Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. When did you open your gifts?

[Jilly_in_VA]

10. Christmas morning

We kids would sit on the stairs and it was really annoying becaus we could hear our parents talking, but they wouldn't get up until 8:00! Then we were allowed to have our stockings, but nothing else until we at least had cereal and the parents had coffee. THEN we got to have presents! Ater that. a serious breakfast, usually pancakes and bacon.

I followed kind of the same ritual with my kids. They got their stockings while we had coffee. I put the breakfast casserole (assembled the day before and refrigerated) into the oven, and we had presents. By the time we finished, the casserole and the cinnamon rolls ( which I'd excused myself to put into the oven) would be ready and we'd sit down to breakfast.