How do you spend Christmas Eve?

[ornamentmaven]

Christmas Eve will be quiet this year. My Mom is going to visit my sister and her family out west (Seattle). My husband's family is now too far away to just drop in for our Christmas Eve buffet. So, I guess it will just be the 4 of us and maybe one of the boyfriends! I still plan to make a (scaled down) version of our Christmas Eve seafood buffet - it wouldn't be the Eve without it!

[chocolatechip1979]

We spend it baking for all of our neighbors on the block, having a family dinner then we drive around looking at decorated homes while sipping on cocoa and consuming McDonalds fries. Hasn't changed in years.

[pol.bishop25]

I usually spend it with my ex wife and our parents in one place. Even though we're divorced, we're still on good terms and like to keep it that way for the sake of our child.

[Bishop1954]

An early dinner, then over for Christmas Eve services at the church and finally a Christmas themed movie or special on TV. At the end of the evening when everyone else has gone to bed, I sleep right by the trees (yes, several) until the morning.

[Mistletoe]

At the end of the evening when everyone else has gone to bed, I sleep right by the trees (yes, several) until the morning.

Ha! That's great. Do you keep them lit? And has your wife ever joined you?

[Bishop1954]

Ha! That's great. Do you keep them lit? And has your wife ever joined you?

Yes, they stay lit all night as well. No, she thinks it is cute, but not for her on the floor all night. She does check on me now and then... lol

[Christmasgirl80]

Just stay home and watch 24 hours of A Christmas Story on TBS

[Bishop1954]

I have noticed that they do run that each year. I like the idea that it comes on enough so many people will have the chance to view it completely. Me, I have a really tough time watching the same movie even in the same month, but my wife can watch the same film over and over again...

[snowbell1]

It's going to be just family enjoying time together having some snacks and watching christmas movies while the woodstove is adding to our cozy family christmas.

[Mistletoe]

This year will be different. One of my sisters and her husband have covid (not severe) and we were exposed, so we're in quarantine. Luckily, memories of warm Christmas Pasts are warming my Christmas Present.

Waiting on Santa, who currently is in Madrid, Spain!

Hope everyone is having a marvelous Christmas Eve!