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? asked in Society & CultureHolidaysChristmas · 8 years ago

I get christmas presents before and after christmas, but not on Christmas day. Is that weird?

I don't receive any presents on Christmas day. Instead my parents, get me some presents a few days before Christmas day and some presents a few days after Christmas day - in the Boxing day sales. If I do get a present on Christmas day, it will just be something small like a notebook, pen or a candle.

The presents that I get before and after Christmas day are never wrapped up, my parents just hand me them straight into my hands and that's it and my parents never say ''This is your Christmas present'', I just assume it is as I know that I won't get anything on Christmas day.

A week before Christmas day this year, my room got a makeover, so I'm just assuming that's my Christmas present as I won't be getting anything tomorrow on Christmas day.

Is that weird?

Do you and your family do anything weirder?

It's like this every year for me.

When I was a small kid (I'm 16 now) Christmas was a massive thing in my house, but sadly that's not the case any more.

Update:

My parents cannot be bothered to wrap the presents anymore or have a massive Christmas like we used to, they just think I'm too old for that now.

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  • 8 years ago
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    Every family does things differently. Your parents may think that because you're not little and don't believe in Santa, that you don't need/want special times. Or they may be seriously stressed out for reasons they don't want to tell you about. You're at that weird age where you're not a little kid, but they still don't see you as a grown-up. Let them know that sometimes, you'd just love to tear into wrapping paper when you were little. (With luck, they won't just give you a roll of wrapping paper and say 'have at it.')

    If nothing else, remember how you feel now, and let it guide you when you have your own 16-year-old.

  • 8 years ago

    It's not weird. It's what your family does. If it bothers you, suggest to your parents you'd rather get your presents wrapped up on Christmas Day.

  • 8 years ago

    Well, my family usually has my uncle or someone come up on christmas eve, we exchange presents, then like my uncle will open the presents we give him, and we will open the presents he gives us. Then on christmas morning, we open everything else.

    I think my friend must do something weird, he called me at 12am this morning to tell me he got a xbox360 and kinect for christmas.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Not weird at all. It's just the tradition of your family.

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  • 8 years ago

    It's sounds like there just being cheap or something

  • 8 years ago

    I've never seen that before!

  • 8 years ago

    That is rather odd.

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