Do you have any xmas traditions?

[sirenz]

every year we buy 2 presents for the wishing tree, one for a girl and one for a boy (its always so hard to choose just one, they all deserve something ).

We don't buy presents for the adults in the family, only the kids get something from each adult (nothing too expensive, and no one is expected to buy anything for the kids if they can't afford it).

Another tradition every year is, we go to the cheap shops and buy heaps of little funny novelty items (nothing over $5), then we wrap them up and place in boxes appropriate for men or ladies. Then we play bingo after our christmas lunch and everyone wins a prize. There is always LOTS of laughter and that is so much better than spending hundreds of $$ every year on gifts we don't even know will be used or wanted.

xmas to us is more about family and cooking delicious food and having fun, and making it fun for the kids too I think we enjoy it more because we don't have to worry about buying gifts ect..

p.s. I forgot to add that food is a HUGE xmas tradition for our family. We always have a whole leg ham, the biggest turkey we can find and roast pork on the day. We usually have roast vegies on xmas day and then salad and left over meat on boxing day. We also have lots of snacks before the big feast. And my nan makes a traditional trifle every year. It is also tradition for me to make the shortbread and a cheesecake too. We all take part in cooking something (except my sister who can't even boil an egg), and everyone always looks forward to eating the yummy things we each make. Mum cooks the turkey and the pork.

On xmas eve or xmas night, we drive around and look at all the xmas lights.