When do you open your presents?

When I was younger, I would get impatient with opening presents and I would usually want to open the presents as soon as I got them, or the next day or two at most. Yesterday, technically this past Christmas, I was able to wait until it was actually Christmas to open the presents. However, I didn't get very many presents this year so it wasn't that hard for me to wait =P And the years before, we didn't really have that big of a Christmas celebration so we just opened presents whenever we wanted to. We had a tree and all but didn't really keep up with the traditions of a typical Christmas. I'm not really sure how my friends do it. Some of them don't celebrate Christmas, but for the friends that do, I'll assume that they wait until either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

I use to like to open all of my presents on Christmas Eve. Now I like to hold out untill Christmas Day. I think it seems better to wait untill Christmas Day. I use to like to open at least one gift on Christmas Eve though.

It depends. Now, we open them on Christmas or when somebody comes over whom we have a present for. As a kid, we were allowed one present at midnight and save the rest until morning.

we used to open them on Christmas eve when i was little because my dad always had to work on Christmas day (he was a chef in the prison system) and now we get together with family on christmas day and Christmas eve so it just depends. we have our own Christmas celebration whenever we can fit it in (actually this year it was today, on Boxing day.)

Dear Soleya, Congrats on achieving your 500 posts. You can now 'copy & paste'. My son would wait till 12.00 midnight on 24th December, when the clock strike 12 to mark the first second of 25th December. He will happily open all the presents with his name on it under the Christmas tree. However, this year... since the economy was not that good, he did not have any presents under the tree...so sad I gave him an RM100 as a Christmas prezent to him, so that he can save for his education fund. He said nothing like a 'physical' wrapped preznet...the fun, the anitcipation and the elements of 'surprise'. I normally would open my Christmas present on Christmas day, some people will open it on 26th December (Boxing Day). Happy New Year to you, and do keep in touch :)

My family opens their presents on Christmas morning. Sometimes we open one on christmas eve, but lately we haven't been doing that.

I am half Danish, and half Canadian, as my screenname, and avatar suggests. It may not be an original name, but it's an honest one. LOL Anyway, Danish tradition is to open them on Christmas eve, and Canadian tradition is on Christmas day, so I have Christmas with each side of the family, one on Christmas eve, one on Christmas day.

We started opening some of our presents on Christmas Eve. We opened the rest of them on Christmas morning. I like to spread it out if possible so we can open something each day. I hate to hurry through them and run out.

we don't celebrate Christmas..but it was my son's b'day the same day...and you know i had to scold him slowly..he was opening gifts in front of his friends only.....though he is very small...i still expect him to learn some manners ..but i can understand how anxious he was

we like to open presents on christmas day. but sometimes we open them before or after chirstmas day. some do get open on christmas eve depending on the family siutaion. we might exchange gifts befroe christmas day if all family menbers have to work on christmas. that is what we have done in the past becase I have had to work in chirstmas and some family menbers have had too.

We have always opened them on Christmas morning. Opening them on Christmas eve takes the fun out of it for me come Christmas Day. I can see maybe opening one on Christmas eve but not all.

Boxing day is the time i always used to open my christmas present,. I love the gifts that would be presented by the snat claus and I would be very much eager to see the gifts being presented by him. It would be always on boxing day december 26 I would open my christmas preasent to see the things that are in store for me. Your psot has made me to remember my childhood and early days. Have a great day and happy Mylotting. Cheers:-)

Well we rarely get presents for us now that we have two kids. But I let them both open 1 present on Christmas eve night, it is our tradition. My mother always did it with me. It is usually some jammies or an outfit to wear on Christmas.

Me and my family usually open up some presents on christmas eve and the rest christmas day. Sometimes we can't wait and end up opening them on christmas eve. We try not to open them all up on christmas eve, but sometimes we cant help it...