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@prologic An entire month of looking at presents that youβre not allowed to open? Thatβs torture. π
@prologic An entire month of looking at presents that youβre not allowed to open? Thatβs torture. π
@prologic An entire month of looking at presents that youβre not allowed to open? Thatβs torture. π
@movq not torture! That's the Australian way to toughen children spirit, and encourage strength of mind. π I, for one, welcome our Australian overlords (and overladies)!
@movq @bender This isn't uncommon in the US. In my house, there were always some presents under the tree well before Christmas. There were some for my parents from each other, or for me from other family members, but there were usually one or two for me from my parents, labeled as such. On Christmas morning, Santa would bring most of my presents.
@mckinley Here, the tree isn't put in place before the 23rd usually. In my mind also for practical reasons. When the tree is set up for a month, a lot of the needles are already gone by the main event. When kids are older, they're allowed to help decorating it. On the 24th the christ child will then sneak in at some time, that nobody knows, and put the presents under the tree. Kids are not allowed to enter the living room (or whereever the tree is located) for the whole day, so they do not accidentally disturb the work. Often, the room is even locked. After placing the gifts under the tree, it rings a bell. That's the sign for everbody to get together and have dinner. Afterwards presents are distributed. On the 25th and 26th families usually visit their grandparents for lunch and dinner and maybe even more prezzie distribution.
At least that was the procedure when I was a child. Maybe things shifted a bit since then. I reckon people are starting a bit earlier with buying trees. Probably because everybody wants to have the absolute most best looking fir without even the slightest sign of a flaw whatsoever.
In the South there is a tradition called "Christbaumloben", praising christmas trees. People show up at their friends and neighbors and laud their christmas trees. Then the owners will give them a schnaps.
@lyse The 23rd? Why even bother with a tree at that point? We would usually have one about a week into December. They last much longer if you have one of those tree bases with a water reservoir.
That's interesting, we don't follow that procedure over here. The tree goes up, presents sit under it. As a child, I got to open presents from extended family members the night of Christmas Eve. Then, presents from Santa on Christmas morning and a big dinner that night. In my family, we'd have Thanksgiving dinner (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, etc) again because none of us really liked ham, which was the most popular choice of entree.
This is a better photo, and to be fair (as you can see) there's only a small number of presents. mostly from neighbors. The reat is the kids Advent of Christmas gifts they open each day. -- The night before my wife and I put the real presents under the tree (currently locked up in the server room π) π
This is a better photo, and to be fair (as you can see) there's only a small number of presents. mostly from neighbors. The reat is the kids Advent of Christmas gifts they open each day. -- The night before my wife and I put the real presents under the tree (currently locked up in the server room π) π
This is a better photo, and to be fair (as you can see) there's only a small number of presents. mostly from neighbors. The reat is the kids Advent of Christmas gifts they open each day. -- The night before my wife and I put the real presents under the tree (currently locked up in the server room π) π
This is a better photo, and to be fair (as you can see) there's only a small number of presents. mostly from neighbors. The reat is the kids Advent of Christmas gifts they open each day. -- The night before my wife and I put the real presents under the tree (currently locked up in the server room π) π
@mckinley I don't know. Some traditions just seem stupid by today's standards. Most people get rid of the tree on or shortly after 6th Decemeber. Saturday after the 6th we as scouts collect them to throw them at the green waste site. Back in the days we always kept ours until about mid-February. Even if this decoration remains for two months, to me it feels ridiculuous to cut down a tree that grew for a bunch of years just for a few weeks of joy and then clutter it with plastic garbage (looking at you, lamettaΒΉ, christmas balls etc). As kids we read the Petterson and Findus books and then always wanted to make a tree like these two heroes: https://www.filmdienst.de/bild/filmdb/149225 But our parents rejected that idea year after year. In this house there's no christmas tree. But I also don't care two figs about religion.
@prologic Haha, locked in the server room! :-D
ΒΉ: No way not to mention German classic "Weihnachten bei Hoppenstedts". ;-)
@lyse This is why we use a live tree out of our garden π we sent believe in plastic trees or cutting one down π€¦ββοΈ
@lyse This is why we use a live tree out of our garden π we sent believe in plastic trees or cutting one down π€¦ββοΈ
@lyse This is why we use a live tree out of our garden π we sent believe in plastic trees or cutting one down π€¦ββοΈ
@lyse This is why we use a live tree out of our garden π we sent believe in plastic trees or cutting one down π€¦ββοΈ
@bender haha, Christmas Bender ππ€