Christmas Eve box ?

[CJ98]

Opinion on Christmas Eve boxes…
I haven’t really had a need to do a Christmas Eve box but I have my own daughter now and I’ve always seen people do them. Are they worth it ? Are they worth it for a 6 month old baby ? What do you put in them ? It will be her first Christmas so I’m trying to make it as special as I can..

I'm not upset? You're very dramatic.

Why are you so defensive then? I literally said horses for courses & yet you keep wanting to labour the point with me whilst labelling me dramatic & the one with an issue. Perhaps this Christmas Eve you will find some self awareness in your box?! 😆

Love the idea of a 1 dec box! Because otherwise you end up giving all the Christmas outfits and crafts etc on Christmas Eve with only a handful of days left to actually use them. I’m going to do that this yr. Thank you for the idea!

Lol ok. I see that you are just dramatic.

Answering something isn't defensive. Slightly pointless to play chess with pigeons, so enjoy your day 😊

@Ihateslugs after a particular family party where an Uncle bought out some Poitín I stay away from home made alcohol 😆😆

Exactly this.

We have several jigsaws too which come out on rotation and everyone puts the odd bit into throughout December.

I've never understood brand new PJ's on Christmas Eve because after Christmas Day it feels a bit odd wearing them.

Another excellent contribution @LePetitMaman 🥱

Surprised it can hold your attention long enough. You know, like wind up toys which are obviously an all day activity.

ponders if openly taking the piss will continue to be confused with being upset and defensive

Is that the best you have got?! At least try & be funny! Why don’t you try & enjoy your day like you just said as it’s derailing the thread.

I am.

You're highly amusing to several of us, based on the number of thanks my posts are getting.

Please continue, it's most entertaining.

And yet you still can’t stop playing chess with a pigeon & losing….

I used to do Christmas Eve Hampers for mine when they were little , then when they were teens we went onto Dec 1st Boxes.

My DD got some beautiful grey snowflake pyjamas from VS Pink that of course she didn't want to wait for Christmas Eve to wear ,

My DC are 22 and 25 so it isn't some new fangled Insta Shite .

The CEH was a box each that was saved and re-used .
Some winter pyjamas ( Primark did lovely brushed cotton plaid ones)
Bath Bomb
New toothbrush
Sachet of hot chocolate
Small pack of biscuits
Annual
Lindt teddies

No plastic tat landfill as it was used/re-used/eaten.
The CEH was put in front of the fireplace before we went out for their walk in the afternoon (feed reindeer at a visitr centre ) in wellies and warm clothes. Then come home and do the bath/pyjamas. wind down .

Now they have Dec 1st Boxes
pyjamas
loungewear
Years worth of socks/underwear for DS
Toiletries and face products

I used to do a Beauty Advent Calendar for DD but she has things like nail polish , mascara, eyelash serum , in her Dec 1st Box as she wants to use them throughout December .

As mine are adults , they never know what they want for Christmas , we give DS money (his preference)
DD has diamond earrings and some books .
I bought her clothes but they;re for work .

We don't do a Christmas Eve box, but I do have a Christmas box (a wooden box that I painted with Christmas scenes) that has a load of Christmas books in it that comes out each year at the beginning of December - the night before Christmas, the jolly Christmas postman, the Christmas Pig etc. And I give them new PJs to wear on Christmas Eve (not Christmas themed)

My DD ( 22) loves Christmas , she was 6 months old , her brother was 3 yo and understood .
She'll ask "What did you do on my First Christmas " we have video of her lounging in her sleeping bag ( those Baby Gro oadded things) waving DS Santa List about while DS comes in to the fireplace excited .
My Mum&Dad were there for Christmas

When my DS asks , we (DH and I ) were knackered with our 3 week old baby .
He doesn't feel short changed , I think he likes the idea of DH and eating dinner in shifts and walking the pram for miles to get him to sleep

We do Christmas Eve boxes which contain only pyjamas (so they have nice new ones on for opening present pics to send family on Christmas morning) and a new Christmas story which is then put in the collection which comes out each December. No tat or 'stuff for landfill' that people are talking about.
Our kids believe that the elves bring it - cute I think.

😂

I just gave my children a relaxing bath bomb.

I've never done them, I've always given new PJs on xmas eve, and we have hot chocolate and watch the snowman,I thought that was the norm until recently.

I bloody love Xmas, and am probably on the more excessive side with decorations and gifts, but I can't get into all these burr boxes and boo boxes and Xmas eve boxes and elf on the shelf etc, just makes a stressful time of year more stressful imo.

Oh I like the new toothbrush idea. There's something disproportionately nice about the first use of a new toothbrush.

This may well become a new tradition!

If it makes you and your family happy, go for it!

Yes we do it as did my parents.

Traditionally it was about books, however it quickly became about PJs too.

We do PJs, book, new toothbrush, fun supper (gingerbread men, hot chocolate and something fun to eat).

For a little baby you might not need food but if you are weening you could maybe do melty buttons or something. Obviously 6 month old do read but you could get a keepsake book or a baby soft/board book (maybe a 'thats not my' type book) and PJ are always handy. We go just nice new PJs they do NOT have to be xmas themed.

Both are wrong technically.

Its a take on the European traditions (where presents are commonly given on xmas eve not xmas day) from WW2. During the war rationing effected availability so there was a huge push to make books the common present (as paper was not a rationed item). As many troops and child refugees where displaced from European areas (like the 250,000 ww2 settlers from Poland etc...) and came to Britain they brought the idea/tradition of the gift given on Xmas eve with them.

New Pyjamas for photos wouldn't work here. We don't open presents in PJs, we're boring and get dressed before opening presents, because we normally have family guests over around 9:30/10 to join in with the opening.

We only ever do stockings in PJs, then eat the chocolate inside for first breakfast, lounge about in bed looking at stocking bits, then get up and dressed and head downstairs to have a check to "see if he's been" and oooh and ahhh over the pile, then we start making second breakfast of bacon sandwiches etc which may or may not be timed for when family arrives, depending if they were joining us.

We have second breakfast and then do the presents...

Nope. Consumerism at its finest.

Why does the subject of CEH or Dec 1st Boxes on the Christmas Threads bring out the people who do either :

The faux naive "I don;t understand CEH/Dec 1st Boxes , can someone explain "
"Am I the only person in the Whole Wide World who doesn;t understand CEH?"

Try Google . It's bloody fabulous

Or "Is this A THING ? "
"Am I being unreasonable to think CEH are just American Trash Imports" ?

It's A Thing if you want it, it is nothing if you don't
Are you being unreasonable? Yes . So many people have said their parents and Grandparents did it , so way before trashy imports and Insta Likes .

If you don;t like them fine , Your choice .

I don;t like chickens so I manage to stop myself going over to the Chicken threads and complaining about their beady little eyes .