Which Christmas tradition would you get rid of?

[Fantina]

For me, it would be wrapping presents. I know they can look pretty and when I make an effort, mine do. But it feels like such a waste of time and paper. I’d like to normalise not wrapping them and using gift bags with whispy paper instead.

what would you get rid of and why?

You've rather missed the point!

I was curious why anyone want to celebrate Christmas in November? I mean the religious aspect could easily be moved but people would still want to feast and gather with family in midwinter. It's such an ancient practice.

I meant the midwinter festival is nothing like relatively recent traditions like Father Christmas and his connection to children (dating to Victorian times I think). I don't see it as something you can just change.

School Carol Service. Squeezing our whole school plus parents, grandparents, siblings into a tiny church is a recipe for disaster the week before Christmas especially when there is an rsv outbreak.... so many people who attended are sick.

Ahem.
Thirty days hath September, April, June and ...

That it has to be about family. Not everyone has family. Make it a more open event.

You're "allowed" to see friends at Easter. Can we please make Christmas the same. And have places open to visit like at Easter.

Especially as the weather can be better at Christmas than at Easter.

Me too!

Yes, it all ties in with the fact that it has to be about family and everyone turns in on themselves.

Easter is so much better and less stress.

More daylight when dashing round the country to do the duty visits to aged relatives, too.

Oh OK, missed that as I just read it as 'end of November'

We don't bother with turkey and just buy a large chicken instead, we added a beef joint this year too. Only OH eats sprouts and he roasts them rather than boiling them, we eat at normal dinner time (6ish) and eat crap throughout the day until that point (I had trifle for breast, lunch and after dinner!)

I refuse to partake in the elf thing, I have ADHD so I would 100% ruin it for my kids within a week or 2 by forgetting to move the elf!

Kids get 10-15 gifts each depending on budget but total cost under £150-200 each so no consoles or big ticket gifts given at Christmas (we save those for birthdays), I haven't sent a Christmas card for years, though the kids do them for their friends at school

We did a Christmas eve box last year, but didn't this year due to budget, eldest asked if we were going to do it again but wasnt fussed when I said no and youngest didnt notice, so you dont have to continue with things just because you did it last year

Do Christmas however you want and however works best for your family

We don't do all that many things we don't want to. However, I'd like to remove:
Presents for friends' kids/kids' nursery or primary school friends. It's too much. My heart secretly sinks when yet another friend mentions that they've bought for DC because I'd feel so churlish not reciprocating, when really I just want the kids to exchange cards instead and be done with it.
Christmas pop songs, especially blaring out in supermarkets and especially in early November. Just awful. Our local shop plays classical Christmas music instead (quietly!) and that's fine.