Thread: Merry Christmas Tradition in your country

Hello there,

I just wondering "what is your tradition when the christmas come in your country" ?

In my family tradition, we always do "Secret Santa" ,(all our family must buy something for someone in our family) , i feel little bit boring :(

So, what is your's tradition ?

Regards,
Hendry

1. Advent Candles lit every night up to Christmas
2. Stockings can be opened at anytime after midnight.
3. 1 present opened on Christmas Eve (only if you have more than 1 under the tree)

I guess that's it on a consistent basis. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

All the family are together for dinner on Christmas Eve, play some games and stuff, then we go to midnight Mass at Church. (Something which we havent done for a few years though...) then when we get back, my niece opens one gift (Used to be me doing that!!) then we play more games. Everyone sleeps over which means its normally me that has to sleep in the living room! I like it like that!

Then Christmas day, we get the food ready, open the gifts, then eat!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Teri

My familys tradition is to gather together at someone in the family's home on Christmas Eve for dinner. We usually plan our special "Christmas Dinner" with the entire family on Christmas Eve and then each individual family unit has their own private Christmas Dinner on actual Christmas Day. When the Christmas Eve dinner is over we all congregate in either the living room or den, depending on where the piano is and sing Christmas Carrolls. Several members of my family are quite accomplished pianists, including myself. And all of us love to sing. When we've sung all the requests, each child goes to the parent he/she belongs to and sits with them or on the floor at their feet while the senior member of the family reads the original Christmas story from the Bible ~ of the birth of Jesus. We do this every year and find that it helps us to remember what the season is really all about ~ not the shopping, not the presents, not the festive decorations. It's about a God that keeps promises and sent us, His children, the greatest gift of love He could have given us.

^ While reading that I just said "Awwww" to the screen. That sounds so magical.

Christmas here is just as it probably should be. Celebrated by going to Mass or other religous services to celebrate the real gift given to us all. Children do not ( well some are now copying U.S. mainly, no matter how they feel about other aspects) receive gifts until Jan. 5. on Los Reyes. It is all about family and what you can pass along to your children in the way of traditions. I feel as long as it is kept in mind and voiced what the day is, it can't be wrong. Of couse there is the Christmas meal at around 11pm and plenty of Pinatas for the kids.

On Christmas eve, usually good food, friends & family. Play a boardgame open one present and exchange "secret santa" ornaments. Open presents up on Christmas morning the christmas stocking is last. Christmas dinner at 2pm, turkey, mashed potatoes, turnip, carrots, sweet potatoe, stuffing, gravy, coleslaw, homemade bread and plum pudding. Stuffed...yummy

You've forgotten the christmas jammies CL .... lol ... always a favorite ...

Hmm, it's really make me hungry now ,Can't wait for christmas day :))
Thank you every one for sharing your story
and " Merry Christmas " & " God Bless You All "

Too Bad my country don't have a Winter :((

Jingle bells .. Jingle bells.. bla..bla..blaaa :))))

Originally Posted by Hendry168

Hmm, it's really make me hungry now ,Can't wait for christmas day :))
Thank you every one for sharing your story
and " Merry Christmas " & " God Bless You All "

Too Bad my country don't have a Winter :((

Jingle bells .. Jingle bells.. bla..bla..blaaa :))))

Well I know you aren't from Canada then ... lol .... where is your contry?

I am from Indonesia..
Only rain and summer in here.. :(

Thanks for responding Hendry ....

Just remembered another tradition, and that would be to take the tour around to view all the christmas lights, about a two-three hour tour, but seems even I've grown away from that one, just too many other things to do taking precedent ...

So, it would do me no good to ask you if you would like a "Snowball Fight" lol

Well in Jamaica christmas is a big thing with family gatherings and lots of good food. I'm Indian so we don't really celebrate christmas but becuase we live in a country that does we alwys have agreat big partay and invite friends and family. Usually lots of food including, jerk and barbecue chicken, rum cake, sorrel ( a delicious festive christmas drink), rice and peas ( traditional jamaicna way of preparing), fried fish, yams, mashed potatoes, lots of different types of veggies.

