How do you spend Christmas Eve??

[Olive]

i love Christmas Eve, love the build up to the next day, its my favourite day!
i spend it watching carols by candlelight wrapping all the presents, i soooo wish it was christmas this week and not next, i cant wait!

[Khaleesi]

We spend it the same way as you Olive

[sloane]

pretty much the same way here too.

when i was young(er!) i used to love going out with friends on xmas eve - it was such a happy, friendly atmosphere. but those days are long gone im looking forward as well to when DS is a bit older & we can do more as a family in the evening

[skybie]

curled up on the couch watching carols, then i play santa and fill the kids sacks

[Daydream Believer]

I watch the carols & hopefully wrap presents but it all depends on DD last year she was up with me.
We sometimes have the IL's here or family friends, but we don't go anywhere

[Raupe]

I'll be working Christmas eve. And Christmas day. And Boxing day. And the day after (you're getting the drift).

[Dansta]

when i was a kid we'd go over to who ever was hosting christmas day (so our place or my aunts) and watch the carols well try to while my dad drank and started getting shirty with ray marton

its pritty much the same now - but we have kids in tow and my 90 year old nanna joins in with dad hanging it on who ever is on!

[toomanyshoes]

Well last year I spent it cooking up a storm and getting everything ready for ****tails then at the last minute ended up at the ER with DD

This year DH has to work, then we'll drive down to mums, unpack all the presents and put them under the tree, after that I don't know.

In past years we've had people over for drinks or gone to his sisters place, nothing huge though.

[Snowy Love]

Cleaning the house before the rellies decend on us on Christmas morning.

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

My DH's family is Chilean and they celebrate Xmas on Xmas Eve so we'll be at their place for food, drinks and present exchange

[barney]

olive im just the same hun ill be wrapping all the prezzies and we will have a bbq for dinner put out our stockings watch some tv and go to bed and wait for santy i too am sooo excited i just love watching the kids opening the prezzies and getting all excited about santa coming aaaawwww i cant wait .

[~Hestia~]

This Christmas Eve we're pretending it's Christmas Day DH is working all weekend so we'll be doing presents etc on Christmas Eve so he doesn't miss out. It'll just be the three of us as my family meet up the week before and MIL is going to visit her sister.
We'll wait for Santa to come by on his firetruck and watch the Carols too.
I'm attempting my very first roast lunch!

[turtleschell]

This is my first year celebrating Christmas (apart from when I was a toddler!)
I will be hosting Christmas Eve dinner, serving turkey and rice and potato salad.. prawns, salmon pancakes and of course, Christmas pudding with brandy.
Thought I'd go all out.
I'm looking forward to the challenge, especially as it will be just me cooking all day with DD stuck to my arm, whilst DH is at work.

[Swoop]

We're hiring a beach house with friends in NZ this year so not sure what it will entail yet, although I'm sure it will be festive and I'm really looking forward to spending it with kids around - our DD, and their DD who's five and DS who's 13 months - what fun!

[Erin_25]

Usually we would head off to church for the kids play, then we would head home and open all of our presents (friends thought we were weird, but Dad say's its a German thing)...we would stay up all night playing. As we got older we would go to church, then off to the pub for some festive drinks.
This is the first time in 3yrs we will be home with our family and DS1 really gets it...so we want to start our own tradition. It will be Church, then home for a kids christmas movie/nibbles/drinks.....then into Christmas pj's, leave out a cookie & beer for Santa - then off to bed. I'm super excited this year for soooo many reasons.

[aussienic]

We have Xmas music playing.. doing very quick tidy ups in preparation for the next few days..

We also go outside with Rolled oats and glitter and sprinkle it on the grass for the reindeer. Set up Santas table with milk and cookies

[Beach Mama]

Usually with the carols on, wrapping last minute gifts for the kids and having a drink! This year we are having my family dinner so it will be nice and drawn out over 2 days! Woooo exciting!!

[Iona Macca]

normally mark, luke n i spend it at my parents, having a few drinks, watching the carols and helping wrap the rest of the pressies for my parents. we do a brunch on xmas morn with my 2 other sister's before we go onto our partner's families but this year my family are coming to our place xmas morn so xmas eve at our place we will be going to see santa arrive at one of the houses in the estate that have a xmas light display and hanging with the neighbours