when i was younger, i think it was christmas eve

+1 to Day. Eve isn’t a holiday out here.

But also 😅 my husband’s family lives abroad (Germany) so sometimes we travel to see them, meaning we open half of the presents here before Christmas & other ones on Christmas (Day). It’s actually nice because it releases the pressure (&stress) of a big pile of presents for a 4yo

Christmas Day for sure. Christmas Eve was just a filler holiday for us. We didn’t do anything besides going to church.

Settling a debate: What day has your family traditionally hosted a gathering/party for Christmas? Eve or Day?

Both. We lived abroad and my grandmothers lived in Italy so every year we’d travel to Rome — my paternal grandma would host Xmas Eve, maternal grandma would host Xmas Day.

For us, Xmas Eve was the bigger deal — that’s when we’d have more food & open presents. Now that I have my own family we do a nice dinner on Xmas Eve, our daughter can open one present, but we do the rest on Christmas Day (more relaxed, and then she can actually play right after)

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