I'm not necessarily talking about general traditions in your country but just your personal traditions. How do you spend christmas? Do you have traditions within your family?
Unlike the United States, christmas presents are handed out on December 24th already. When I was a child we would always go to my grandmother's house (she was living right next to us). We had dinner with the entire family which was always the same every year: Potato salad, schnitzel and sausages. What a stereotype! But that's actually what many many Germans eat on December 24th. Afterwards, we'd sit in her living room and talk, sing and at the end she would hand out her presents.
Then we would all go to our house where my sister and I were sent upstairs because "Santa had to place the presents under the tree". Then we were called down and could open our presents. And then everybody would just sit together until we went to bed and the others left.
Unlike the United States, christmas presents are handed out on December 24th already. When I was a child we would always go to my grandmother's house (she was living right next to us). We had dinner with the entire family which was always the same every year: Potato salad, schnitzel and sausages. What a stereotype! But that's actually what many many Germans eat on December 24th. Afterwards, we'd sit in her living room and talk, sing and at the end she would hand out her presents.
Then we would all go to our house where my sister and I were sent upstairs because "Santa had to place the presents under the tree". Then we were called down and could open our presents. And then everybody would just sit together until we went to bed and the others left.
, 1 carrot cake to add to the usual Christmas cakes and sweet oh also I only get to open one gift on the 24th do I wait for almost midnight to open them all up.