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Post by katlady on Dec 15, 2020 5:33:04 GMT
Ok, I'll start by saying this is a tradition my family or my SO's family never did. PJs were not a gift we usually gave or received at Christmas. And we didn't have family PJs either. Just wondering if our families are the only odd ones.
Also, some of you said in another thread that the only gift the kids open before Christmas is the PJs. Do the kids ever whine or not want to open it because they know it is PJs? Just curious.
ETA - Maybe if the internet was around when the family was younger, we may have done the PJ thing if we heard others were doing it, but being pre-social media we did not know this was a thing.
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Post by Sanibel on Dec 15, 2020 5:38:38 GMT
I give our grandkids new PJ’s for Christmas. Never matching each other. We like to get a theme for what they are currently into, such as my oldest granddaughter loves unicorns. My grandson is loving Marvel items and our 2 yr old granddaughter loves pink.
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Post by greendragonlady on Dec 15, 2020 6:00:11 GMT
We don't have any PJ traditions.
That being said, my husband bought us matching PJs for Christmas cards this year.
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Post by MaryMary on Dec 15, 2020 6:03:37 GMT
We do PJs, but I didn’t growing up. The best thing about it is all the kids have cute, well-fitting PJs for the Christmas morning photos.
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Post by ntsf on Dec 15, 2020 6:12:01 GMT
we never did any pj traditions and never will. I got a angel nightgown when I was 4-5... and some years my brothers got pjs made by grandma.. not matched, just she made most of our clothes.
we have oter traditions.. but not that. when I was a kid, we were not allowed to get up until our parents let us. we couldn't open anything til after breakfast. we had to wait til dad got out the movie camera and the extra photo lights. and then until we got too big, we would skimming up the doorframe into the living room.. like a climbing chimney.
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Post by padresfan619 on Dec 15, 2020 6:15:05 GMT
We’ve done it for as long as I can remember and we never whined, it was obvious that’s what the gift was going to be every Christmas Eve. We stay in our pajamas all day on Christmas Day.
My husbands family does not do a Christmas PJ tradition. They are much more fancy about Christmas, everyone’s dressed and we don’t even start opening gifts until closer to 4 or 5 pm.
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Post by Hayjaker on Dec 15, 2020 6:26:14 GMT
My MIL used to buy my kids Christmas jammies.
To avoid competing I decided to buy New Years jammies.
Same premise; they started the New Year in cute jammies!
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Post by ExpatBackHome on Dec 15, 2020 6:29:40 GMT
The elves drop off wrapped Christmas pj’s for the kids on Christmas Eve (they used to drop off for DH and I too but that has been too difficult since moving from the US) They ring the doorbell and run.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Dec 15, 2020 6:44:55 GMT
We never had Christmas Eve pajamas as a tradition growing up, but dh’s family has a tradition of opening one gift on Christmas Eve that is pajamas. Everyone wears their new jammies to bed and then for Christmas morning.
We kept the tradition with our kids. They get jammies on Christmas Eve that fit their personalities and preferences. Not usually matching unless there are cousins close in age or something like that. This year, I got dh and ds matching pajamas that I think they’ll like.
Even though the kids know it’s pajamas, they like opening a gift. They know it as a tradition from grandma and grandpa (who have both passed several years ago). Plus, it’s gets a clothes gift out of the way so the next morning gifts are more fun. Lol.
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Post by jlynnbarth on Dec 15, 2020 7:05:15 GMT
It’s been a tradition since my sister and I were little. I continued it with my kids. They are 26 and 28 and still expect new pajamas for Christmas Eve (even when stationed in Africa my son asked me “which one is my pajamas? I want to open those on Christmas Eve”. 🤣
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Post by AussieMeg on Dec 15, 2020 7:46:43 GMT
No we don't give PJs at Christmas because (1) nobody wears PJs except DD, and (2) it's summer so beach related things are the go here. When the kids were little, my MIL used to buy them PJs for Easter (which is halfway through autumn here, so starting to get cooler).
If I had to endure Christmas in winter, and we actually wore PJs, I'd definitely do the PJ gift tradition. I think it's a fun idea.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Dec 15, 2020 8:45:01 GMT
As children, we all got a new pair of pajamas (not matching), that we opened on Christmas eve.
As an adult, it's not something I have ever done.
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Post by Legacy Girl on Dec 15, 2020 8:48:06 GMT
My mom still continues the tradition for DD and me. Our PJs don't match, but we usually get them on Christmas Eve. We both love them! I was totally blushing when I saw DD's friend from elementary school days and his family on FB last week. Let's just say the sons are strapping young men, the dad is not, and the mom's nightgown was verrrrrry short. I don't know them well, but I felt like I knew them a little TOO well after seeing their PJ picture. I'm sure if you asked 100 people, I'd be the only one who found it to be a little awkward. But if I had a PJ picture tradition, I definitely think I'd curtail it before the kids start sending out their first resumes and college apps.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2020 9:41:34 GMT
Neither of us had pj traditions growing up and it's not something we do now, we don't own any pjs!
