Do you have any Christmas staples that you give or get?

jewelsonu

Every year  for Christmas I buy dh something Chicago bears and a chocolate orange. I swear I heard that an orange in your stocking symbolizes good health

Every year my mom buys me pajamas.  One year she didn't and I cried b/c it is something I look forward to every year.  She also buys us Sarris candy.  It is a local candy shop in Pittsburgh.

I want to start something like that for the kids other than an ornament

Irisheyes1247

We always get an ornament.

When my grandpa was alive, he used to always send me a can of black olives and (my favorite at the time) a bag of Werthers Originals. My dad's whole family loves olives and I loved them too and used to put them on my fingers, so I guess this was a common gift for my dad as a kid. It is kind of funny looking back now.

goosh24

Always an orange in our stockings growing up.  We did one gift on Christmas Eve which we're doing too, but I'm doing pajamas every year.  I like that tradition.  And I always end up buying at least one NY Giants thing for DH.

missyjg

I get an ornament from my grandmother every year. I have one labeled from the year I was born. We have started the tradition with B as well.

I always get DH socks, one year I didn't and he was really sad. We always get PJ's that we open on Christmas eve.

dle927

We always get pj's on Christmas Eve.  My DH, who grew up not celebrating Christmas, didn't get me pj's one year and I was so mad.  He's hip to the tradition now. 

My aunt bought me a Hallmark ornament when I was little and I wasn't a huge fan but I am now - my tree is filled!  I make sure I get my neices and kiddos ornaments too. 

amamommy

Orange in the stocking, my mom did that for us, her mom did for them...I will continue as well. Lotto tix in the stocking, and we were doing ornaments, which we don't need to do anymore, we can't fit anymore on the tree. So we take our family xmas photo and do an ornament on snapfish to mark that year.

goosh24

amamommy:

Orange in the stocking, my mom did that for us, her mom did for them...I will continue as well. Lotto tix in the stocking, and we were doing ornaments, which we don't need to do anymore, we can't fit anymore on the tree. So we take our family xmas photo and do an ornament on snapfish to mark that year.

The family pic ornament is great-might have to steal it! I love buying ornaments and would like to do that tradition but we have so many already!

Mrs_Hark

we, well, my mom and myself- always gift ornaments to everyone and mom usually gets the family new games or puzzles from 'santa'

lotto tickets in stockings

 

semi-tradition- gag/funny gift:

depends on what's funny at the time, for instance the one year before x-mas a local GMC dealership dropped my fathers truck off the lift bending it in half, that year dad got a GMC hat i bought with a tag that said: To: dad From: local GMC dealership name.

and for awhile there my brother and i went back and forth trying to get each other the cheapest most useless gift we could find- you know 'something real nice' like Cousin Eddie says in Christmas Vacation- things like dollar store dresser valet and plastic piggy banks- just cheap sh!t.