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[Oznell]

@Junebug54 ,  you were teaching something very beautiful to your children.  @Cakers3 has expressed it eloquently.

For some reason, I don't remember our services being held on Christmas Day, although there was a Christmas eve service.  But, we're Protestant and we all know how renegade THAT can be, ....   

[geezerette]

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@Roscoe the Rascal wrote:

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@Junebug54 wrote:

This may seem cruel to some but when my kids were litle and they woke up CHristmas morning we  went to Mass before the gifts were opened.

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That is how I was raised.  When we got older midnight mass.  Part of my great memories.  In the morning we did gifts and then in the afternoon went to my aunts and grandpas place and did the meal and more gifts.  

My husband and I did Christmas Eve and mass.   He was raised doing Christmas Eve.  So we did our thing then so the next day we could go to my moms.  

Now with my daughter and family we do mass, meal and gifts my house Christmas Eve, her house Christmas Day.  

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Traditions get established for many reasons.

In my case, it was because my father had to work Christmas Day.  So we went to Christmas Eve church service, and us kids had to get up early the next day so that my father could watch us (and join in) opening presents before he went to work.

Even after he was no longer required to go in on Christmas Day, we still celebrated this way since it had become our family tradition.

[Q-Checker]

@bargainsgirl  The spelling in your post heading is interesting. Was it intentional?

[Mz iMac]

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@Junebug54 wrote:

This may seem cruel to some but when my kids were litle and they woke up CHristmas morning we  went to Mass before the gifts were opened.

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@Junebug54  Do they still follow your tradition?

My town's Christmas Mass is midnight.  There are no more masses till the following Sunday.

[MoJoV]

Christmas commercialism makes everything look so perfect.  The perfect tree, the perfectly wrapped gifts under it.  The perfect family in front of the perfect fireplace.  The big expensive car with the big red bow on top. Most people don't have all that.  I see things costing $40-$50 called "stocking stuffers".  It all just gets to be too much.  My Christmas prayer every year is, I have everything I need, just don't take anyone away Lord.