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Idea Exchange: What’s Your Christmas Present Opening Tradition?

Rachel Wray Thompson
Rachel Wray Thompson
Rachel is an Chicago-based architect and LEED Accredited Professional. When she's not designing homes, she enjoys spending her free time traveling, gardening, and playing with her french bulldog.
updated Mar 11, 2020
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Growing up, I had a pretty well defined gift opening tradition: go see a movie Christmas Eve (to pass the time for my sister and I anxiously waiting for Christmas Day), then open one gift when we returned home that night. Then, Christmas morning, we’d wake up, sort our gifts, and then each take turns to open one gift at a time while the others watched. It wasn’t until I gained an extended family that I found out not everyone had this tradition…

The first time I celebrated Christmas with my step-family, my step-sister was shocked at how we only opened one gift at a time. She wanted to open them all at once! Everyone all at the same time! I had, up until that point, not really thought about that as an option, but was more than happy to change our tradition when we celebrated Christmas together. Now, I love watching her children tear open gifts with pure joy and excitement. It goes by very quickly, but the energy of all the kids going to town opening the gifts is very entertaining.

What are your holiday present opening traditions? Share in the Comments!

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