@prologic@twtxt.net An entire month of looking at presents that you’re not allowed to open? That’s torture. 😂
@movq@www.uninformativ.de not torture! That’s the Australian way to toughen children spirit, and encourage strength of mind. 😂 I, for one, welcome our Australian overlords (and overladies)!
@movq@www.uninformativ.de @bender@twtxt.net 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.
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org 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.
@bender@twtxt.net haha, Christmas Bender 😃🤟