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Post by Linda on Dec 15, 2020 14:19:29 GMT
I grew up with Christmas pyjamas - I think they were given early when we were small so we could wear them for card photos - mum used to buy us the matching sets from JCP or Sears wish book and I know she was sad when I outgrew them. Once we were older, they were Christmas eve presents - but our tradition growing up was for wrapped presents to be opened on Christmas eve before bed and only Santa/stockings in the morning.
I've always done the Christmas eve pyjamas here - and it's the only Christmas Eve present. DH didn't grow up with the pyjamas tradition and his family opened on Christmas day so we compromised.
I often made them but the past couple of years I've bought them. My kids are grown now - 14, 20, 29 - and the oldest won't be home this year for Christmas - but I still bought 5 pairs and we'll take a photo under the tree in our pyjamas and I can almost guarantee I'll get a photo of my oldest wearing his (provided the post office gets them to him on time)
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Post by ddly on Dec 15, 2020 14:22:42 GMT
I give them at Xmas. By the time they open them, we're usually dressed. I don't buy special Xmas ones. My kids are 22 and 24 and we usually do our tree later in the morning after a big breakfast and a few mimosas.
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Post by mandolyn9909 on Dec 15, 2020 14:54:11 GMT
We didn't do PJ's as a kid but since my kids were babies I have done Pjs and a book for xmas eve.
I really search for a book that I think they will love, I enjoy this so much even now that they are older (16, 16, 12).
My kids would say this and their stockings that they open xmas mornings are the best christmas traditions.
ETA - some years they match, some years they coordinate, some years they don't. I don't worry about them matching necessarily.
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Post by kitkath on Dec 15, 2020 14:54:13 GMT
On Christmas Eve my parents s]always gave us new PJs to wear. I have continued the tradition with my girls, ages 26 and 27. I wrapped them about a week before Christmas and put them on their beds but they had to wait until Christmas Eve to open them. Neither live at home anymore but so far they have been able to come back for Christmas. They would be very disappointed if they did t get new PJs. We usually go to SIL’s house and they would put them on there and wear them home, with a stop downtown for a photo op with the Christmas Lights at midnight.
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Post by hannahruth on Dec 15, 2020 15:06:11 GMT
It is certainly not what we did but being Australia it is usually too hot,
However I started doing Santa boxes for the grandies, now 13, 11 and 6 and there are always new “Christmas” type pj’s in there. The kids love getting their boxes on Christmas Eve.
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Post by workingclassdog on Dec 15, 2020 15:08:57 GMT
I wasn't sure how to answer.. but yes generally PJs were something to open the night before.. or maybe a book. Depends. It was not tradition to wear matching PJs but the kids generally had Christmas jammies on the next morning (for pictures...mainly.. or it is old tees shirts and sweatpants..)
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Post by mom on Dec 15, 2020 15:10:19 GMT
We never got PJ's for Christmas (too many kids, too poor). I started doing it with my boys when the oldest was born and we love the tradition. They open them on Christmas eve and they love them. We don't do matching PJs. I always get Soma PJs. Both boys always want animal/character PJs and bonus points it they have feet + hoodies. DH gets whatever I think is cute, lol.
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Post by workingclassdog on Dec 15, 2020 15:13:08 GMT
We've never done the whole matching Christmas pajama thing because of the cost. I don't want to drop $$$ on pjs that aren't versatile for the whole year. I like the idea of having a Pinterest perfect pj photo op, but I think I'm the only one in my family that would be into it. We wear Christmas jammies all winter long.. but like you I don't wanna fork out $$$$ on Christmas jammies.. If we do have Christmas jammies, it's usually like Old Navy Christmas pants and a tee. Cheap and easy... but yeah we will wear them all winter and maybe in the summer..
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Post by mnmloveli on Dec 15, 2020 15:22:41 GMT
I’ve always loved Christmas PJs ! I have about 6 pairs I wear from Thanksgiving thru early January. A few years ago my niece bought us all Christmas “onesies” which we wear every Christmas morning for breakfast & presents.
