Your Christmas family traditions, customs and memories

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Ah Jog.. . And we were getting on so well lol,

I will offer a stay of execution as they don't be on social media, Christmas spirit n all that 🤝

It was weighing me down too much, needed to share 

It's ok. Just. But no more revelations I beg

My dad, God rest him, used to go soo slow on Xmas morn just to annoy hell out of us as we would all go down together,a traditional I've proudly carried on at much amusement to myself 😎😎

[Look-Up!]

https://www.thejournal.ie/live-animal-crib-dublin-green-party-6569402-Dec2024/

At least common sense won over this time with this tradition. That Nara spokesperson sounds like a right laugh.

[weareros]

https://www.thejournal.ie/live-animal-crib-dublin-green-party-6569402-Dec2024/

At least common sense won over this time with this tradition. That Nara spokesperson sounds like a right laugh.

Driving the animals back and forth from Wicklow to city centre every evening and morning? That's just cruelty. Put a feckin statue in there. It's not like Jesus Christ himself is in there too.

[johnnycool]

https://www.thejournal.ie/live-animal-crib-dublin-green-party-6569402-Dec2024/

At least common sense won over this time with this tradition. That Nara spokesperson sounds like a right laugh.

Driving the animals back and forth from Wicklow to city centre every evening and morning? That's just cruelty. Put a feckin statue in there. It's not like Jesus Christ himself is in there too.

Of course he isn't in there, that'll happen on Christmas day.

Do you know nothing about cribs?

[AustinPowers]

https://www.thejournal.ie/live-animal-crib-dublin-green-party-6569402-Dec2024/

At least common sense won over this time with this tradition. That Nara spokesperson sounds like a right laugh.

Driving the animals back and forth from Wicklow to city centre every evening and morning? That's just cruelty. Put a feckin statue in there. It's not like Jesus Christ himself is in there too.

Of course he isn't in there, that'll happen on Christmas day.

Do you know nothing about cribs?

I have to remind my mother about  that every year.  But it just seems  strange, all these  people and animals standing around doing nothing   for a month

[gawa316]

Crackers like hen's teeth here in the states. We head to the rich cousins for Christmas eve (usually on the 23rd) and they always have the crackers sourced...real good ones as well with funny jokes, trivia and/or interesting facts, and metal trinkets, none of that plastic shite! But in saying all that...the feckin savages pull their own crackers!! My kids know better as I've taught them well. You have to learn to lose in life and that starts with the old Christmas crackers. Oh and paper hats are worn regardless of own opinion on the matter.

[Look-Up!]

https://www.thejournal.ie/live-animal-crib-dublin-green-party-6569402-Dec2024/

At least common sense won over this time with this tradition. That Nara spokesperson sounds like a right laugh.

Driving the animals back and forth from Wicklow to city centre every evening and morning? That's just cruelty. Put a feckin statue in there. It's not like Jesus Christ himself is in there too.

I'd say it's a lot tougher for the drivers than the animals.

[AustinPowers]

Any  Christmas films/TV shows you or the  family would religiously watch at  Christmas?

I would have to watch  Scrooged and Home Alone if they were on. I can't help it . Watched  Nativity  the last few  years as well. Great wee film 

Oh and the Father Ted  Christmas special.  "And now, we  move on to liars...." 

[Milltown Row2]

Used to take the kids to QFT for Xmas movie night, home alone always gets a turn, but my favourite Xmas movie is Jimmy Stewart's It's a Wonderful life, and they refuse to watch it, cause it's in black and white!

[Aristo 60]

Any  Christmas films/TV shows you or the  family would religiously watch at  Christmas?

I would have to watch  Scrooged and Home Alone if they were on. I can't help it . Watched  Nativity  the last few  years as well. Great wee film 

Oh and the Father Ted  Christmas special.  "And now, we  move on to liars...." 

One thing about Scrooged that struck me recently is that the visions presented by the ghosts, and particularly the future ghost, are extremely short. The ghost of Christmas future shows the future in a sequence of no more than 1.5 mins.

[Substandard]

The Christmas card game on Christmas night.  It felt like a real rite of passage being called to the table with the grandfathers and uncles, playing 25, a game that's sadly dying out, it would seem.
Jesus,  it was like a bear pit at first though- you'd be absolutely scalded if you played wrong!!😅
 I'm still not sure if it was character-building or traumatising!!

[Captain Obvious]

This tacky stuff on the ceilings

[weareros]

The Christmas card game on Christmas night.  It felt like a real rite of passage being called to the table with the grandfathers and uncles, playing 25, a game that's sadly dying out, it would seem.
Jesus,  it was like a bear pit at first though- you'd be absolutely scalded if you played wrong!!😅
 I'm still not sure if it was character-building or traumatising!!

Oh yes you'd be eaten alive if you threw down the 5 of Trumps, thinking you were great, when someone else's card was already beating the person on 20.

[Substandard]

The Christmas card game on Christmas night.  It felt like a real rite of passage being called to the table with the grandfathers and uncles, playing 25, a game that's sadly dying out, it would seem.
Jesus,  it was like a bear pit at first though- you'd be absolutely scalded if you played wrong!!😅
 I'm still not sure if it was character-building or traumatising!!

Oh yes you'd be eaten alive if you threw down the 5 of Trumps, thinking you were great, when someone else's card was already beating the person on 20.

As said in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,  grim memories and bad flashbacks!!

[tyroneman]

Used to take the kids to QFT for Xmas movie night, home alone always gets a turn, but my favourite Xmas movie is Jimmy Stewart's It's a Wonderful life, and they refuse to watch it, cause it's in black and white!

What about the colour version?