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

Fred27 said:

Anything that just you do and nobody else?

I'm not sure what everyone else does these days so it's a bit difficult to answer that

Decades ago my parents used to have the traditional Xmas Dinner on the day before so as to allow those doing the cooking to have more free time on Xmas Day itself. The dinner on Xmas Day was something quick to prepare using left-overs from the previous day's traditional turkey dinner.

These days I tend to go into 'winter hibernation' (sleeping bear  do not disturb until January...) and just get stuck into some courses or projects. I might put on TSO's 'The Ghosts of Christmas Eve' music video whilst having dinner (which will be something fairly light and tasty but definitely non-traditional).

I tend to avoid the broadcast TV stuff and usually have some box sets of older comedy DVDs on standby. However the 2020 movie 'Lost at Christmas' (trailer) recently made it onto the acceptable holiday viewing list

beacon_dave said:

I tend to avoid the broadcast TV stuff

I am the opposite in that respect.  A couple of years ago I went out of my way to watch as many Rankin Bass specials as possible.  Also every year I make a special point to watch the Christmas special that Sesame Street put out in the late 70s.  It's bookmarked as a favourite on YouTube.

beacon_dave said:

I tend to avoid the broadcast TV stuff

I am the opposite in that respect.  A couple of years ago I went out of my way to watch as many Rankin Bass specials as possible.  Also every year I make a special point to watch the Christmas special that Sesame Street put out in the late 70s.  It's bookmarked as a favourite on YouTube.