+295 As you get older, the way you act on Christmas morning changes. When you're very young, you get up and go downstairs straight away, only having to wait for your parents. As you hit your teens, you're still excited but you don't get up as early. When you reach early adulthood, it's a fun day but you're still comfortable lying in a bit longer. And when you reach adulthood, you're the cause of the delayed present opening, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My parents used to not let us into the living room on Christmas morning until **everyone** was ready.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I vow to never do that. And I'm well into my teens but still get up hella early. I'm going to stay up all night this year.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because this generation doesn't sleep right?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

One year, my mom made my brother and I wait until everyone had showered/gotten dressed/had breakfast before we could open our presents. I swear she took extra time blow drying her hair and stuff just to make us wait. We ended up waiting for 2 hours.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What? We open presents in our pajamas.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

We usually do, but that year just ha to be different for whatever reason. I still don't get why we had to go through all of that just to open presents.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah. We've never been the Christmas card picture, or dress up for christmas types in our family.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So what you're saying is how early you get up on xmas morning is directly proportional to your age

by Anonymous 12 years ago

When I was a kid I was up right away. But my adolescent years took the magic of christmas away...I didn't really think of that until now, it's actually kind of sad :/

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Every year we've had to wait until my mom and dad woke up. We usually go downstairs at 7:30. Sometimes when we were really little, my parents blocked us off with baby gates

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Jokes on you, I celebrate on Christmas Eve. ;)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not really sure. We always have. I think it's mostly because my family wants to have dinner and stuff with friends, and they all celebrate on Christmas day, so on Christmas Eve they can come.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I've always had to wait until like 6:00 pm, when the whole family was over and we were all done with dinner. It's excruciatingly painful! When I'm a parent, I'm probably gonna be the one waking my kids up super early to open presents instead!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It varies for me, but usually I'm up super early, and lying in bed, trying not to get up and sit around the tree like a selfish child

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I slept all Christmas. Got up around 9 to exchange presents and have pancakes, then went back to bed, got up late afternoon to eat a bit, then back to bed. That was an awesome day.

by Anonymous 12 years ago