Quote: Durham Giant "Not the obvious ones such as opening presents and having Xmas dinner but the other smaller more personal ones
I always take the kids to buy one xmas decoration /Bauble that we put up and they can take with them when they leave home
I always buy the kids new xmas pyjamas for Xmas eve even my eldest ( and he does not normally wear PJs) gets some
I always go to Midnight mass or a carol concert. Xmas is not the same without the carols or a mass even though i am an athiest!!
Going through the radio times and circling programmes / films i want to watch even though i dont watch much terrestrial TV and have sky information at my finger tips'"
I have two traditions.
The first is that we always put up our Christmas decorations on the Sunday after our youngest son's birthday (8th December).
The second is never to use the term "Xmas". Except when pointing out that I never use the term "Xmas", of course. I use it then in order to state that I never use it.