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In the meadow we can build a snowman, then pretend he is Parson Brown.
He’ll say, “where’d you get that bag?” We’ll say, “Andover Trask.”

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  • Comment on this post and tell us your favorite Christmas day tradition.
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Comments

  1. Melissa says

    My favorite: going to church with my 89 year old grandmother (and the rest of the fam…). Something so special to spend Christmas with her, in a place where its not at all about the spending and the buying. Just the loving. <3

  4. Elizabeth Wilbourne says

    Making cheese toast with bacon x’s and family-recipe hot chocolate on Christmas Eve with my family!

  5. Krystal Clark says

    My favorite Christmas tradition would be listening to my mom’s incredibly predictable Christmas music collection that includes The Temptations, Luther Vandross, and the Tom Joyner Morning Show Christmas song countdown. It is good stuff!

  8. Tina says

    Of course, anticipating which child will wake up first to see what Santa has brought them. Then going to my sweet mother-n-laws house to eat a homemade southern style breakfast. Also….we play a fun game every year that our Uncle comes up with (which is always so much fun) and feels the room with LAUGHTER!

  9. Ryan McReynolds says

    Every Christmas Eve we all get a new pair of Christmas pajamas then the whole family sits down in the living room for a screening of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. We’ve been doing it since I was a kid and it still never gets old. I’ve also got more pajama pants than I can count because of it.

  10. Sarah Beth says

    Best part of Christmas is the excitement on my 3 year olds sweet face when he sees Santa came. A big breakfast with my family and coffee to start the day!!

  11. Lauren says

    This year we have a new baby girl, so I am excited to start some new traditions. But, for the past few years we lived in NYC. We would go to brunch and then look at all the window displays (Bergdorfs is always my favorite!)

  12. Mallory Hansen says

    Opening presents, followed by breakfast, then baking cookies, and watching Christmas Vacation as much as humanly possible!

  14. Caitlin Sanders says

    Starting a fire first thing in the morning, even when it’s 60+ degrees outside (as is often the case in GA).

  18. Julia Good says

    Lobster, champagne & the traditional viewing of my favorite Christmas movie – The Lion in Winter (with bourbon).

  21. Amy says

    Christmas Eve Gumbo! My mom makes the best! Also, matching Christmas Eve Pajamas. We did it when we were kids, and now that we are grown all of our children have their matching PJs.

  22. Katy says

    No matter how old I get (or how many children we have) I still love waking my brother up at the crack of dawn on Christmas morning.

  25. Brandon says

    The hours following Christmas dinner around the table. Lots of drinks, stories, and laughter.

  26. Sheila says

    My favorite Christmas Day tradition is waking up early and opening gifts with kids in our PJs.

  28. Erin Richardson says

    Making Maine French Toast every Christmas morning and eating a huge breakfast wtih my parents, inlaws, family, and neighbors.

  33. Bonnie Dell says

    We open our presents early, before the sun comes up! Even as adults the excitement of the morning wakes us long before the coffee is ready!

  35. Jazmine Benjamin says

    My family opens one gift on the night before Christmas, after dinner. Followed by cookies and milk or eggnog (for the adults).

  37. Cordelia says

    In Austin, TX it is tradition to have tamales around Christmas time. I enjoy them as part of our Christmas brunch, followed by time spent with family lingering over all the gifts!

  38. Jamie says

    Our family has breakfast together first thing with my grandparent’s famous cinnamon butter rolls -I just was given the recipe (top secret) and it’s very extensive and includes lard! AH!

  40. William P. says

    The annual unspoken rule of “no kid can open presents until every adult has a drink in their hand.”

    Also, watching rudolph the red-nosed reindeer on christmas eve.

  41. Pressley says

    we’ve always read “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.” when I was very little, my mom had us bake birthday cupcakes for baby Jesus!

  44. Christina Q says

    The best Christmas tradition we have is enjoying tamales and Champurrado while watching our 3 children open their gifts.

  46. Ashley says

    Love this bag – and I love watching family members open gifts one by one in age order. It makes the magic last forever and you really get to see reactions and show appreciation. Ugh. Love.

  47. Chad hansen says

    My dad would be “Santa” and distribute toys one at a time. We would all sit and watch each other open presents, say thank you’s, and be happy for each other.

  48. Candice says

    my family has an old time German tradition of finding the pickle in the tree and whoever finds it plays Santa and passes out gifts // it’s my favorite tradition because literally I won every year growing up

    also we eat Chinese food (inspired by The Christmas Story) EVERY Christmas Eve

  50. Molly Picardi says

    Homemade coffee cake and sausage for breakfast while listening to Classical Music on the radio. Doesn’t get any better!

