Christmas rules

[bad rider]

Usually I have three Christmas rules I strictly adhere to, 1) Christmas doesn't exist until the end of all saints day. Not out of any religious reasoning, I just feel it's only reasonable to start Christmas once we get the first holiday down. 2) Christmas carols can only be sang after the first snow fall during November or in December, depending which comes first. 3) The Christmas tree must be down before new year.

Anyone else got their own Christmas rules?

Oh also, happiness is compulsory and I must beat anyone who is unhappy until they are back to optimum jolliness levels.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

The rule of Christmas. We don't mention Christmas until the 1st of December.

[sub] I just mentioned it didn't I...[/sub]

 

[Space Spoons]

1. We're not getting up at 5AM. It was fine when we were eight years old, but come on. At least let me have until 9.

2. We are watching The Grinch and you will like it.

That's pretty much it for me.

 

[Olikunmissile]

Stop with the goddamn carols until Christmas eve. I tell the little bastards to come back then.

 

[Crashage]

1. No tree or lights etc until Dec 12th. Largely because the dogs maul the crap out of the tree trying to get the baubles.
2. I must have an advent calender in spite of being 22, because my mother decrees it.
3. Everyone has to be home on christmas eve. Everyone

 

[bassdrum]

I tend to ignore the holiday season until about December 15th. It's WAY too early to start caroling, decorating, tree-buying, etc. at this point in the year.

The day itself is nice, because it's always nice to spend time with family, but I just get sick of Christmas several weeks before it happens.

 

[Best of the 3]

Damn, ninja'd by the first poster. Buggery.

 

[Jim Grim]

I have a couple of personal rules:
1. STAY INSIDE YOUR HOMES.
2. Try and avoid non-family people, which is kinda harder these days since I got xbox live.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Christmas only starts existing to my family at about the start of December (but we've had snow on Friday, so it's set everything of a little early), and the tree can only be bought about a week before christmas.

Oh, and you cannot leave the house on christmas day. You just can't. It kills the atmosphere.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Soon we'll be preparing for Christmas in August! All we need is for Coca-Cola to tell us it is so.

Spoiler: Please tell us Coca-Cola! I listen to you!

However, one rule I have is that no one may visit or communicate with me whilst Christmas lasts.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

1. ignore most of the crap you get tortured with from already friggin October
2. go to the obligatory family joints
3. talk as shallow easy and "small" as possible
4. everyone ignores rule three after the 2nd glass of wine and the fighting starts again
5. get out at 10pm, meet your friends at your favourite pub and have a really nice and lovely evening with the people you love.

 

[Sarahcidal]

1. Tree goes up last week of november/last weekend in november and MUST be down the day after Christmas.
2. We will watch as many animated christmas specials as humanly possible. Don't fight it. Just let it happen.
3. Focus will be placed on those who I SEE to on a very regular basis. All others will get only a card...if that.
4. Big breakfast will be eaten prior to any gifts being touched. Eggs, bacon..the works.
5. 9am. no earlier. you may open your stocking whilst you wait for me to roll my ass out of bed.
6. we will play on xbox live on christmas eve before we put the presents under the tree
6 1/2. NO presents will go under the tree until christmas eve NIGHT

 

[hurfdurp]

1) I can only listen to Charlie Brown's Christmas soundtrack once there is snow on the ground.
2) We'll be watching 'The Snowman' this year. A new tradition since I finally got it on VHS, but it will be upheld!
3) No weight gain allowed. Go away gingerbread cookies.

 

[Samwise137]

1) Anyone who wakes me before 10AM xmas day gets defunct hard drive to the face
2) ...that's about it really...

 

[AdobeBrad]

1) I can only listen to Charlie Brown's Christmas soundtrack once there is snow on the ground.
2) We'll be watching 'The Snowman' this year. A new tradition since I finally got it on VHS, but it will be upheld!
3) No weight gain allowed. Go away gingerbread cookies.

Haha, I do agree that sometimes people jump into christmas way too early. for me xmas doesn't really start until the ABC family and other networks start showing all of those ridiculous christmas movies.

 

[Skorpyo]

Despite the fact that I don't celebrate christmas, I still have a few rules.

1. I WILL sleep late, no exceptions.

2. Breakfast WILL be large, hot, and require lots of syrup.

3. Online-Multiplayer games (namely CS:S) will have insane amounts of participants on that day, and I WILL join them.

4. During/after the first snowfall, Max Payne gets played beginning to end.

 

[eggy32]

1. Presents from immediate family (i.e. parents + brother) will be opened on Christmas Eve so I can get a chance to play with them. We always go to Christmas Mass and then my auntie's house for a big feast which lasts all day on Christmas.
2.It shan't be called X-Mas under any circumstances. It makes no sense.

 

[JustCallMeAlex]

1. On Christmas Eve you will go to your nonno and nonna's house and you will have wholesome family time together.
2. You can only open presents on or after midnight.