Who does a Christmas/North pole breakfast on the 1st?

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For a few years now I have done my children a 'Christmas breakfast' on the 1st December! We don't have an elf so I don't call it a 'Northpole breakfast' but it is pretty much the same.

I decorate the table and I have silver chargers that I put the food on - Christmas tree crumpets, mini mice pies and gingerbread men. This year I'm doing them a 'candy cane' of sliced strawberries and banana. I always put a little chocolate figure next to their place. They have Christmas plates and bottles I will get out. On the table will also be their Christmas card from me and their advent calendar (traditional picture one). They love it and it gets us all in the festive mood. Anyone else?

I dare you to do this and not put any pictures on social media!
I think so much of the newer "traditions" apart from getting you to buy stuff is to show how perfect you and your family are.
It may be but it may not snd makes others feel rubbish.

We do a North Pole breakfast but on Christmas Eve. Im going tbh I love all things Christmas, my husband’s favourite saying is “Trust me to have married an Elf” but the 1st seems ridiculously early to start hyping the kids up.

We it started because my youngest was Sad to see the Elf go so we it was a bit of fun he left behind before he went back to Santa. We don’t go to any elaborate lengths, the girls come down to big cups of hot chocolate, “Santa music” over my preferred Kings carols Christmas tree crumpets and banana and strawberry candy canes. I’m sure there now cooler ideas do do but we have always just stuck to this as it’s the tradition and it’s perfect for us at it is. We do have a cloth Elf table runner that makes an appearance once a year and I occasionally (if I happen to see some) will put up some merry Christmas Bunting. The only other addition id like to make this year is some nice mugs to keep for their hot chocolate

Nope not doing it it seems a bit twee. Might go to a local Christmas fair later in the day.
I have pinched the sweets left in shoes tradition on the 6th but I also tell my lot the story of krampus. Swings and roundabouts in our house

@lowbudgetnigella

Ask and it seems it shall appear

It is nicer IMO to spread things out a bit . I don't want to have everything compressed into 3 days ( 24/25/26) even worse the people who insist it is One Day .

There is no "Plastic Tat" generated thank you .
We have decorations, crockery and divet covers that are years old and get put on the beds in October till Feb (winter ones then I add a Christmas fleece )

How many times do tempers flare because DC and parents get over tired and over whelmed .
Or someone is ill and you realise you haven't stopped to enjoy the Season.

Don't buy the plastic. No=one forces anyone to .
Cut back on waste by planning
Say "No , I'm not buying for adults and I don't want anything bought for me , thank you"

But all the sniping is a bit Virtue Signalling .

“What tat can you waste money on, on say, December 5th?”

I can answer that. In many cultures, St Nicholas (not “Santa”) brings gifts. And he does so on St Nicholas’ Day which is December 6.

On eve of Dec 5, children put their boots and shoes outside of their front doors and wake up on the 6th to boots filled with goodies from St Nick. But don’t worry, it’s traditionally fruits, chocolates and other edible goodies rather than plastic tat.

We put our Tree up weekend of the Carol service . this year 21/22. .. until 12th Night...

We have Christmas Presents on Christmas Day.

Am I now in a tiny minority that doesn't see Christmas as a two month long festival of unbridled commercialism, sprinkled with a large dose of 'traditions' invented in the last decade by the retailers of 'PJ's, hot chocolate-mugs and, apparently - festive DVDs ' ?

After all - nothing says I am celebrating the birth of Christ quite like a L'Occitane beauty calendar!

Oh and I’m doing the breakfast this year because it’s Sunday and I can be arsed to do it the night before. We’re going to visit Santa at Lapland UK so I’m going to be full of Xmas magic and wine.

It’s purely to mark the arrival of our Elf. We also have a tradition to go see Santa the last weekend of November. I like to get those Xmas lists off the kids during the Black Friday sales, thank you. And once you tell Santa- no changes allowed in our house.