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Post by psiluvu on Dec 15, 2020 15:22:55 GMT
We never had the pj tradition when I was a kid but I have always done it with my kids. It is only the kids who get new pjs. DH and I don't. They are never matchy matchy or specifically Christmas but usually fleece of flanne which can be used a ll winter and in the same colour family just so pictures look good. It has always been expected so I don't remember much whining but there definitely could have been when ds was 5 or 6.
The one exception to this rule was the year we spent Christmas in Florida. I bought the 4 of us flannel pj pants with Santa sitting under a palm tree with a drink in his hand. and red t-shirts. The big Christmas present that year was the trip so that was just something fun and cheap from Old navy
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Post by Mel on Dec 15, 2020 15:24:33 GMT
We started it when our kids were old enough to "care". LOL I dressed them in Christmas PJs that matched when they were little and once they were old enough to realize what was going on, they picked them out and we saved them for Christmas eve so they had new PJs in case Santa wanted to take a peek at them while they slept(sounds sorta creepy writing that out but there it is!). They are all older now, 25, 23, 14, 14 and they all still expect new PJs to wear for Christmas eve.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 15, 2020 15:29:11 GMT
Neither DH’s family nor mine did the Christmas PJs tradition. It got started up for us when DD was two, I bought red Elmo flannel to make her some PJ pants and thought it would be fun to make myself a pair too. When the fabric arrived, DH saw it and said, “Wait, don’t I get a pair too?” So I scrambled to round up another three yards from JoAnn’s that matched (and found out the hard way that just because the pattern matches it’s no guarantee that it’s the same QUALITY, which it wasn’t, ugh) and made us all flannel pants that matched. We opened them on Christmas Eve and wore them to bed that night. After that, I just continued doing it. Now there would be revolt from the child if she didn’t get new PJs for Christmas Eve, she loves it and really looks forward to it. She lives in her pajamas as much as I will allow. DH however decided he has more PJ pants than he will ever need for the rest of his life and told me not to make him any more. He gets too hot to wear long pants to bed unless it’s really freaking cold. I did get fabric to make him a pair of flannel shorts though, LOL. 🤣 His won’t match this year though because I couldn’t find enough yardage that I liked that matched. Now that our kid is getting bigger, I need upwards of 9-10 yards for the three of us and I didn’t get out shopping early enough to make that happen. ETA: We wear them all winter long every year, as long as they fit for DD. Some years she gets a nightgown and other years she gets a 2-piece pajama set.
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Post by huskermom98 on Dec 15, 2020 16:20:16 GMT
I did it with my boys for several years, but it wasn't a thing when I was young. I decided to stop last year or the year before because my boys mostly wear pajama bottoms (one wears whatever shirt he had on that day, the other doesn't wear a shirt) and because it got to be too hard to find matching/coordinating pajamas once my oldest grew out of kids sizes. I only ever got pajamas for my boys, not DH & I.
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Post by Neisey on Dec 15, 2020 16:37:01 GMT
Not a tradition from my childhood but started it when my girls were little, mostly because as a scrapbooker I didn’t want them wearing off colours in our photos lol. The PJs and family gift are opened on Christmas Eve. The family gift was usually a movie or gamexwe would watch or play before bed.
They are 21 and 19 and this is the second year in a row that I won’t see younger DD so we are taking a break from the tradition. Hopefully next year we will all be on the same continent and pandemic free!
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Post by papersilly on Dec 15, 2020 18:37:51 GMT
we started wearing them to recent family xmas. my side. DH's family does not.
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Post by breetheflea on Dec 15, 2020 19:12:51 GMT
We did not do this growing up. My mom also did not take photos at Christmas for some reason... we did open a present on Christmas Eve though.
I don't give pj's as a gift, but will buy them (if needed) so the kids are wearing something nice in my annual photo, and for the Christmas morning photos.
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Post by leannec on Dec 15, 2020 19:19:35 GMT
New PJ's always for the dd's on Christmas Eve ... a total tradition ... we used to pretend that "The Elves" left them at the front door (along with a new fuzzy blanket and stuffie) ... now they get PJ's and chocolate ... oh, and Grandma has even started including dd#1's boyfriend in the tradition Dd#1 and boyfriend are 21 ... dd#2 is 17
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Post by johnnysmom on Dec 15, 2020 19:23:01 GMT
Yes. The elves bring PJs on Christmas Eve while we’re out. They don’t wrap them (our elves are Extremely Lazy Fellas) but leave them on the couch or sometimes on everyone’s beds. The boys’ PJs often coordinate but rarely match, there’s no way on earth I’d get dh to wear matching PJs so while ours sometimes coordinate with the boys’ they never match.
