{"id":19043,"date":"2022-10-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radbag.de\/blog\/firebox\/?p=19043"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:57:08","slug":"100-lesser-known-christmas-traditions-we-all-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firebox.com\/blog\/100-lesser-known-christmas-traditions-we-all-do","title":{"rendered":"100 Funny Christmas Traditions We All Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bpp_post_wrapper\" data-bpp-pinlink=\"https:\/\/firebox.com\/blog\/100-lesser-known-christmas-traditions-we-all-do\" data-bpp-pincorner=\"northeast\" data-bpp-pinhover=\"true\" data-bpp-lang=\"en\" data-bpp-count=\"none\" data-bpp-zero-count=\"true\" data-bpp-size=\"28\" data-bpp-color=\"white\" data-bpp-mobile=\"1\">\n<p><strong>Christmas traditions<\/strong> are one big clich\u00e9 \u2014 and that\u2019s exactly why we love them. Sure, there are the official ones: Christmas trees, stockings, mulled wine, and pretending to enjoy sprouts. But there\u2019s also a long list of <em>unofficial<\/em> <strong>funny Christmas traditions<\/strong> we\u2019re all secretly guilty of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like making a total tit of yourself at the office party. Or sharing that Michael Bubl\u00e9 meme the second he emerges from hibernation. Or passing off that Costco cheesecake as homemade. You know the ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Here are <strong>100 lesser-known Christmas traditions<\/strong> that prove we\u2019re all just winging it through the festive season \u2014 and loving every minute of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Discover the <a href=\"https:\/\/firebox.com\/christmas-gifts\">best Christmas Gifts i<\/a>n the UK<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>100 of Our Favourite Funny&nbsp;Christmas Traditions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Asking people&nbsp;<em>\u2018What is \u201cMyrrh\u201d anyway?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Shouting&nbsp;<em>\u201cIIIIT\u2019S CHRIIIIISTMAAAAAAS!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Hanging up your stocking using completely impractical material &#8211; like sellotape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Using Santa as a weapon against your children\u2019s behaviour for&nbsp;<em>at least<\/em>&nbsp;4 weeks before Christmas Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Temporarily getting into jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Randomly roasting some chestnuts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Munching your way through at least three different advent calendars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Arguing over how the tree should be decorated; trendy or tacky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Complaining about Christmas songs being played everywhere while secretly singing along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Making a joke about Mary\u2019s immaculate conception being an elaborate cover up that went too far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Writing a letter to Santa just for the lols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Digging out the Christmas scented candles that you absolutely can\u2019t burn any other time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Participating in a serious debate about Quality Street, Roses, Celebrations and Heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Sending cards to mates you\u2019ve not heard from in years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Yelling&nbsp;<em>\u201cFIVE! GOLD! RINGS!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Watching The Office Christmas Special, Die Hard, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jingle All The Way, Home Alone, and all the Harry Potters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Oh, and bawling your eyes out at the end of It\u2019s A Wonderful Life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Sharing that meme about Michael Bubl\u00e9&nbsp;emerging from his cave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Having a near-death experience as you dodge the trolleys of aggressive old ladies in M&amp;S on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Trying to build an impressive gingerbread house, but giving up and eating it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Inhaling the sweet, intoxicating scent of mulled wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Dedicating an entire&nbsp;morning to detangling the Christmas tree lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Dedicating an entire&nbsp;afternoon to hunting down batteries for said Christmas tree lights.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0099\/2460\/8097\/files\/100_CHRISTMAS_TRADITIONS_1_2048x2048.png?v=1638782477\" alt=\"Funny Christmas \"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Jamming a load of cloves in an orange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Making a wreath that\u2019s so impressive you can\u2019t blame your neighbour for nicking it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Bellowing&nbsp;<em>\u201cHE\u2019S BEHIND YOU\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;at a panto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Arguing about whether &#8216;Die Hard&#8217; is a proper Christmas film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Telling yourself that you must go to Lapland one year, but then never go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Genuinely contemplating the science involved in a bearded man delivering gifts to every household in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Complaining about the disappointing weather; whether it\u2019s not cold enough for a white Christmas, or it is cold enough and now you\u2019re cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Making a tit of yourself at the office party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Interrogating your colleagues to figure out who bought you that inappropriate Secret Santa gift.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Going to a Christmas market and buying something &#8211;&nbsp;<em>Anything &#8211;<\/em>&nbsp;You didn&#8217;t spend 20 minutes trying to find parking to go home empty handed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">As you teeter on the edge of financial ruin, realising that Amazon workers are the elves of today, and Jeff Bezos is essentially Santa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Regretting leaving the wrapping \u2018til the last minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Getting hammered down the local on Christmas Eve, before belting out some bangers at midnight mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Leaving out a mince pie and a generous glug of whisky for Santa, a carrot for Rudolph, and snow footprints made of flour. Natch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Embracing Japanese tradition by ordering in a KFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Waiting up for Santa but falling asleep anyway &#8211; eluded AGAIN!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Straight back on the booze at 9am. Bucks Fizz anyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Pretending to be grateful that there\u2019s a satsuma in your stocking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Putting reindeer antlers on your enthusiastic dog and a party hat on your unimpressed cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Assuring your terrified children that Santa isn\u2019t still in the house lurking in a wardrobe somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Sporting the most hideous Christmas jumper that exists on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Writing a generic&nbsp;<em>\u2018Merry Christmas!