Oh, and we also all have to get a cup of tea before opening presents
at Christmas. God knows why.

We also have a 'nobody up before 9am on Christmas Day' rule, because it's Not Fair to wake anybody up with a hangover. Chances are we'd all been out on the piss the night before.
( Methylene Blue - electrohead, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:58, 6 replies)

We do this!
Its like the one day a year I willingly drink tea.

We get bacon sarnies too :)
(Fleximus Rex briefly gave up lurking on, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 21:52, closed)

we were never allowed to open presents until everyone was
up, washed and dressed, and had had breakfast, and the dishes were washed up.

Then our Dad would sit by the tree, handing out the presents one at a time and everyone would watch that person open his or her present before the next one was handed out.

Mum would collect all the wrapping paper in a big bin bag as we went along.

Oddly enough, even though there is only me and mr b3th in our house, and we are a pair of curmudgeonly old gits, I still carry out this tradition. I play 'father'. I have all the control of the presents. Mwah hah hah.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Nov 2008, 22:14, closed)

We do
Bucks fizz and bacon sarnies. Classy.
(The Apeface Cherub is not a cunty-uber-cunt, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 8:09, closed)

We do the old, no presents until everyone is up, washed, dressed and fed
breakfast is fine quality ham on toast with mustard followed by irish coffee
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 8:35, closed)

Hungover
In my house everyone drinks at christmas, just as much as they can handle.
So even at a young age my siblings and i were worse off then our parents, which is why we have the tradition of a hair of the dog before opening presents :)
(Doubtful origin, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 3:45, closed)

That explains it
As kids we never understood the 9am rule. Or why parents shuffled around so slowly on Christmas Day.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 24 Nov 2008, 7:36, closed)