[fish3711]

I have had the same traditions since I was a little girl that my parents passed on to me. On Christmas morning we all gather around the tree with cups of hot cocoa and cinnamon buns or donuts to open presents one at a time. One person will pick one under the tree, of course not one of their own, give it to the name on the tag, they open it and we ooh and awww and take pics. Then they go get one and so on and so on until it's all emptied of presents. It usually takes us about 3 hours. One year it took 5 hours but we had extra ppl at the house that year.
Now that some of my kids are older and have moved out we have a Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve [this year will be on the 23rd] and we swap presents with my daughter and her family. That way I can see my grandson open his presents. We always have a great time when we open presents. Everyone gets as much joy out of watching what each other got as they get just from opening one of their own.
Felicia