To think Christmas Eve boxes are absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary?

[dressinggownwearer]

Just that really. Do children not get enough at Christmas without giving them even more the day before?! What are Christmas Eve boxes even for/full of that can't wait until Christmas Day?! Am I being mean and a grinch or do people agree?

Also I wouldn't want an 'anal harpie' as you put it judging others for not getting Christmas boxes because it is apparently 'the done thing' either. It works both ways. Live and let live.

Absolutely no one on this thread or any other like it has said you should do a Christmas Eve box if you don’t want to.

They’ve said, do whatever you want and quit judging others for doing what they want.

The ‘anal harpy’ judgement is a one way street.

@QueenofLean nobody said it is wrong for buying winter pyjamas or Christmas ones. There was just afew wondering point of giving Christmas themed pyjamas on Christmas eve when not much wear out of them for growing dc. People including myself were saying about giving them on 1st December. Each to their own..

the best bit of this is everyone agressively saying

'we dont do a box, it didnt even exist when I was little and I wont do it because its consumerism... we just do PJ, luxuary hot chocolate, bubble bath and film like we did when I was little'

like that IS a xmas eve box, what do the people saying stuff like the above 'think' a xmas eve box is that is so wildly different and offensive compaired to what they are doing?

I have also never heard of children getting toys in a xmas eve box in my circle but even if they did see someone else doing it online etc... I would assume its religeous or cultural (since opening gifts on the eve or at midnight is common in many cultures) so slamming its a bit racist (the world is bigger than just what you personally know)

people also seem crazy hung up on the word 'box' there doesnt have to be a physical box - regardless of if you have a box, a bag or a reusable hamper, if they are wrapped, unwrapped them or just layed on the bed its still a xmas eve 'box' (I believe the 'box' name came from them commonly been given in wrapped shoe boxes in the older days)

I think having winter weight and summer weight pjs helps with the heating bills.

That's got to be good!

@TheKeatingFive in real life I have heard that very judgement lol I've never heard judgement the other way though..
Only on MN

in real life I have heard that very judgement lol I've never heard judgement the other way though

I cannot comment on your real life, I don’t live it.

Take it up with those people.

Absolutely no one on here is suggesting you do a box if you don’t want to. Do whatever the hell you want.

Don't do them then.

Funny how we have a choice.

@TheKeatingFive the comment wasnt made to me, it was made to somebody I used how work with; I had mo DC at the time to get presents for! I was just meaning it works both ways. Mind your own

used to* sorry dealing with baby and toddler

And before you quote it mind your own is meant hypothetically to everyone judging others and not to you personally...

i was just meaning it works both ways

But on here it absolutely doesn’t

Mind your own

I do.

@Yesterdayforgotten

'Again, dd would happily wear Christmas pyjamas every day of the year ,she doesn’t care so neither should anyone else'

I don't see how she could in a hot summer for example, you couldn't do that with none Christmas themed winter pjs either. Surely you mean in the cold season only and not all year around! Also I wouldn't want an 'anal harpie' as you put it judging others for not getting Christmas boxes because it is apparently 'the done thing' either. It works both ways. Live and let live. Accept everyone has their own traditions and they may not be yours...

She does wear them all year round including summer if she’s so inclined, actually . They’re not fleece , just t shirt material . And no one has said any one is wrong for not doing it but why should those that enjoy it be made to feel like consumerist monsters because of small gifts given on Christmas Eve? Live and let live ,as you said ..

I dont know anyone else who does a Christmas eve box

I dont judge them for it though, in fact in discussions the things i give on Christmas eve are what some of my friends would term stocking fillers

Our stockings just have chocolate in them on the day

@Fluffybutter

'She does wear them all year round including summer if she’s so inclined, actually .
They’re not fleece , just t shirt material .
And no one has said any one is wrong for not doing it but why should those that enjoy it be made to feel like consumerist monsters because of small gifts given on Christmas Eve?'

They sound great as most are so warm and cosy arent they? Oh and I never said any of that you're confusing me for others on this thread...

also everyones 'I dont know anyone that does this' well unless you are with them on the night of Xmas eve why would you?

as much as people moan about this being social media fuelled people dont actually post it on social media because why would you? its a standard tradition (you dont photograph your xmas crackers and stockings and post them online do you) and not even really worth talking about in day to day life because most people do have so variation of the eve tradition

I only know what family (and very close friends in my late teens when we lived together) that I have spent Xmas with did on those years I was there

I have no concept of if Timmy from year 3 or Sandie for year 6 family is giving them PJs, hotchocolate and a bath (in a box or not) or if they are opening gifts before/after midnight mass or if they are having a picnic of popcorn and treats while watching the pantomime but all are perfectly acceptible

The consumerist monster part*

I think the custom of receiving PJs and a new game on Christmas Eve actually triggered the magic for us as children. It was, for us, an established part of the ritual of Christmas, and when we got given those items we knew that meant the big day was imminent, and at the same time gave us a distraction to channel that excitement.

It sounds like most people have these ritual triggers already, be it in box form, unboxed form, or event based. As with everything in life, that isn’t an obligation, do whichever version that brings you and your family joy.

@RufustheSniggeringReindeer

Its dds birthday a few days before Christmas and she gets pjs for her birthday AS WELL AS CHRISTMAS EVE 😱

I do hope I’m not doing anything wrong by giving them to her ON HER ACTUAL BIRTHDAY

Two loads of tat...I’m so ashamed

You bloody monster

You bloody monster

😩

We do and always have done new PJs Christmas Eve. I did as a child too. We don't do boxes,I was actually looking for a Christmas box to make up snack boxes for the kids with their favourites in it but all the boxes I found said Christmas Eve box on them 😡.

@Someonesayroadtrip

We do and always have done new PJs Christmas Eve. I did as a child too. We don't do boxes,I was actually looking for a Christmas box to make up snack boxes for the kids with their favourites in it but all the boxes I found said Christmas Eve box on them 😡.

You could get a big wicker box on eBay and a linen (or other) bag for each child. These can be reused every year.

@Someonesayroadtrip

We do and always have done new PJs Christmas Eve. I did as a child too. We don't do boxes,I was actually looking for a Christmas box to make up snack boxes for the kids with their favourites in it but all the boxes I found said Christmas Eve box on them 😡.

I use these for movie night...could add christmas stickers or names

@Acrasia

I think the custom of receiving PJs and a new game on Christmas Eve actually triggered the magic for us as children. It was, for us, an established part of the ritual of Christmas, and when we got given those items we knew that meant the big day was imminent, and at the same time gave us a distraction to channel that excitement.

It sounds like most people have these ritual triggers already, be it in box form, unboxed form, or event based. As with everything in life, that isn’t an obligation, do whichever version that brings you and your family joy.

Agree completely. Lovely memories of unwrapping a new nightie and getting some kind of fancy bubble bath that wasn't Matey 😁 It was a ritual of that, whatever Christmas movie the BBC were showing and then in to bed smelling lovely and feeling incredibly excited.

Even now my adult children are given new nightwear on Christmas Eve, usually just lounge pants (which aren't seasonal I add) but they have a bath, put on their PJ's and watch a movie with their respective partners and I suspect when they have their own children it will carry on again.

My Fathers family were lucky to afford PJ's and a treat for him in the 30's but I imagine my Nan would have scraped something together to try and keep Christmas magical for him through a war. I guess that left enough of an impression on him to do the same for me. And so it continues.

I was looking at last years Christmas card from 21 year old ds1 and he said ‘thank you for making Christmas so magical’

So there!