.Christmas eve boxes? Really ?

Kali2

Weren't you just talking about reducing carbon footprint.

Lovely memories are not about more and more presents, packaging, etc ... If it is, then I think it is very sad.

Kali2 most children I know have new pj’s for Christmas, a DVD or even a Sky rental film, some chocolate to make hot chocolate all put in a reusable wooden monogrammed box which in our family have been used every year.

Not a large carbon footprint involved…

Well perhaps pyjamas might be worn- but this is the case with the vast majority of Christmas jumpers - so probably a significant of Christmas PJs- as many won't want them. And ll the packaging, etc.

What sort of hot chocolate would be given as a present though?

Yes, European countries celebrate on 24th- and presents are opened around the tree after late lunch- not in the morning. Both are fine- really don't see the need for presents on 24th AND 25th - consumerism 'à outrance'.

GG13 - good for you, Sadly not the case for most.

Well perhaps pyjamas might be worn- but this is the case with the vast majority of Christmas jumpers - so probably a significant of Christmas PJs- as many won't want them. And ll the packaging, etc.

Give over kali2! Pyjamas would be bought in the correct size for the child so why on earth wouldn't they wear them! Do they come in much packaging? A thin cardboard sleeve is about as much I've seen.

What sort of hot chocolate would be given as a present though? erm... the sort that melts in hot milk, makes kids tummies full and makes them sleep soundly? Gordon Bennett kali2 of all the things to get your knickers in a twist about, kids pjs and a mug of hot chocolate on Christmas Eve is about the daftest! Get a grip!

Well said Chewbacca just a pleasant way of spending Christmas Eve with clothing which will be worn for months.

Doesn't anyone have hot chocolate in their cupboard to make hot chocolate? As for Christmas PJs- you obviously do not have teenage grandchildren.

Much worse things at sea - I agree. It is just that on another thread we are talking about the State of the Planet - and that we should do everything to reduce our carbon footprint. So adding yet another 'tradition' that doesnt' even exist- just doesn't seem the best way to go about it. I think our GCs would much prefer we spent more time and energy doing things they might help.

Yes, we should ...

get a grip.

Fare trade chocolate (oat/almond milk if you are anti the dairy trade)

Ethically produced pj’s

Books and/or film

Sustainable wood for the box

The above bring joy to many children. The little ones have suffered over the last 21 months, do you really begrudge the children Kali2 ?

kali2 my GC are from 23 months to twenty years.

The tradition started in our family by our Danish DiL, a little something from her country of birth.

you obviously do not have teenage grandchildren.
And what powers of detection have brought you to this conclusion? You have no idea how many grandchildren I have, how old they are and what gender they are. Should I choose to give them gifts of pyjamas, new cds and a lump of chocolate on a stick to stir into hot milk, I will do so; my carbon footprint is definitely smaller than some people's. I hold no passport and so take no flights anywhere, ave never been on a cruise, I have no Jacuzzi or outdoor patio heaters and I drive an electric car. When you do the same, come back and preach to me about my carbon footprint.

I havent heard of Christmas Eve boxes but my daughters always had new slippers and a Disney dvd the night before Christmas.

New pyjamas, slippers, dressing gowns used to be what you received as (in my childhood and my own children’s) a big proportion of your Christmas presents, to be opened on surprise, surprise, Christmas Day.

Is that still the case, or are these Christmas Eve boxes all extras to the big day?

I suspect the latter.

Bah humbug!

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Kali2

More consumerism, more that will end up in landfill... why?

Its pyjamas and hot chocolate mainly, how will that end up in landfill? Hot chocolate is drunk, pyjamas are recyclable.

We do new pyjamas and hot chocolate and biscuits to watch a film with

Christmas eve boxes hadn't been invented when my children were little but, as other posters have said, they always had new pjs and a video/DVD for us all to sit and watch.
My grandchildren do have a box. It contains pjs, a bath bomb, some chocolate coins and reindeer food. It's a wooden box so the same one is used every year.
I think it's a lovely new tradition and I certainly would have done.it

We have always bought new pjs, wrapped them up then someone would post them through the letter box and put from Father Christmas.

Children’s pyjamas and hot chocolate being described as
consumerism 'à outrance'.
? Now that is unnecessary.

In most if not all of Europe the main day is the 24 th December when the tree is first lit and gifts are exchanged. I think fish or goose is usually eaten and the 25 th is pretty much like our Boxing Day I suppose.
I hadn’t heard of Christmas Eve boxes until recently, think I read about it on gransnet last year.

Knock on the door of course, then run/driver away lol

A storm in a hot chocolate mug Kali2
My children /grandchildren often had pyjamas as part of their presents, but on Christmas day. So I can't see the problem with giving them on Christmas eve. All it means is children go to bed in their new pj's on Christmas eve, instead of Christmas day.

New pyjamas are fine, but if they're Christmas ones, they probably will only get worn a couple of times and just result in more unnecessary waste.

My friends Daughter starts Christmas on December 1st , her boys have a Christmas treat every day until the 25th when the wake to a mountain of presents, todays treat was a trip to winter wonderland and she is travelling down to Harry potter land with them in a weeks time. In November she bins last years gifts, many are unused, i have offered to take the toys to the charity shop or the toy bank but she won't allow it. It really has become a farce.

Farmor15

New pyjamas are fine, but if they're Christmas ones, they probably will only get worn a couple of times and just result in more unnecessary waste.

Most children I know wear pjs year round. Even Christmas patterned ones.

Someone commented about the socks I was wearing last week. They were Christmas ones and this friend thought I was wearing them ready for Christmas - little does she know I wear them all year round! I love quirky brightly coloured socks so have a drawer full and usually just grab a random pair in the morning.

If someone bought me Christmas pyjamas, I would wear them all year round as well.

I wear socks with reindeers on and not just at Christmas!

Parsley3

Children’s pyjamas and hot chocolate being described as
consumerism 'à outrance'.
? Now that is unnecessary.

As said, my comment came just after reading the thread about the environment, and 'doing everything we can to cut our carbon footprint' - it just didn't make sense to me.

If we are trying to cut down, adding yet another day, plucked out of nowhere, to buy more presents (probably made on the other side of the world in Bangladesh) doesnt' seem like the best way to go about it. Just more pressure on parents, who often get into debt over Christmas ...

Let's cut down- not push up- seems to me the way to go.