The presents and outfits may vary, but Christmas Day is pretty predictable in our house:
1. Despite Mum and Dad having gone to bed late the night before, we are all up by 7am at the latest because the offspring want to open their presents. This is an improvement. One year they were up at 4.
2. We always have a cooked breakfast - usually waffles with maple syrup, bacon and eggs - despite the fact we will be consuming our entire body weight at a big dinner later on. It always falls on me to clear up, while the Man of the House 'helps' the offspring with their new toys/games.
3. We do not watch the Queen's Speech.
4. Having consumed the aforementioned giant dinner, Granny will fall asleep on the sofa. She will snore loudly, much to the amusement of her grandchildren. Meanwhile someone (usually a small person) will complain of feeling sick. They may even be sick.
5. We will try to play a new board game, but none of the adults will read the instructions properly and inevitably we will become hopelessly confused and the kids will lose interest.
Those are our Christmas Day traditions - what are yours?