Whether you believe in Santa and have presents in your stocking or will be giving presents to family and friends from under the tree, come Christmas Day most people celebrating the festivities will be opening Christmas presents.
The question of when to open Christmas presents, like many traditions that are unique to each household, can be contentious.
Some people choose to avoid opening presents on Christmas Day all together, choosing instead to open them the night before on Christmas Eve. This is a tradition followed by the Royal Family here in the UK too – no doubt leaving Christmas Day free for the annual walk to the church at Sandringham and a huge festive lunch with the Queen.
The act of giving gifts at Christmas time can be traced back as far as ancient Rome, when Romans were known to exchange presents during a winter solstice holiday Saturnalia, however this doesn’t provide any guidance as to when tradition dictates we should open presents on Christmas Day.
When is the right time to open presents on Christmas Day?
While Tatler suggested back in 2017 that presents in Christmas stockings could be opened first thing in the morning but: ‘for presents under the tree it is generally considered more acceptable to wait until that lull between the morning church service and lunch,’ the answer to the question of when is the right time to open presents on Christmas Day is generally – whenever you want to.
Traditions and schedules for Christmas day with vary hugely from household to household and different families have different routines that they have always followed and tend to like to stick to on the day.
Once you’ve finished debating with your family and friends about when the right time to open presents is on Christmas Day, why not turn your attention to other festive debates such as, is Die Hard a Christmas movie or what is truly the best chocolate in the Roses tin.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/23/right-time-open-presents-christmas-day-11715556/
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