Scrobins | 1,800 Moderator · Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Do you have any traditions that you, your friends and families do to celebrate the holidays? Those things you have to do, watch, or listen to, otherwise it isn’t the holidays? I have several. To get excited for the holidays, I MUST watch/listen to 3 things: 1) this cutesy album of Christmas songs by the Bethlehem Children’s Chorus that my mom used to play every Christmas morning; 2) RuPaul’s Christmas album, which she got in the KMart 99¢ bin way before she blew up again with Drag Race, it has the funniest covers of classics; and 3) watch the old Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special from the late 80s, it’s so delightfully campy. I also go to Christmas Eve midnight Mass at my hometown church with my mom. The singing isn’t the best, but it has a small town feel I miss and sometimes we bump into old friends. When I was in college there would be a service with candles and Christmas songs right before break that was amazing, it makes me want to move back to Cambridge sometimes. Last, every Christmas morning I make breakfast, usually baking 3 things of tried and true treats or new recipes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,329 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Nothing specific other than a big breakfast after presents on Christmas morning, and lots of Christmas music and movies throughout the holiday season. After December 1st it's almost all Xmas music on my commute to and from work. I try to at least watch 3 full Xmas movies every year but sometimes it varies on the movie. Elf, Home Alone 1 / 2, Christmas Vacation and Jingle All the Way usually battle for spots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 For my family, it was always putting the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve, which, given that this got later and later as I got older and had more obligations that day, grew to include watching Christmas Eve midnight mass at the Vatican while doing so, lol. For my wife's father's family, it's been watching A Christmas Story on repeat on TBS during the family get together on Christmas Eve to visit and exchange gifts. For my wife's mother's family, it's been to get up early and eat breakfast together, specifically my mother-in-law's "breakfast pizza" (surprisingly better than it sounds) plus a few odds and ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,300 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 24 hours of A Christmas Story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,653 Administrator · Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 The last several years, I've made sure to catch a complete "Christmas Story" from either TBS or TNT. I used to leave it on for the better part of the day, but my wife mentioned that drove her nuts so I just catch it once. Also watch one of the Die Hard movies while wrapping gifts. Beyond that, no other real traditions. Day after Christmas is usually when my family will get together and do stuff, Christmas Day is us, and Christmas Eve tends to be with her family. Midnight Mass was awesome; I did that at least once in high school (maybe a few times?). Not sure if they still offer it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m308gunner | 352 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Scrobins said: Do you have any traditions that you, your friends and families do to celebrate the holidays? Those things you have to do, watch, or listen to, otherwise it isn’t the holidays? I have several. To get excited for the holidays, I MUST watch/listen to 3 things: 1) this cutesy album of Christmas songs by the Bethlehem Children’s Chorus that my mom used to play every Christmas morning; 2) RuPaul’s Christmas album, which she got in the KMart 99¢ bin way before she blew up again with Drag Race, it has the funniest covers of classics; and 3) watch the old Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special from the late 80s, it’s so delightfully campy. I also go to Christmas Eve midnight Mass at my hometown church with my mom. The singing isn’t the best, but it has a small town feel I miss and sometimes we bump into old friends. When I was in college there would be a service with candles and Christmas songs right before break that was amazing, it makes me want to move back to Cambridge sometimes. Last, every Christmas morning I make breakfast, usually baking 3 things of tried and true treats or new recipes. For the foodies among us, including myself, this needs more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,800 Moderator · Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 2 hours ago, m308gunner said: For the foodies among us, including myself, this needs more detail. Haha ok! In the last few years, I've made cinnamon twists, donut bread pudding pie, brown sugar maple biscuit pie, cranberry banana bread, mint chocolate chip pancakes, pumpkin monkey bread. I love testing out new recipes I've found with my family, but they like the simpler things I made ages ago. My dad compared me to those classic rock bands whose fans hate all the new music they release and wish they would just stick to their old hits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,679 Editorials Team · Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 There was one Christmas where my wife and I just kept watching Elf. It was dozens of times. Every year since then we talk about how we're going to watch Elf a million times, and then we end up watching it once or twice. The real tradition has become SAYING we're going to watch it a bunch. When I was a kid one of my sisters got 2 CDs for Christmas, Flood by TMBG and a Marc Anthony album. They just played nonstop all day. Now they remind me of Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,900 Editorials Team · Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 The feats of strength and airing of grievances 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 4,092 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Fighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,900 Editorials Team · Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Hammerfestus said: Fighting. Oh shit. I forgot last winter's "incident" at my MIL's. Gonna be awkward when she arrives next week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,950 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 11 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: Oh shit. I forgot last winter's "incident" at my MIL's. Gonna be awkward when she arrives next week... Wait, what happened, lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombiemicrowave | 42 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Going out for Chinese on Christmas Eve with my wife's side has been a new tradition in recent years. The place is always packed and the owner is so cool, always given beers and treats as parting gifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,900 Editorials Team · Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 2 hours ago, OptOut said: Wait, what happened, lol? Screaming. In the driveway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-bit guerilla | 82 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Bah humbug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,290 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 It's too bad we don't do the UKIT anymore, which was discontinued in 1989 or 1990 or so. It took place right before Christmas and especially in the 80s the programs were done with Christmas stuff on the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobear85 | 141 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Watch “A Christmas Story” everyday till Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,824 Graphics Team · Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Wow - lots of love for "A Christmas Story" here. Does anyone else watch those Rankin & Bass stop-motion Christmas movies? (Rudolf, Year Without a Santa Claus, Jack Frost, etc.) Those are Christmas staples for me, along with making sugar cookies, listening to Bing Crosby Christmas songs, and going to "Midnight" Mass with my family (my Church actually has it at 10pm, which is great because I hate staying up late haha). -CasualCart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 17 hours ago, CasualCart said: Wow - lots of love for "A Christmas Story" here. Does anyone else watch those Rankin & Bass stop-motion Christmas movies? (Rudolf, Year Without a Santa Claus, Jack Frost, etc.) Those are Christmas staples for me, along with making sugar cookies, listening to Bing Crosby Christmas songs, and going to "Midnight" Mass with my family (my Church actually has it at 10pm, which is great because I hate staying up late haha). -CasualCart I always try to, but find it hard these days to catch them when they're airing live on TV since I'm a cable cutter and very rarely take a peek at OTA programming these days. We managed to catch Frosty the Snowman and its sequel this year while visiting my grandmother over Thanksgiving, but think that we've probably missed Rudolph. Fortunately, as of a few years ago, we've got most of those on DVD (including more recent "traditional" watches such as A Garfield Christmas and Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, two my favorites as a kid), so we'll get to watch them, just not with quite as many feels as hurrying to make sure everybody is in front of the TV to catch them as they aired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachineCode | 159 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) Italian stereotype here so we go to my Grandparents' house for Christmas Eve and only eat fish and pasta. Christmas day is pretty standard stuff though. Edited December 20, 2019 by MachineCode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,222 Events Team · Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 12/19/2019 at 5:32 PM, CasualCart said: Wow - lots of love for "A Christmas Story" here. Does anyone else watch those Rankin & Bass stop-motion Christmas movies? (Rudolf, Year Without a Santa Claus, Jack Frost, etc.) Those are Christmas staples for me, along with making sugar cookies, listening to Bing Crosby Christmas songs, and going to "Midnight" Mass with my family (my Church actually has it at 10pm, which is great because I hate staying up late haha). -CasualCart Totally love those stop-motion films from Rankin & Bass, and I should try to watch the most obscure ones at some point (there's more than people usually know). Vintge Xmas musics is a big thing for me as well, so yeah, Bing Crosby got a lot of airing time with me during the Holidays period, he got so much great Xmas recordings (have you ever heard 'We wish you the merriest' with Frank Sinatra?) I use to throw a Christmas Bing Crosby movie in the lot as well, watched 'Holiday Inn' for the first time a few days ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,220 Administrator · Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 My wife and I always have a pack of Pillsbury Cinnamon Buns for breakfast, and we'll generally watch A Christmas Story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acromite53 | 338 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 We always watch "Charlie Brown Christmas" and "White Christmas". Watching White Christmas goes way back with us. When they were kids, my mom and aunt would memorize and sing the "Sisters" number. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,222 Events Team · Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, acromite53 said: We always watch "Charlie Brown Christmas" and "White Christmas". Watching White Christmas goes way back with us. When they were kids, my mom and aunt would memorize and sing the "Sisters" number. Lol I'm watching some bits of White Christmas right now, cause it is broadcast on TV and I'm alone and merry! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,116 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I always go to my dad's for Christmas and we watch the college basketball tournament in Hawaii on ESPN all day while the turkey is in the oven and then have a big dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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