the frog chorus when we were drunk xmas eve, last thing before we went to bed