We are a german family and celebrate today. The family will be going to church in the early evening and than we have dinner. When the kids were little they always wanted spagetti on xmas eve, well , it still hasn't changed. I ask every year and the answer is always the same. So it has become a tradition: Spagetti, Bolognese sauce, Carbonara sauce and the tuna sauce that my husband makes.
The "Weihnachtsmann" ( Santa Claus) comes some time after dinner when the tree light go on, through magic ( timer). It was so much fun to watch when they were little, they could never figure out how the light got turned on on the tree.
Usually, it takes a while to unwrap present since everybody likes to watch everybody unpack.
It will be fun having time together without everybody having to run somewhere for something.
So I wish you all a nice relaxing, peaceful Merry Christmas.