In 2016, I started a new tradition for my family of 3. As a teen, I had a german friend who stated her gifts to me had to be opened on Christmas Eve – my younger brother then argued he should get to open a gift Christmas eve, and then it carried on from there.
For my husband’s family tradition, they had nothing under the tree before Santa arrived…so empty tree going to bed, means you can’t choose a gift to open Christmas Eve…so I created a tradition to work for both. In the evening, I place a box under the tree marked “Open Christmas Eve” and inside are 3 pairs of socks.