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What unusual just-your-family Christmas traditions do you have?

Fred27
Fred27 over 1 year ago

So, there's all the "normal" Christmas / holiday traditions. Lots of countries have their own unique ones too.

How about your family or friends? Anything that just you do and nobody else?

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  • Fred27
    Fred27 over 1 year ago +3
    I'm starting to wonder if it's just my family that a bit weird. We've also had Christmas at Easter a couple of times. It's a long story. It was all due to the time we first hosted a big family Christmas…
  • Fred27
    Fred27 over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave +2
    'Lost at Christmas' looks like just my wife's sort of film. It might be useful to gain a few points lost by all those Korean zombie films and Sci-fi I've made her watch.
  • dougw
    dougw over 1 year ago +2
    We still do all the usual things - tree, stockings, gifts after a big brunch, turkey dinner etc. but it is toned down a lot from when the kids were little. The main thing now is the dinner. The tree is…
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  • Fred27
    Fred27 over 1 year ago

    When we moved into our house - about 6 years ago - we were handed some 4ft inflatable aliens and told that it was a tradition that had been going on for the last 30 years that the newest family in the street (of only 3 houses) get the aliens and displays them with their Christmas decorations.

    I don't think we were being pranked. I cant find any photos unfortunately. We displayed them proudly until last year when we got new neighbours and handed them on. 

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    beacon_dave over 1 year ago in reply to Fred27
    Fred27 said:
    I don't think we were being pranked.

    Sounds like a missed opportunity to attach 'lasers' and 'target' the neighbours in some form with an interactive light show.

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    beacon_dave over 1 year ago in reply to Fred27
    Fred27 said:
    I don't think we were being pranked.

    Sounds like a missed opportunity to attach 'lasers' and 'target' the neighbours in some form with an interactive light show.

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