  51. sue fan says

    yummy brunch by the fireplace and then an afternoon walk on the beach followed by a matinee (secret life of walter mitty!). i can hardly wait. also, this bag is amazing. xx

  52. Jill says

    Love! Would be the perfect tote.

    My favorite tradition is cooking a big breakfast with my family (which always includes biscuits and gravy!).

  57. Doug M says

    My favorite Christmas tradition actually occurs on Christmas Eve. After evening mass, my family and I drive around and look at all of our favorite Christmas lights, then return home and watch It’s A Wonderful Life together. I’ll never get enough of it.

  61. Jessica Skobel says

    We are supposeddd to have the tradition of opening one present an hour! According to momma skobes that is :)

  62. Courtney says

    Piling the whole pajama-clad family into the car to drive around looking at Christmas lights!

  63. Natalie Farinholt says

    Christmas brunch! My mom and I always fix up a lovely brunch to be enjoyed by the whole family after all the presents have been opened.

  65. Amy says

    Christmas Eve birthday party for Jesus…complete with birthday cake, candles and a dance party.

  66. Melissa Trimble says

    Dad making banana pancakes on Christmas morning, and taking a picture with all the cousins on Granny’s blue couch!

  69. Ashley E says

    I love decorating the tree, with the Christmas music on, eating cookies at the same time! We use all of our homemade ornaments we made as children.

  70. Annie says

    Coming home after midnight mass on Christmas Eve and eating an assortment of delicious snacks my mom prepares every year.

  71. Samantha Walton says

    Baking cookies for Santa. My husband always makes the call on what Santa wants that year ;)

  72. Liz says

    We’ve had traditions come and go, growing up it was getting to open a gift on Christmas Eve and it was always pajamas my grandmother had made us for us to sleep in that night. Since she’s no longer able to do that, it’s been making Christmas breakfast for my family (which is almost always an orange pecan french toast casserole) and watching It’s a Wonderful Life with my dad on Christmas Eve.

  73. Keri says

    My brother and I spend the night at my parents on Christmas Eve, and he always wakes me up early just like when we were kids.

  74. Dean Olaya says

    Opening presents with my family in our pjs and slowly opening each present as if I were going to reuse the wrapping paper… i’m weird like that.

  81. Mandy says

    Getting up early, driving an hour North, and making it to my parents house for a homemade Christmas breakfast (eggs, meat, and biscuits of course)!

  82. Brandon says

    Making an early breakfast for the wife’s family, then settling in with my parents and playing music with Dad until our huge family dinner.

  83. Carl says

    Christmas is the only day of the year I don’t have to bribe my mom to make me biscuits. She makes them fresh every Christmas morning!

  85. Dom Bonvissuto says

    For the past three years, my parents fly from Nashville on Christmas morning and land out here in SoCal by noon. They play with the grandkid for a bit, then we all have a big Christmas dinner.

  87. Matt H. says

    My favorite christmas day tradition is waking up early, just my wife and i and seeing what “santa” brought us.

  88. Marty Thedford says

    My favorite tradition is Christmas morning , always delicious overnight soaked French toast, mimosas and a 5 hour long stocking opening session. No one opens a gift at the same time, we all take turns opening each gift and just enjoy being together with music, jokes, and pajamas all day!

  91. Michele says

    Coffee cake for breakfast, turkey and dressing for lunch, Mexican for dinner and swearing off all food around midnight. Oh, and watching Home Alone on Christmas Eve.

  92. Christopher says

    There’s nothing better than taking in an early morning whitetail deer hunt, then sitting down to a large family meal.

  94. Victoria says

    Christmas brunch and mimosas with the ones I love. oh.. .and watching people open their presents!!

  99. Amy says

    Baking a cream cheese braid Christmas morning and enjoying breakfast with family after the gift excitement.

  101. Amy says

    we go south of the border every year to spend christmas on the beach, new pjs, and watching all the home alones!

  102. Drew C says

    Having mimosas and sausage balls in the morning then seeing a movie that night with the whole family when everything is done for the day.

  104. Sarah says

    For the last 4 years my husband and I have made a tradition of going fishing in the Tampa Bay. We spend the morning with family and watch the nephews open presents and then we spend the afternoon together enjoying the lovely holiday weather we seem to have here in Floriday.