Christmas Writing Challenge Day 07: Christmas Eve
By Tammy
@tammys85 (30065)
Baltimore, Maryland
December 24, 2020 1:00am CST
Hello there. I’m back for the Christmas Writing Challenge. :)
“What are your Christmas Eve traditions? Are there things you do every year, no matter what?”
Growing up, my parents would give us one small gift on Christmas Eve, and it’s a tradition my Mom and I still do today. In fact, I’ll be wrapping her Christmas Eve gift before I hit the hay tonight. I’d post what it is, but she forgot (even though she picked it), and on the off-chance she finds this post through one of my Gratitude Challenges, I’ll just let her be surprised lol.
I’ve also started a tradition of giving the dogs Christmas Eve presents, mainly because I’m too excited to wait 24 more hours to give them their toys. I bought them each a bone-shaped squeaky toy with a hashtagged word on it. Dash’s bone says “#Troublemaker,” Doodles’ bone says “#Spoiled” and Bella’s bone says “#Boss.” :)
So that’s a Christmas Eve tradition I personally continue with each year. Do you have any Christmas Eve traditions?
Photo Credit: Pixabay.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (83970)
• Rupert, Idaho
24 Dec 20
Those sound like great traditions for Christmas Eve! We used to just wait till Christmas morning to open all gifts...but we open them all Christmas Eve now, unless we are given a gift from someone that we don't see till Christmas day. I will leave "santa's" gift to Eli for Christmas morning - but this year I am not sure if he will have one.
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@tammys85 (30065)
• Baltimore, Maryland
29 Dec 20
@MommyOfEli2013 Thank you! I did. :)
Oooh, gotcha. At least you had a backup plan. :)
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@MommyOfEli2013 (83970)
• Rupert, Idaho
26 Dec 20
@tammys85 Thank you...I hope you enjoyed those days/times as well!
He didn't get a "santa gift" because I didn't buy an extra one when I was shopping....and then there was no time I could go to the store without him lol. I told him that the gift we gave him was from Santa....and that it was brought early lol
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
3 Jan 21
We used to make the santa cookies and watch Christmas movies / listen to Christmas music.
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@tammys85 (30065)
• Baltimore, Maryland
4 Jan 21
Oddly enough, I cannot remember if we left cookies for Santa growing up, but I'm sure we did. I think it's because sometimes one of us were hit with a stomach bug on Christmas Eve (but usually better enough by the next day), so I probably didn't think much of it then. We definitely do that with Alice though. :)
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
5 Jan 21
@tammys85 oh i know how that goes. Bad time to get sick for sure
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@jeniza128 (40)
• Dipolog, Philippines
24 Dec 20
Christmas is all about Jesus. Therefore Christmas is sharing and giving. We should make every day like Christmas.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
24 Dec 20
That's a nice tradition you started with. I don't have any
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