How do you spend your christmas?

Philippines
October 27, 2010 1:36am CST
Christmas season is coming near. Few more days and christmas is here. When I was young,my grandmother would make some hot chocolate drink and some rice pudding on the christmas eve. We'll wait patiently for Santa's coming to fill our socks with gifts. Then have a christmas feast on the christmas day with my relatives and friends. I very much love listening to christmas songs,even until now. It reminds me so much of my younger days. That's how we celebrate christmas,how about yours?
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• United States
27 Oct 10
Relatives on my mother's side get together every year at our house for Christmas. There is usually more food that we can all handle, and we break out the karaoke machine. They at midnight, we bring out the cake and have coffee. We also battle it out with charades then we exchange gifts and say nice things to each other. This is for Christmas eve. On Christmas day, we either stay home or hang out somewhere.
28 Oct 10
lat year and this year i will be on my own with my kids as my family are not talking to me
@tkonlinevn (6382)
• Vietnam
5 Nov 10
I'll decorate my room colorful. On Christmas night, I'll go to church, then to go around with my friends to sight seeing city.
28 Oct 10
When we lived in a 10 bedroomed house we use to have most of the family stay over christmas and new year. However we moved to a 2 bedroomed bungalow last year so last christmas we all went to Mexico and we were swimming and sailing in the pacific ocean on Christmas day. This year we are going to London for a party in Brunel University
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
29 Oct 10
I spend my life alone. I love to be alone and spend life in front of my computer to make some cash. If I have love I want to spend time for her all night
@SimpleBB (1329)
• Philippines
29 Oct 10
What I remember about Christmas during my younger years is the abundant food on the table at Christmas eve. There's always the quezo de bola and hot chocolate, what I want is the suman with latik. And at the Christmas day, we visited our relatives in some distant place and of course got all the gifts and money. Now at our age, we usually just stay home. The same preparation at the eve, but just a bit difference on the day itself. We usually wait for the coming of our relatives especially the children and distribute then our prepared gifts for them, just like how we received them when we are young. Christmas is really an event to be get excited.
@2004cqui (2812)
• United States
28 Oct 10
Great food, roaring fire, good booze, for two. Excellent.
@sissy67 (224)
• United States
27 Oct 10
We spend Christmas Eve with my side of the family. We have lots of different finger foods and deserts. We exchange gifts and take pictures and just sit around the whole afternoon and enjoy each others company. We are at our own home on Christmas Morning. We have a good breakfast and open gifts. I then cook some dishes that are taken to my mother in laws for Christmas Day dinner.
@derek_a (10874)
28 Oct 10
I spend my Xmas quietly at home and don't tend to celebrate it too much as in my mind it is a very commercial time of year. I don't tend to want too many presents, just a card will do me from my family as this lets me know they are thinking of me. When I was a child though, it was entirely different as I got all the excitement. I see it as for the kids when they are young and then the parents can have a great deal of fun also as they watch their kids opening the presents. _Derek
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
27 Oct 10
i would love to spend it with my family but i guess it's not going to be possible again this Christmas. i miss them and i wont be spending the Holidays with them. i work out of town and it;s so hard to take a time off from work. but it's ok, i'll just call..
@Ramaditya (1227)
• Indonesia
27 Oct 10
Although I do not celebrate Christmas, I do spend a lot of hours with my friends celebrating it. They usually invite me after the rituals, and we eat and play video games a lot. It is also fun to get in touch with their relatives, mostly sharing the same hobbies.
@hushi22 (4928)
27 Oct 10
i am so excited to celebrate my christmas with my family this year because next year i will be out of the country and it will take more years before i will come back. but i also feel bad to know that i will be leaving soon.
• China
27 Oct 10
hello friend. happy christmas first. we are from china. and we often have a party that eve night and have a deep drink with each other. gifts is none . but just be happy. so i dont think the gift is so important , just have a good mood. best wishes.
@turikusi (66)
• Philippines
27 Oct 10
We spend Christmas Eve here at home with my family. My mom would cook her best recipes and I would help her to cook. Of course my other siblings and my Dad are just there to eat lol. Before midnight, we would hear mass. Then eat when we get home.
27 Oct 10
I'm so sad, because I'm not going home for christmas, and I'm going to spend it without my family :/ i'll be in my university accommodation with few of my mates..
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
27 Oct 10
When I was younger we would go to my grandparents on my mom's side one day and my grandmother on my dad's side another. I believe usually Christmas Eve was my mom's side and Christmas Day was my dad's side. We'd open presents from santa and my parents on Christmas Eve I believe. Truth be told I forget exactly all we did. In any case, I do remember the christmas tree decorating, and I remember christmas songs the day of the celebration itself.
@pogi253 (1586)
• Philippines
27 Oct 10
Christmas was the best time of year in our household. I remember going out as one great big family and choosing our Christmas tree, just after Thanksgiving had ended. I remember pulling out the Christmas ornaments to decorate the tree. This was always a task as we shared memories of the ornaments and all the past Christmas’.
• United States
27 Oct 10
We have Christmas Eve at my grandma's where we open the gifts from that side of the family and have an early brunch like thing. On Christmas day, my immediately family all opens their gifts and then that night we have a huge Christmas dinner. It's a lot of fun. I love Christmas time :D
@marco83 (42)
• Italy
27 Oct 10
I use to spend Christmas with my parents, my grandparents and all my family. We use to have a very big lunch all togheter in my grandma house. We often eat a lot and, for this reason, we use to walk in a countryside in the afternoon. Sometimes wehave decided to go out to the cinema especially when it was possible to see funny christmas movie! I like very much the Christmas day because I have the possibility to stay with all my family!