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What time did you used to wake up on Christmas morning as a kid?

32 replies

Heavenly44 · 24/12/2020 22:20

I used to wake up at 6am

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wendz86 · 25/12/2020 06:38

Early - about 6 probably or earlier . I remember one year my dad found me and my sister playing a beauty and the beast board game in my room around 2am Grin

Aria2015 · 25/12/2020 06:41

I probably used to wake up at 6am or similar (with excitement) but we weren't allowed out of bed until 7am. My mother used to put a clock on our room on Christmas Eve and tell us if we got out of bed before 7am we risked being awake for when Father Christmas arrived and we wouldn't get any presents! To be fair, it did work!

riotlady · 25/12/2020 20:06

I used to wake up about 4/5, crawl to the end of my bed to check that Santa had been and my stocking was full, then go back to sleep until about 9, my parents had to wake me up quite often xD

Brefugee · 25/12/2020 21:52

Probably early, and we were always sent back to our rooms until at least 7am. Stocking presents were designed to keep us occupied and we were legit allowed to eat the sweets and fruit in them, usually there was a book and a game or one of those little puzzles to take apart.

I'm not sure it was ever explicitly stated but we never ever opened under the tree presents until after breakfast and our parents handed them out one by one, we took turns to open, so that we registered what we had (in our heads) and it wasn't a free for all so that we forgot what we'd been given. If it all got too hectic, we had a break for a game or to play with the things we'd already opened.

No presents (except stockings) until after breakfast was eaten and washing up done. A tradition we still have now which is great.

Hohomerryxmas · 27/12/2020 06:55

Between 6 and 7am.

PointyDragonPokingThing · 27/12/2020 07:00

I think around 6am. I find it a bit sad that our parents didn't want to see us open our stockings though and would lie in til 8am or so. I mean I like sleep too but that doesn't trump seeing my kids' happy faces on xmas morning!

Parbor · 27/12/2020 07:05

I used to wake early and feel the weight of the stocking on my bed then lie there bubbling with excitement trying to sleep until 6/7 am when I was allowed to get up. One year my parents heard me rustling my stocking at around 3am and my dad came and took it into their room.

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