\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;message and blanket Whatsapping everyone you\u2019ve ever met since 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Asking for help in the kitchen, then getting annoyed that there are people in the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Taking a moment to thank God for Aunt Bessie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Over-feeding a fruitcake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Playing a cosy fireplace simulation on your TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Welcoming your uncle\u2019s latest girlfriend with open arms, despite knowing full well they\u2019ll be&nbsp;gone by New Year\u2019s Day. They always are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Enduring the anxiety of opening your presents while everyone watches, then uncomfortably exclaiming&nbsp;<em>\u201cOh wow, I love it, thank you!\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Scoffing a year\u2019s worth of finger food&nbsp;in a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Hanging out with the dog more than your family.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0099\/2460\/8097\/files\/100_CHRISTMAS_TRADITIONS_2_2048x2048.png?v=1638782912\" alt=\"Christmas Traditions\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Getting reacquainted with The Body Shop gift basket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Saying&nbsp;<em>\u201cThat\u2019s too much!\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;when someone gives you money for Christmas. But in reality you\u2019re skint, so if anything it\u2019s not enough. Cough up, grandpa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Getting your pets a present and making them unwrap it with their tiny paws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Realising you don\u2019t have enough chairs for everyone so you start improvising with step ladders and camping equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Witnessing your child spend the entire day in his new Spiderman costume. In character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Bringing out the good china, only to discover you\u2019re one place short so someone is eating their dinner off a Paw Patrol plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Letting someone win a cracker pull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Purposefully ruining the cracker jokes because you\u2019ve heard them all before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Going for extra sprouts and accepting the consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Strictly wearing your paper crown until it breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Getting all the family gossip from the last 365 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Toasting the family members that are no longer with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Consuming at least 15 roast potatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Drowning your dinner in gravy and bread sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Running out of gravy and bread sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Buying a cheesecake from Cosco and telling everyone you made it yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Reluctantly nodding along with the boomers as they decree&nbsp;<em>\u201cIt\u2019s all screens and fancy gadgets for Christmas nowadays\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Switching to pyjama trousers mid-meal so you can cram in even more food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Igniting the Christmas pud!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Worrying about choking on a hidden silver coin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Trying your hardest not to fall asleep immediately after dinner.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0099\/2460\/8097\/files\/100_CHRISTMAS_TRADITIONS_3_2048x2048.png?v=1638783202\" alt=\"Funny Christmas Traditions\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Forgetting that when you bought your child that keyboard for Christmas, you\u2019d have to listen to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Enjoying\/enduring the Queen\u2019s speech, then having a family gossip about the Royal Family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Telling people that they don\u2019t need to help clean up, even though you absolutely don\u2019t mean it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Worrying that the dishwasher is going to burst into flames as you turn it on for the 14th time since breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Sincerely suggesting a game of charades.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Gobbling up an unholy amount of mince pies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Listening to an animated discussion about how much better everyone would have handled the economic situation if they were in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Trying (and failing) to get the toddlers to nap while they\u2019re high on sweets and the rush of new toys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Watching, amused, as your kid tries to explain Roblox to grandma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Hiding in the kitchen and doing jager shots with the fun ones in the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Getting tipsy and emotional about how lucky you are to have such a mental family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Making a drunken family call to your aunt in Australia, forgetting it\u2019s the middle of the night over there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Trying to take a quick family photo that turns into a full-blown drama as your teenager complains about the bad lighting and your uncle searches for a Santa hat to hide his bald patch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Getting nostalgic about Christmases past: Nintendos and Furbees, Cabbage Patch Dolls and Wrestlemania. The best of times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Playing&nbsp;<em>Cards Against Humanity<\/em>&nbsp;and being impressed when your secretly foul-mouthed grandma wins by a landslide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Telling your family you bloody love \u2018em.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Leaving the last of the washing up until tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Saying that you should see your relatives more often. Don\u2019t see them again \u2018til next Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Asking about New Year\u2019s Eve plans, then discovering that literally everyone is staying home because&nbsp;<em>\u201cit\u2019s always a let down and it\u2019s too hard to get a taxi home.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Building a monstrous left-overs sandwich on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Coming up with New Year\u2019s resolutions. Not taking them remotely seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Filling so many recycling bags that you declare yourself the ultimate eco warrior, single-handedly saving the planet from destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Saying you&#8217;re going to use the turkey bones to make a tasty soup, but then realising you can\u2019t be arsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Inexplicably finding glitter in your underwear for the next three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Reading your growing kids a Christmassy bedtime story and hoping that they believe in the magic for just a little bit longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Oh, and buying all of your Christmas presents from Firebox.com. Ho ho ho, worth a try!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unusual Christmas Gifts for Your Equally Unusual Family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready to get started on the Christmas shopping? With our quirky gifts and super speedy delivery, you&#8217;ll have everyone&#8217;s presents sorted in plenty of time.\u00a0From fun stocking fillers and gadgets to hilarious personalised gifts, you&#8217;ll find\u00a0unique Christmas\u00a0presents to match even the most mental member of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas traditions are one big clich\u00e9 \u2014 and that\u2019s exactly why we love them. Sure, there are the official ones: Christmas trees, stockings, mulled wine, and pretending to enjoy sprouts. But there\u2019s also a long list of unofficial funny Christmas traditions we\u2019re all secretly guilty of. 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