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

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 gathering at our house. My wife's family (a total of 14 of us) were staying in the days running up to Christmas. My side of the family (12 I think) for Christmas Day and Boxing Day. A big multi-day event that was well planned until. the moment that my oldest - 6 years old at the time - decided to spend Christmas in hospital with appendicitis. It was a bad case - he was in for 10 days.

Anyway, as he, my wife and I pretty much missed the event that our extended family hosted at our house in our absence we decided to do it all again at Easter. We had turkey dinner, mince pies, Christmas decorations, crackers, etc. A full-on Christmas event in April. It was so much fun we did it again the following year.

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 gathering at our house. My wife's family (a total of 14 of us) were staying in the days running up to Christmas. My side of the family (12 I think) for Christmas Day and Boxing Day. A big multi-day event that was well planned until. the moment that my oldest - 6 years old at the time - decided to spend Christmas in hospital with appendicitis. It was a bad case - he was in for 10 days.

Anyway, as he, my wife and I pretty much missed the event that our extended family hosted at our house in our absence we decided to do it all again at Easter. We had turkey dinner, mince pies, Christmas decorations, crackers, etc. A full-on Christmas event in April. It was so much fun we did it again the following year.

So nice that you guys had a make-up day for Christmas.  My mom floated the idea that we should have Christmas in July because she doesn't like the idea of everyone travelling hundreds of miles in unpredictable winter conditions.

Fred27 said:

We had turkey dinner, mince pies, Christmas decorations, crackers, etc.

Dare we ask if the 4ft inflatable aliens made an appearance at Easter though ?

I've heard of others doing similar when someone is too ill to make the annual family Xmas gathering.

If you get on with your extended family, then I don't see any real reason why you shouldn't gather throughout the year though. Life's short enough as it is and life likes to throw its 'curve balls' when you least expect it.