To wake DC up Christmas day before I go to work.

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I will be working 7am ( only 15 minute commute) and will be home around 3pm.

I miss a lot of things with DC due to working in a hospital.

I don't want to miss seeing their excitement of opening the presents that DH and I have struggled to buy them.

So should I wake them up at 5:45 and do the presents before work or wait till 3pm.

When they was younger and couldn't figure out the date I used to do Christmas to my next day off work.

Or am I being completely UR and should just say to DH to do the presents with him.

I do want them to learn Christmas isn't all about the presents, but I feel so guilty.

I hate working Christmas.

Haha laughing at the prospect of any of my children being in bed on Christmas morning! If I am lucky they won't wake up before 4! Last year my then 8 year old woke us at 3 we opened presents and all had a nap all before 6am.

Wake them at 6 and do stocking presents only. Or, if this isn't going to work (I wish my dcs had ever been asleep as late as 6 am on Christmas morning!!) let them open their stocking presents with your DH when they wake up and then enjoy opening the rest of the presents with you when you get home.

Definitely wake them. I will be coming home at 7 am and I fully intend to make DS wait until I am home so I can see him open his presents. If I was starting at 7 I would wake him.

Why don't you ask them?

No way would I wake them. What does your dh want to do? I wouldn't be too impressed with having dc woken up really early, esp one that isn't a morning person, then you go off to work while dh is left with over-tired over-excited kids.

I would give them maybe a present or 2 the night before and the others when you get back at 3. Unless they wake up, then give them one in the morning before you go and the rest when you get back.

My dc never wake up early on Christmas Day early. Thank goodness.

We were always up at the crack of dawn for Santa.
Why not do Santa presents first thing and any family presents at 3?

We were allowed to open one present from under the tree on Christmas Eve, Santa on the day, presents from my parents/Gran in the evening and one a day thereafter until they ran out. I do the same with my kids. DH thought it was dreadful until he saw how much they enjoyed having something new to open every day. You can also spend the day reminding them to play with the X that your godmother gave you

Great Xmas day your dp will have with grumpy tired children just so you can see them before work.

Many cultures open presents christmas eve after the evening meal.
Save getting people up early

Rather than getting them up properly why don't you sneak into their room/s and open just one present/stocking with them, the rest to be saved for when you're home. The anticipation of the presents is part of the excitement.