Holiday traditions.

[halfmanhalfbronco]

What are some of your favorite Holiday traditions?

Christmas eve I make a leg of lamb.  Christmas week I watch the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, extended versions.  Bowl games of course.

 

[HR_poke]

I leave cigarettes, whiskey and 9mm ammo in the vents for John McCLain.

[happycamper]

We decorate stockings every year and go out and play a "stocking game" a couple days before christmas. Everyone in the family gets a list of 3-5 other people (depending who all is there...) that you get stocking stuff for. Everyone goes to Target at the same time and spends 5-10 bucks per person on stocking stuffers. Part of the fun is hiding your cart from the other people in the family roaming the same areas. Some candy, some gag gifts, some useful things, etc. That same day everyone comes home, fills up their person's stockings, and then we all open them together. You try to guess who all had your stocking to stuff. 

This is separate from Santa stockings. 

[stanfordchef]

White elephant gift exchange. Heavy drinking. 

[The San Diegan]

[azgreg]

We decorate a bit just because my wife likes to. I don't give a shit. I've reached the point in life where holidays are just time off with pay.

 

[tailingpermit]

Arguing with the MIL until she tells me to “go fuck myself” at least twice while she’s in town. 

[The San Diegan]

So we went to a friend's Christmas party last night. We were told the dress code was "ugly Christmas sweaters."

Well, I don't have one and have no desire to own one. But I do have a couple sweaters, so I leaned into it. 😀

 

[InnZoneU]

Growing up in the 80s my Christmases were basically 1. don't leave uncle Craig alone with the kids, ever. And 2. don't let grandpa Jack start drinking Gin at 6am or he's going to fall off the chair and hurt himself. 

And the only thing to watch was the stupid Blue/Gray game which always sucked.

[406bleedsblue]

We grill steak and lobster and have A Christmas Story on loop.

[PackNation]

We convince Otis he is Santa.  He falls for it every year.

[DestinFlPackfan]

Beef tenderloin and tamales. Weird combo but we like it.

[SWspartan]

I like vegetable Christmas trees, and even more so when there's dip involved. 👍

[Jersey Rebels]

My fiance is Latina. We invented a holiday called Nachodad, where we make amazing nachos with red and green chips and celebrate a Latin Christmas the last taco Tuesday before Christmas. We make cranberry margaritas, this year I made flan, take a few shots of tequila, it’s her favorite holiday. 

[StealthLobo]

We've always done rack of lamb. This year, ours came from down the street 😬🤫

[Chile_Ute]

Typically go to Xmas Eve mass, then out to eat for New Mexican/Mexican food then go to a movie.  
had to modify this year due to work and had homemade tamales and posole (my best batch to date) then watched a movie on Prime.

[Sactowndog]

Spending time with family.

Merry Christmas to all of you and Gods blessings! 

[The San Diegan]

For the past several years, I do have a tradition I maintain each Christmas Eve.

Once we've put my abuelita down for the night, the cats are curated, and wife is ready to head upstairs, I turn on Christmas Midnight Mass at the Vatican, smoke a Bowl For Jesus, and finish wrapping gifts. Then after I place them under the tree, I pour a dram of my best scotch, and go sit up in our living room, where we have a sofa and two wingback chairs we kept from my late grandparents' house and reupholstered when we bought ours. I take a seat, put on some classical Christmas music, and silently reminisce about all the Christmas Eves spent at any grandparents' house, with grandparents, my aunt and uncle, great aunts and great uncles, all who are now departed. I picture them in those chairs, on the sofa, and myself sitting amongst them, and think about what a blessed life it has been. When I'll Be Home for Christmas comes on, it always brings tears to my eyes. I finish my dram, smile on my face and glow in my heart, turn off the lights, and go to bed. 

Merry Christmas to all yuze maroons.

 

[Antonio Diego]

On 12/20/2024 at 5:56 AM, halfmanhalfbronco said:

What are some of your favorite Holiday traditions?

Christmas eve I make a leg of lamb.  Christmas week I watch the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, extended versions.  Bowl games of course.

 

A house full of tamales. Enough to last thru the winter.

[Chile_Ute]

On 12/26/2024 at 4:27 PM, Antonio Diego said:

A house full of tamales. Enough to last thru the winter.

Fuck….that is a lot of tamales.