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| (...) Or they forgot an important detail when setting up this gift-opening scene: When are gifts opened? In the US, it's Christmas (25.) morning, while in Germany, it's typically Christmas Eve (i.e. late afternoon to very late evening of the 24.). (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) It depends on how old you are, when I was a kid it was about 5am. That way I could eat all my xmas sweets, and still have an appatite for lunch! Scott A (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| It depends on families too - my family opens all the "personal presents" on Xmas Eve, and all the "Santa presents" Xmas Day. My wife's family opens them all on Xmas Day. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) In Norway, we always open the presents after the Christmas dinner on the 24th of December, typically around 18-20. (That's 6-8pm.) We normally have to wait until the dishes are done, too, but I have a feeling that this is done to have the kids (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) In the United States, it seems that most people wait until Christmas morning. I know I always did. It was a matter of forcing yourself to go to sleep at night and trying not to wake up too early, because you knew that your parents wouldn't get (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| We used to have a 4 stage Christmas. Stage one was Christmas Eve at my aunts with my mother's side of the family. After it reached the point that there were more than about 5 or 6 kids in my generation, we stopped giving everyone presents, and all (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| In my "extended family" we opened gifts at different times: On Christmas Eve, the family had a big get-together and exchanged gifts "family-to-family, person-to-person." As much of the family as possible was together for Christmas Eve, this included (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Your extended family Christmases sound very much like mine, as far as who gives presents to whom, and who gets together, and all. When I was a kid, my dad's side of the family (from my grandparents on down) would get together on the Sunday (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| [ I suspect this answer is a few months late, but ... ] Fredrik: (...) In Denmark the general habit (among the ~99% of the population that are protestants) is to open the presents after dinner Christmas eve. I have never encountered a Danish family (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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