IT is glorious to use the time to catch up with friends you haven't seen in a while and jsut hang out enjoying the evening.

I hope everyone has a glorious holiday.

I have to say I envy you on all counts of that post Beez ... yes, yes I do ...

Well we gather together with my parents and brother and sister on Christmas Day (the first (25) as we have two days) we go to church in the morning. Then we have coffee with some other people we know from the church and eat Moscovian Tulband (cake) then after one o clock every couple starts to prepare a course for dinner. We set up a board game and about seven o clock we start the dinner which useally ends arrount twelve, we then sit by the fire and have a coffee and some liquor. My father then gets sentimental saying that it is a blessing that we are all together in good health. After five minutes my sister gets enough of that and we go home or stay over.

Sound nice Ninieu

Your sister really ought to have a little more respect for your dad, he won't always be around and she should be treasuring these moments. If she didn't have it this way, she would know what I am talking about.

Yes that's propably true, but hey were from Holland so respect does not comes with the genes only the free liberal spirit !

But I really know we all treasure this moments really much.

Other part of the tradition with Christmas in Holland is to spend time in the traffic jams on the second Christmas day for the furniture shops and to visit relatives, or walking in the nature and recr. area again traffic jems of people walking !

And you know you would be right, it's hard for me to put that in perspective when I view things so differently than in your country ...

What's with the deal with the furniture shops? Is this the best time to buy furniture, after Christmas?

Traffic oh yes a much bigger burden for you than I here.

Well there always the sales starting on the sec. Christmas day. But most people only go there because it are the only shops open ! It's a bit of sad that they only have funshopping left !

Awe yes, the shopping after christmas is crazy here too, I used to wrap myself up in that, but not anymore, things are only a bargain if you need them right?

I have a passion for "cuckoo clocks" I'll bet those are so familiar to you that you don't even give them a second glance.

My friend lived in Germany and she told me, that on garbage day you could if you wanted to go around the neighborhood and choose as many as you liked from the street trash .... I think I'd get them all, lol ....

Originally Posted by LadyEye

Awe yes, the shopping after christmas is crazy here too, I used to wrap myself up in that, but not anymore, things are only a bargain if you need them right?

I have a passion for "cuckoo clocks" I'll bet those are so familiar to you that you don't even give them a second glance.

My friend lived in Germany and she told me, that on garbage day you could if you wanted to go around the neighborhood and choose as many as you liked from the street trash .... I think I'd get them all, lol ....

I don't have to think.....LE, I know you would get them all! lol

Originally Posted by C L

I don't have to think.....LE, I know you would get them all! lol

Makes me think - "Whoever gets it first" lol and please don't twist your ankle doing so .... roflmao

Oh CL, sometimes you are just "cuckoo" lol

So Holly....you haven't shared yet! What are doing this Christmas Season? Traditions? Family?

We gather the family together from the 4 corners of the planet and celebrate being together with yummy food delights and open hand-crafted presents.
Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year !!

"Hand crafted" presents sound nice.

lol LE..........twisted ankle

Originally Posted by Dream Lady

So Holly....you haven't shared yet! What are doing this Christmas Season? Traditions? Family?

Oh Cindy ....

It's really too early yet for me to say what I am doing .... I am such a last minuter .. I no doubt will be still decorating, still shopping right until Christmas Eve Morning. My son will arrive, possibly, lol, yes, yes, he has promised he will. Yes, yes, I have a son ... his name is Matt .. he's my everything, (although I've never mentioned him on this board before) always has been, always will be, yes he's a hockey player, 19, and he's handsome, 2nd year in University, you can see a few pics of him on my site ... www.ladyeye.net his grad, hockey, etc., I'll go to my moms, maybe, on christmas eve, and Matt will come with, maybe ... we will see ... I have brothers and sisters near, so yes will, well maybe, spend some time visiting, like I say, maybe, lol. Geesh ... Cindy ... the best answer can be found in the New Years thread .... find my post I made here ... this will tell you!!
http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/vod...years-eve.html

I fail miserably at this stuff, one game I really didn't want to play .... but since you asked, there you go .....