Hit me with your family Christmas traditions.

[Lulu]

You KILL me Lady Zaidie!!!!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Just excited, Lulu.

DS is going to have a rehersal for a nativity play this afternoon too so I'm getting a bit giddy.

[Doodlebug]

These are really my parents traditions but we've kind of inherited them as well for our family!

First one is 'Ham Night'.
This takes place the Monday before Christmas, with the same people each year and has been for 32 years now (since I was born). It's not a hard tradition to start. Minimal people involved really, someone to bring the bread, someone to butter the bread, someone to provide the ham, someone to bring chocolates and all to bring a bottle or two of wine. The objective of the night is to make and eat ham sandwiches while drinking all wine that has been brought!

Second one is 'Letterbox'
This requires a little more effort and good neighbours. preferable the understanding kind that have kids and are up early.
Choose a house in your street with a decent size letterbox. Person who owns the house is responsible for providing glasses, strawberries and juice. Each other family attending is to bring a bottle of champagne.
Everyone to meet around 7:00am at the chosen letterbox. Bleary eyed, some dressed, some still in jammies. Kids bring their favourite toys and play on the lawn. Adults stand around, yawning, mumbling 'Merry Christmas' while they drink their first glass of champagne for the day. After the first one goes down it tends to perk up a bit. Come 8:30am everyone has left to do their own family thing for the day.

Hope these help! Neither of which are very 'Christmassy', involve tinsel, santa, lights or music so they should be a winner!!!

(Yes, these are REAL traditions that my family do!!!!)