Christmas:

Trees. Decorations. Crackers. Carols. Nativity service (if applicable). Local light switch on. Fairs. Cards. Advent. Parties. Presents. Christmas dinner. Pantomime. Paper chains. Jumper/PJ's (if applicable). Christmas films. Foliage collecting and making wreaths. Writing a letter to Father Christmas. A visit to Santa's grotto.

There's probably more I've forgotten. If that's not plenty to do over one month?

Plastic tat mentality:

December 1st hampers. Then Christmas Eve hampers with junk like reindeer food, and pre-christmas presents. North Pole Breakfasts. Elf on the shelf...

It's not virtue signalling to acknowledge the difference.

In many cultures, St Nicholas (not “Santa”) brings gifts. And he does so on St Nicholas’ Day which is December 6.

Watches point fly over posters head much like St Nick.

OP had better get on this. Utter fail as a mother/wife/woman/human in general if she doesn't buy into this too.

Good for you.
We do Christmas presents on Christmas Day. And an advent calendar from Cadbury..

I do. The kids have reusable advent calendars so I get those out and Christmas mugs and a table cloth, most of which I've been given for my December birthday

I'm making a fruit Christmas tree this year only because I've been asked to make one for the Beaver/Cub Christmas party so it's a chance to practice and I'm trying to perfect my cinnamon bun recipe ready for Christmas Day so I'll make those too.

It won't go on social media (except MN)
I don't buy anything except food.
We don't put the tree up until mid December.
When I was little my Mum did little things like make us marzipan snowmen for breakfast when she iced the Christmas cake and little bread rolls that looked like Tomte so it's not much more than that.

We won't do a special breakfast, but there will be lebkuchen and hot chocolate/mulled wine when we come home from the advent service at the cathedral.

I love advent.

I see your St Nicholas (also done here as he is our patron saint) and I raise you the 13th December (twinkly lights), Epiphany when children are given stockings (again) and February 4th.
Sadly, I'm not sure any would appeal to the Elf voters as apart from the stockings there's not much spending or "isn't my family just perfect and better than everyone else's" going on.

And I'd far rather be a virtue signaller than a smug Supermammy trying to make everyone else feel inadequate.

Kind of reminds you of the mothers at primary school who do all the kids' craft stuff for them so they win the prize instead of letting them take the Easter bonnet in that looks like Hagrid made it then sat on it.

Watches point fly over posters head much like St Nick

Oh dear. Someone’s too busy trying to convince the rest of us anything not on her approval list is “tat” to notice people mocking her.

I really should get out more
Never heard of half of these ‘Christmas traditions’

North Pole breakfasts have been around ages- 5/6 years at least. See Pinterest for millions of ideas

I don’t understand people who aren’t overly interested in Xmas, who don’t look for Christmas ideas in magazines/ Pinterest/ instagram and yet still seem miffed that “they’ve never heard” of a certain Christmas idea. Who gives a shit? It’s not like it needs your validation.

What is the connection between Christmas and the north pole?

You are aware, of course, that a common element of the Santa myth is that his workshop is in the North Pole?

Thankfully my children are older so we never had all this faffing around. They get their advent calendar on the 1st and be grateful

Oh and no I don’t do a North Pole breakfast but it sounds lovely OP, enjoy

Oh and we’re doing one for the first time! Pancakes, banana and strawberry candy canes, hot chocolate. Delivery of elf and advent calendar

Seriously roffling at "been around for ages"= 5/6 years at least.

Unless you're 9 of course and really want your mammy to buy an elf.

Never heard of half of these ‘Christmas traditions’

That's why I love threads about Christmas, I enjoy hearing all the different things people do.
We didn't have stockings as children, I didn't really hear about them until my youngest started school.

Well 5/6 years isn’t some new fangled tradition that you couldn't possibly know about because it’s so spanking new is it?

I doubt you’re seriously rofling btw- that would be stupid