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Dec 25, 2024
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durandal
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When our kids were younger, opening presents would go into the afternoon. Now that our kids are getting older they are
more anxious to open them all. Took us a couple hours to open them all today which felt just about right.
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Christmas traditions are obviously a major confirmation bias hub, but today I learned that there are families who don’t
shimmy
Grab the keys to the friggin’
Dec 25, 6:35pm
Don’t worry Shimmy. The Ol Big Bear household goes one by one. Any other way
Ol Big Bear
Dec 25, 6:37pm
That's how I grew up. My wife did it the other way. We mostly do that, too, now but it gets pretty godless by the end.
byujacob
Dec 25, 6:37pm
Man, I’m so sorry.
shimmy
Dec 25, 6:41pm
It was all we knew.
byujacob
Dec 25, 6:45pm
Took my wife’s family 3 hours to open presents today. As God intended.
TCuz
Dec 25, 6:38pm
The One True Way is obviously youngest to oldest. Also great cause I can point out the husbands younger than their wives
shimmy
Dec 25, 6:40pm
You do this with multiple families every year?
Tricky
6:15am
Ugh... terrible.
IronPotato
Dec 25, 7:18pm
Yeah we should all just get Christmas over with within 5 minutes.
cougfrvr
Dec 25, 8:50pm
I'm good for 1-1.5 hours. 3 is a bit much and we're a family of 8.
IronPotato
Dec 25, 9:52pm
Us poor kids went one by one just to make Christmas morning last longer.
Ragnar Danneskjold
Dec 25, 6:47pm
I grew up that way. My wife’s family did it one by one. We do it one by one. It
gwalker
Dec 25, 6:50pm
While growing up we had next for neighbors who had 12 kids and did it that way. It took them all morning to unwrap. They
Zenoch
Dec 25, 6:52pm
This is us, finished by noon, with three grandkids
md7Coug
Dec 25, 7:13pm
My in laws do it this way. It’s awful. One-by-one is so much better.
allaboutthegainz
Dec 25, 6:55pm
We had a free-for-all growing up. We go one at a time now.
Russell Feathers
Dec 25, 6:59pm
I know someone who grew up opening them whenever they got up, with or w/o
SUAVO
Dec 25, 7:00pm
This was us growing up. Would set my alarm for 2am and had played for hours
BYUCLA
Dec 25, 8:12pm
Our family hand needlepoints a quick thank you after opening each gift...
Cthack1
Dec 25, 7:03pm
We go one by one but after 1 or two go around kids get impatient and then
HimmerFredette
Dec 25, 7:08pm
There is a hybrid and it works great. Little more involved but balance between
IGlowInTheDark
Dec 25, 7:08pm
One by one forces some level of restraint for # of gifts!
cougXor
Dec 25, 7:08pm
Santa didn't wrap presents
Great38
Dec 25, 7:14pm
Santa doesn't wrap his presents.
MaxxPower
Dec 25, 7:26pm
To be fair, we went around the circle for the rest of the presents
Great38
Dec 25, 8:49pm
That's what my in-laws did when my wife and i first married.
MaxxPower
Dec 25, 7:24pm
RE: That's what my in-laws did when my wife and i first married.
shimmy
Dec 25, 7:35pm
We go one by one but my BILs family goes one by one as well but they stop
ChiCityCoug
Dec 25, 7:29pm
Godless free for all over here…as was intended by Santa himself.
RalphWiggam
Dec 25, 7:30pm
One by one is awful and so boring. I come from a one by one family. It’s a horrible slow funeral march. When I created
YIsForBrigham
Dec 25, 7:35pm
One day you’ll see it with your own eyes and you’ll be even more shocked.
cmoney
Dec 25, 8:07pm
When our kids were younger, opening presents would go into the afternoon. Now that our kids are getting older they are
durandal
Dec 25, 8:07pm
Kill me
YIsForBrigham
Dec 25, 10:46pm
Opening one at a time sucks. Presents are out of control. Just go free for all
Idacoug
Dec 25, 10:36pm
One at a timers hate children
YIsForBrigham
Dec 25, 10:46pm
I grew up in a “every man for himself” Christmas. My wife a one by one family.
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