It wasn’t a tradition either dh or I had growing up but I started it mainly so the kids had something nice to wear Christmas morning for pics. PJs is one of those things that rarely get purchased....you buy back to school clothes including socks/undies but never buy pjs, around here we eventually just end up sleeping in ratty old tshirts/gym shorts or underwear.
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Post by Laurie on Dec 15, 2020 19:56:45 GMT
Between my brother, sister and I we have kids that are 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 and 3 years old. We all live within an hour of each other so they are really close; more like brothers and sisters. They are still at an age that they get excited because they think it is fun that they are all matching. To keep it somewhat a surprise there is usually something else in with the pajamas. For example, their pajamas and a Christmas mug so they can have hot chocolate that night (we all stay overnight at my parents house when we celebrate).
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Post by birukitty on Dec 15, 2020 23:31:24 GMT
We never did Christmas PJ's growing up and I don't have that tradition now with my family.
Growing up with my German mother and since I was born in Germany along with my sister, we always celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve-so we opened all of our presents then-just like the Germans do. I have continued this tradition with my own family, and actually up until this year we've always celebrated Christmas at my parent's house. This year because of Covid we will each be celebrating within our own households. Christmas Day is for celebrating my mother's birthday.
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Post by myboysnme on Dec 15, 2020 23:35:30 GMT
I said yes but our tradition only has to do with giving pjs to our kids on Christmas Eve. My friend who has since passed away used to send pjs to my boys that we let them open on Christmas Eve.
Since then I have given at least pj bottoms to my boys. This year my oldest son asked for PJ's for him, his wife and daughter and they will open them Christmas Eve. DS2 did not get any this year. I think he just sleeps in his boxers and he lives across country.
No, we do not all wear matching pjs or have any tradition about that kind of thing.
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Post by jayfab on Dec 16, 2020 0:23:37 GMT
We did not grow up with the tradition. Now as a single old lady I buy myself new cozy wintery pj's and wear them Christmas eve and all day Christmas. I'm wearing a pair I bought last year, cute polar bears. Kohl's usually have winter type ones on sale for around 20 bucks. I even bought my dog some that matched mine last year.
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Post by Lexica on Dec 16, 2020 0:39:41 GMT
It was a tradition for us to have Santa leave new pjs for both my son and I. They would appear on his bed as he was taking his shower the night before Christmas. I always gift wrapped them, but he knew they were his new holiday pjs inside and he loved it. He would put them on and then run into my room to see if I got any. Of course I did, and of course they either matched or mine had bits of the same fabric in them somewhere. The trick was sewing them when he was at his dad's house and then hiding any leftover fabric. When he finally figured out that I was an official Santa's helper, he asked if the pjs really came from Santa or was I the helper with them too.
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Post by cmpeter on Dec 16, 2020 0:41:01 GMT
When they were younger yes. We don’t anymore...nether of my young adult kids care for traditional pjs now.
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Post by katlady on Dec 16, 2020 2:25:06 GMT
I love hearing all the traditions everyone has! I miss the days when the family was younger at Christmas time than any other time.
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Post by jackietex on Dec 16, 2020 2:53:53 GMT
I had never heard of it until my kids were growing up, and we didn't do it for them. It would have just meant additional stress for me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2020 3:09:55 GMT
We never did but both my kids do with their families, this year even the dogs. Oldie (but goodie) peas may remember the Sears Wish Book. The first few pages were always families in matching pjs. I always thought they were cool and wished my family would get them.v
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Post by katlady on Dec 16, 2020 3:31:34 GMT
We never did but both my kids do with their families, this year even the dogs. Oldie (but goodie) peas may remember the Sears Wish Book. The first few pages were always families in matching pjs. I always thought they were cool and wished my family would get them.v LOL! As soon as I got the Wish Book I went straight to the toy section. No time to look at pjs.
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