Christmas Eve Or Christmas Morn?
I asked the holiday poll question based on my own experience. I grew up in a Catholic home that opened its gifts on Christmas Eve. First, my parents would pack all six of us kids up in whatever car they were driving at the time — all 8 of us fit in it. And then we’d attend midnight service at the Catholic Church in my old home town, a church where my aunt and uncle were among the first to marry during the World War I era. We kids could hardly contain ourselves through the Mass. We knew what awaited at home. Then, we’d head home and open our gifts, with only the “stocking gift” remaining to be open on Christmas morning. However, Mrs. O had the tradition of opening the gifts on Christmas morning. We alternated at first. But eventually she won out. (Of course.) Now, we open our gifts Christmas morning. It doesn’t seem as enchanting. But there’s give and take in a marriage. That’s one of my gives. How about you?
Question: Did you have any gift-opening conflicts when you married?
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