Originally Posted by gramajo

When my daughters were young, they were allowed to open 1 gift Christmas Eve & I got to choose which one. It was always a new dress they could (were expected to lol) wear on Christmas Day.

I make Christmas Eve dinner now & since I cooked, DDs were expected to clean up, put everything away & do dishes. When my GS was an infant, I decided to start the tradition of reading him "The Night Before Christmas" while the girls were cleaning up. Each year, I got a new book age-appropriate for him. In turn, when GD came along, I had the 2 of them in the big chair with me. Two years ago, they were 10 & 13. Their mom had found a recordable "Night Before Christmas" & they had recorded it to read to me. :thumbup: I cried, but they've "read" to me ever since. :D