OT Your Christmas Eve tradition
Growing up i heard a lot of bunk about leaving milk & cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.
In the jabberwock household we were informed in no uncertain terms that Santa actually preferred beer and cheese & crackers.
You might be imagining a nice aged cheese paired with a select craft brew, but in reality is was usually a plate of velveta-topped saltines and a can of Strohs.
The reindeer didn't get shit.
Any other families do anything non-traditional as a Santa offering?
I know of 1 family friend from a particularly anal retentive home that left out a bowl of soapy water and a washcloth so Santa wouldn't soil their expensive white furniture & carpet.
That's fucked up.
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Cake with the family, listening to Christmas music with the family, then gifts are opened, after that dinner (potato salad and vienna sausages) and the evening ends with everyone chilling with snacks/sweets, kids playing with their new toys, maybe a good movie.
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My grandmother used to make chop suey but the only asian part were the crunchy La Choy noodles that went on top. It was more like a stew with very little gravy, just meat, onions and lots of celery, served on rice.
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So we always go out to dinner tonight. Then I watch It's a Wonderful Like and then wait for Santa to deliver the gifts before going to bed around midnight. It's still a peaceful and magical time in the wee hours of Christmas Eve even for a 52 year old. It never gets old for me.
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Seriously. The absolute fondest memories I have are from Christmas Eve with my grandma and the family. Lots of Euchre too. Always Euchre.
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to those of you who are facing a Chritmas alone, or dealing with a loss or a difficult life change.
The Holidays, and their (often over-hyped) traditions, can make these difficulties tough to bear.
Remember 3 thrings.
1. It can always get better.
2. Some of the most dysfunctional situations can, with time become valued (if not cherished) memories all their own.
3. You are a Michigan football fan, so not only is suffering a way of life, but there's lots of us around to share it.
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Have to start new ones as my parents divorced and both my grandparents passed this year ask again next year lol
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Black & White Blu-Ray ONLY. And once she falls asleep I get out her gifts and wrap them all right in front of her. Actually I wrap all the gifts I have to wrap during that movie.
Not sure why, but I get all choked up and shed a few tears at the end of that movie. Probably some deep-seeded guilt.
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My wife's family is Lithuanian, and following their traditon we have stuffed cabbage for dinner. Before heading to bed, we read A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, taking turns reading sections. Then we read an account my wife wrote about our first Christmas in our new house where one of our cats caught a mouse. My wife's family is Lithuanian, and following their tradition, we have stuffed cabbage for dinner.
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Half Jewish, half Catholic here, though my parents were not religious. We celebrated secular Christmas, focusing more on Santa than Jesus. These days, my husband, who's a non-practicing Catholic, and I and the kids have Chinese food on Christmas Eve, a tip-of-the-hat to the Jewish tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas day because they were the only restaurants that were open.
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Start at about 5 PM Christmas Eve and see as many movies in the theater as I can. By myself. It's a great reset after all the shopping stress and other crap.
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Church. Dinner with greatly extended family. Catch Phrase with the youngsters. The age difference becomes apparent but we have fun anyway.
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"That's fucked up." But the timing, if you nail it can have some unexpected effects.
i was setting here, eating the leftovers of our non-traditional Christmas. That would be a nice big slice of prime rib. Imagine the best in town, any restaurant and it doesn't come close to this. But reading your last line - so unexpected, i guess - caused me to laugh so damn hard I confess to losing a bit. I was laughing so hard, even though you are right. What might be even more fucked up is the family member that didn't feel too embarrassed to share that with you. Good stuff.