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Post by gar on Dec 15, 2020 9:42:17 GMT
No, we never did that when I was growing up or with my kids. I wonder if it's mainly an American thing? But my eldest DD has started it with her little family  |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Dec 15, 2020 9:46:08 GMT
We've never done the whole matching Christmas pajama thing because of the cost. I don't want to drop $$$ on pjs that aren't versatile for the whole year.
I like the idea of having a Pinterest perfect pj photo op, but I think I'm the only one in my family that would be into it.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Dec 15, 2020 10:46:55 GMT
We don’t’ do it now and never did it growing up. That being said, I feel like every friend I have does this.
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Post by bianca42 on Dec 15, 2020 11:03:58 GMT
We get matching jammies for all of us on Christmas Eve, but only started about 3 years ago. Last year i started including the dog in the matching jammies.
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Post by littlemama on Dec 15, 2020 11:24:22 GMT
No, we have never done Christmas Eve PJs (and I would never put unwashed PJs on). Last year I did buy all of us llama pajamas from Target for Christmas, but they were washed before then so we could wear them without chemicals.
ETA, we wear pj's for lounging, not sleeping.
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 15, 2020 12:24:32 GMT
I always bought my kids matching pjs for Christmas. I started doing it with the grands, but they weren't into it.
One year I did matching pjs for the entire family. That was a lot of work to find some that had every size we needed, plus not cost the moon.
I stopped, because the grandkids don't sleep in pjs any longer.
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Post by blue tulip on Dec 15, 2020 12:35:52 GMT
we do PJs (it was pj sets when the kids were small, then lounge pants and a sweatshirt, now just really soft lounge pants) and a family game on christmas eve. we play the game of course, then the kids head to bed and DH and I bring out all the presents and do stockings. we don't set presents for our family under the tree until christmas morning. the boys have never complained about the pj and game tradition, and they even look forward to it.  we didn't have any traditions like that when i grew up. |
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Dec 15, 2020 12:39:58 GMT
Growing up, we never did pajamas for Christmas.
I started a new tradition with my grandkids and gave them matching Christmas pajamas after dinner on Thanksgiving day. It got them excited for the holiday season and they have plenty of time to wear them during December. They always make sure they wear them Christmas Eve.
As they’ve gotten older it’s gotten more expensive and harder to find the same pajamas in all sizes but I manage! This is something we love and I will continue as long as I can. I start looking in August/September. I started with two grandkids and am now up to six.
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Post by Fidget on Dec 15, 2020 12:41:08 GMT
When I was little I always received a new pair PJ's for Christmas from my parents. They were not matching PJ's for myself and my siblings just new ones. To this day - I love a new pair of PJ's, it always reminds me of Christmas!!!
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Post by jenjie on Dec 15, 2020 12:41:28 GMT
we never did any pj traditions and never will. I got a angel nightgown when I was 4-5... and some years my brothers got pjs made by grandma.. not matched, just she made most of our clothes. we have oter traditions.. but not that. when I was a kid, we were not allowed to get up until our parents let us. we couldn't open anything til after breakfast. we had to wait til dad got out the movie camera and the extra photo lights. and then until we got too big, we would skimming up the doorframe into the living room.. like a climbing chimney. We were not allowed out of our rooms until our parents said. Then we could go to the top of the steps. Then the bottom of the steps. Then the doorway of the living room. It was quite drawn out. Alright already! |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Dec 15, 2020 12:52:53 GMT
Growing up, neither of our families had the tradition of wearing special PJ's at Christmas. When my kids were little I heard about the tradition and bought them cute winter/Christmas pajamas. But now they don't regularly wear pajamas so it isn't practical to buy them for 6 people just for one night so we can look cute in pics.
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Post by cakediva on Dec 15, 2020 13:16:04 GMT
We started doing this a number of years ago, likely 10 or so years. We did matching for everybody one year (DH and I included).Our kids were older when we started, so now they are all "can we open our jammies now?" LOL
This year we are doing matching again, and DH and I as well. It's just a fun, silly thing we like to do since we are all adults. Can't wait until there are little ones around here to start it with!
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Post by cannmom on Dec 15, 2020 13:19:20 GMT
DS would usually get new pajamas at Christmas when he was younger. This year I bought each of us a different Life is Good T-shirt that we will wear with pj pants. Mine says Quarantini and has a picture of a cat next to a martini glass. Lol!
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Post by Gennifer on Dec 15, 2020 13:21:25 GMT
We do, but not matching ones. Their Christmas Eve present also includes a new pillow... well, actually two now that they aren’t in twin beds anymore. 😂
I tried skipping it one year, but there was a revolt.
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Post by piebaker on Dec 15, 2020 13:23:47 GMT
Not pajamas. We did new slippers or holiday socks.
I enjoy Old Navy jingle jammies pants for the holidays. The kids wear athleisure. My husband wears Champion sweatpants.
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Dec 15, 2020 13:33:50 GMT
Never did the PJ thing when I was little or now, however, this year I did buy each of us a flannel pants and a thermal shirt for lounging around the house in. DH has lost some weight and his usual sweatpants are s little too big and DS just need some clothes for hanging out at home. I did grays and black for them and a wine/berry color for me. Not sure if I will get a picture of all of us together, but maybe.
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we didn't have any traditions like that when i grew up. 
