We always opened our presents on Christmas eve, after a dinner of oyster stew. As the 3 girls had children they (the children) did not like oyster stew so we added chili to the menu. Then when our aunt retired and moved back to Colorado, being a depression child she would not eat beans and was alergic to fish, we had to add potato soup to the menu. Since my parents and aunt have passed on I started having Christmas eve with just my children and their husbands and we started having fondue. All courses from cheese to chocolate. This year they are getting Italian. We still open presents on Christmas eve. Christmas day we all go to my SIL house and celebrate with his family. I feel blessed that we are still included since my daughter passed four years ago.