Can you wait?

My family can never wait... every year we say were going to wait but we are lucky if we wait till the day before Christmas eve. Today we broke down and opened 1 gift and our stockings! I pray we can wait until Christmas but i'd be shocked if we do!

Hubby opened his on Christmas Eve and so did our cat, Morgana. I opened mine a couple of days ago b/c I wanted the ppl that gave them to me to see me open it. I can wait but seldom do. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STANDING STRONG IN MY BELIEFS**[/b]

Hi TickleMeBreathless, though I don’t celebrate Christmas I still understand that how cheerful it will be to open the gifts received. It’s just similar to that when I receive birthday presents. very often I feel curious and keen to know what stuffs actually are in the attractive wrapping papers. The most exciting moment is to unwrap those presents from our dear loved ones that always amaze us Wow! It’s really awesome to have the great idea of exchanging gifts with your boyfriend. Yeah I like it as well. I agree that if certain items are to be unwrapped until the Christmas morning will bring more joy to us for sure Happy New Year!

Well, its really frustating to wait long for someone or something. But my friends tell me that I am good at waiting. I don't know whether I should take it positively or negatively. They do mean that I am very patient guy and play very smart and get what I want. But personally, I feel that I am not what they say. Actually, I am very impatient guy. I think my friends are more impatient than me and that is the reason they feel I am good at waiting.

Hi TMB - I read your post last night about opening the tickets your boyfriend gave you and thought that was so nice that you received something you really wanted. I have to laugh at your question about waiting to open gifts however, as this year, in my home there are no gifts. The economic situation we are in has made it impossible to celebrate Christmas with gifts this year. My hubby is a truck driver, driving a tanker, delivering fuel. He was with this company for the past 15 years and was laid off last summer.We lived on unemployment compensation for as long as it lasted while he searched and searched for another job. Unfortunately, there just isnt anybody hiring drivers in South Florida. If you own your own truck you could get work, but he dosen't and to invest in one now is just impossible as they cost in the 200 thousand dollar area. He now wishes he had done that when he was young. His age is also against him. He is 54 and even if he could find a company hiring drivers,chances are that they would hire someone much younger.. Thats just the way it is. I live on disability and although it does pay the bills,thats all it does and there is never anything left over, never. It came to the point that he had to just take a job, any job, as we did not want to face foreclosure on our home. He is now working like a dog in a factory doing manual labor for less than half of what we are used to. We even had to apply for foodstamps and my husband was just devastated to ask the state for help as he is a very proud man. I have told him over and over that sometimes you just have to do what you have to do. In any case, we cannot afford to buy gifts this year and although we put up a tree and are trying to maintain an upbeat attitude, there will be no presents under it this year. I'm am baking cookies for people that I normally give gifts to and thats all I can do. Christas is not supposed to be about gifts anyway and I think that the true meaning of Christas has got lost in all the commerciality of it all. It is Christs birthday and its his day, not ours. We will attend midnight mass like we always do and I will make dinner and thats going to be it. I know I'm not alone here and I'm just really grateful that I do not have young children that expect Santa to come. I don't know what I would do. So, enjoy the freedom you obviously have while you are young. I am grateful that I have a roof over my head, unlike so many here in South Florida, and food to eat. I'm grateful that we can pay our electric bill and our water bill and maintain telephones and internet service. Those are my gifts..Merry Christmas to you and yours and I hope you receive everything you want! God bless and pray for others less fortunate for a better 2010.

Well, it has been a Christmas tradition since we were small to always open gifts on the actual Christmas day. When we were younger, we get up so early so just we can open them up. Now, that I'm in my mid 30s, I'm just happy watching my nieces get so pumped up on Christmas day to open up their gifts. Really does bring back memories.

The only time I'm allowed to open something early is if its a christmas card in the mail, otherwise everything waits to be opened Christmas morning. For me a lot of times I already know what I'm getting so therefore its not that big of a surprise. And the thing is I know what I get because they tell me so I don't buy it myself - like I'm getting a new digital camera this year - or they just want to know what I actually need. For me when I ask for Christmas presents I normally don't go towards wants in life, I go to what I need because I'm a broke college student. I know my mom doesn't have a lot to spend on each of her daughters, but for me she's giving me $100 in cash to buy my books for 1 of my 6 classes next semester.