Christmas Eve boxes - what’s in yours?

My DDs are 25 and 29 and we never had EOTS or CEB. I’ve also never heard of everyone else in RL doing it. I always assumed that Poundland invented both in 2010 and got MN to promote them through various threads ever since.

I’m not a Christmas killjoy. I LOVE it. I go over the top in every aspect. I’m properly vulgar. But I have only ever heard about EOTS and CEB from MN.

When they were little it was pj's, hot chocolate, popcorn and some Xmas DVDs. Also in there was the Santa plate, stockings and the night before Xmas book to read at bedtime.

We do a Christmas Eve box

DS (5) has in his wooden toys (made by Lanka Kade) of Santa reindeer sleigh tree etc that he has had since a baby but lives in his Christmas Eve box. A Christmas tree fidget and wind up toys we got last year and kept in the box so reused from last year.

Then added some new bits, new Christmas book to read at bedtime, silly fun games (reindeer hoopla and sprout head game), and gingerbread men making kit.

We do have matching PJs also but don’t put them in the box. This years were bought last year in sale.

So we quite like it but don’t go mad, bits that are reused each year, and a few non expensive items that involve some family time 😊

We don’t do them but as kids my parents used to allow us to open one present on Xmas eve which magically used to contain PJs/bot chocolate sachets/chocolate coins/a book and this was the the late 80s/early 90s so xmas eve boxes aren’t that weird to me. Must be our German ancestry 🤣

A bath bomb, hot chocolate, pj’s, a ticket to watch a film (always the Polar Express), and our night before Christmas book that we read every year. I never get Christmas PJs in the Christmas Eve box, just normal ones they can use all year round.

no One needs this shit

DDnotquite3 got some new Pyjamas, a bath bomb and some snacks to share while we watched a film this evening. She needed new Pyjamas anyway so 🤷‍♀️ i would have given her a book as well from the charity shop but she really doesn't need anymore bloody books right now

DD5 months got a pack of melty puffs and a fruit pouch that will be put in the cupboard until weaning in the New Year. A Christmas babygrow that used to be her sisters. And a recycled teething toy that she was given at birth but obviously she doesn't know that 😂

Mine get Pjs, a book to share and some popcorn

I did an Xmas eve box when Dd, Dsd and Dss were younger. I quite liked it as they would get them at around 4pm and I would put in - a personalised Xmas book, Pjs, socks, haribo, small colouring and puzzle books, popcorn and a DVD. Wine and emergency cigarettes for me. (Joke)

People don't have to fight; if you don't do the boxes then you don't really need to reply. And then there's no fight.

We do a Christmas Eve box. It wasn’t a tradition I had as a child but my SIL did it with my nephews and I loved the idea. Inside my DS box, he gets new pjs, hot chocolate and all which is needed to leave out for Santa and a book.

sure this’ll grow as he gets older but he enjoyed opening it this evening. No much extra consumption as most of it goes back in the box for next year.

my nephews are now adults and they used to get a DVD in theirs. I suppose that’s a bit outdated now but we’ll find extra bits as he gets older.

Nothing. They are getting plenty tmrw and we already have enough tat.

My daughters have 2 bottles of wine, crisps, chocolate, midget gems and millions 🤩

Well I put my tax return in mine and sent it to my accountant 😂

Couldn’t find a box file anywhere but happened to see a Christmas Eve box in Asda and OMG, it was perfect, just enough room in it. Only cost me £1:97 - wish I’d discovered them years ago. It definitely brightened my accountants day 😂

mine share a box and it has new pyjamas and chocolate coins. I’ve always had new pyjamas at Christmas Eve from being a child (and even now at almost 40 my mum will still get me some!). I wanted to carry on that tradition with mine and the box is handy to put them in

My Christmas Eve box has changed somewhat now the kids are older (teen:adults )
They still get new pyjamas . Miniature bottle of baileys type drink each. Chilli peanuts and snacks. Bottle of Buck’s Fizz to share. Reindeer food. Santas plate for his brandy and mince pie.
Their presents and cards to each other - always exchanged on Christmas Eve.

Pjs, Christmas story and a little chocolate Santa for DD
Pjs, hot chocolate and biscuits for DH. I’d imagine mine will be similar. We open after we get back from my sisters tonight and get DD ready for bed. It’s a nice tradition we’ve started for DD, not for Instagram or Facebook.

No judgement here 😄.

We do (for DS):
1st Dec box - hot choc + mini marshmallows, Christmas decoration, craft kit, chocolate reindeer
Advent calendar - usually Lego
Stocking - about 10 random small things, has to include chocolate coins

We don't do Xmas eve box but the elves flew of today and left some Christmas bath bombs for my 'stinky' kids

We do one for the whole family - it has a new game, the stockings to hang up, a set of temporary tattoo pens, hot chocolate supplies and we do secret Santa so the kids don’t have to buy for every one so those go in as well. 😊

My eldest is an adult now and I used to do Christmas Eve box with PJs, hot chocolate stirrer and some nice biscuits with a dvd to watch and homemade bath bombs because I’d make them as gifts for colleagues. I don’t do them anymore because everything is so expensive but I do miss doing them.
One of my friends put a hamster in hers for her DD as a christmas present (obviously her DD had been asking for a hamster) and I always thought that was a lovely way for her to meet her hamster.

Mine are late teens to young adults but I do a new pair of pj’s (not Xmas ones), socks or slippers, and a drink/snack. They are not that new a thing as I’ve been doing them at least 13 years, the same boxes are reused each year. Any girlfriend/boyfriend staying over gets the same squeezed in the box for them too.

However these days they don’t open them til they get in, and the stockings are already filled by this point too and I’m in bed. But they still love it and I will continue it as long as they want me to.

I was working today so put some bits in it to keep her amused, sticker book and activity pack. A lot of things we reuse every year, santa plate (had a cookie making set that we've just done ready to go on said plate), a puzzle, a buzzer game, a letter writing set so she does a thank you to Santa. Has her new pyjamas, a bath bomb and sponge ready for a calming bath and the night before christmas book that we read every year. She's been so good playing away while I worked.

For those who have asked if people do the boxes as well as the stockings I do both.
I don't buy any more than I usually would though, as I posted earlier I put pj's socks, hot choc and teddy in the box so they can use them Christmas eve and build up to Christmas day then in the stockings i just put a few of the smaller gifts instead of putting them in their sacks or on the pile.
The only extra cost was buying the boxes which I think were £3.99 from Aldi and are reused every year.

I made one for my Mum which she's opened - it had a little bottle of prosecco, a mini Christmas cake, a small box of lindt chocolates, a Six the Musical pen, Christmas slippers, a short story by Freida McFadden, a hot chocolate stencil and a scratch card :)