What time do you usually wake up for Christmas Morning?

[Mommyof1]

With or without kids.

 

We told our DD5 that it has to be after 5am. She is so excited.

[stephanier.1765]

Only grown children so I'll get up at 7 or 8 so I can shower and throw a few things in the crockpot and oven. When the child who lives here gets up or his gf arrives, is when we'll open presents.

[Guest]

Generally around 7:00. We only all go downstairs together, so the kids congregate in our bedroom and then we all go down.

 

When they were younger, it was earlier, but probably not earlier than 6:00am. We always had them congregate on our bed and we all go down together.

[Rachel]

7ish, my kids are not early risers. We let them get into their stockings but no presents until everyone is awake and no waking anyone up. My kids are 5,7,10.

[JudoMom]

I'll be up at 4:30, same as every other day.

However, my boys aren't early risers and we'll probably have to wake them up (except for ds13, who always wakes up around 7) when we're ready (which has been the case for their entire lives).
 

[SparklyUnicorn]

I wake up around 6 normally, but it's not a rule so whenever I wake up or whenever the younger kid wakes me up.  I bet he'll be my early bird.  Normally my kids don't wake up early though.

 

 

[Selkie]

We have lots of animal chores that need to be done first, so we'll be up before dawn as usual. It will probably be around 8:30 or so when we start opening presents.

[ThisIsTheDay]

So cute!

 

When my kids were little, we have lots of pictures of them waiting in the hallway or on the stairs until we had everything just riiiiiight by the tree--all of the gifts out, fire going, music on. It had to be perfect before they could come in.

 

Then they hit mid teens and began to sleep in. Dh and I get everything ready. Drink coffee. Read the paper. Drink more coffee. Chat. Wait.

 

My, how the tables have turned!!

 

[Pawz4me]

 My internal alarm clock doesn't know Christmas from any other day, so I'll almost certainly wake up somewhere around 4:30-5:00, as usual.

[scrapbookbuzz]

It all depends. But in the past few years, I've been the first one up. 

My ds13 was joking about sleeping in on Christmas. I said, "Yeah, right. Every other day of the year,

it's 'do I hafta get up?' but come Christmas you'll be up at 5!" His response: "I don't know about 5. 6, maybe."

:D

[marbel]

I'm always the first one up, just like every other day.  I'll be up by 7 or so.

 

We have always been leisurely present-openers.  Maybe when the kids were really little they were excited and couldn't wait.  One year, my inlaws were arriving (by plane) on Christmas Day. I think my kids were 4 and 5, or 5 and 6 then.  We had them wait till the grandparents arrived after 10am.  My sister told me I was SO MEAN to make them wait. But they seemed none the worse for it.  Now of course at their ages, I am waiting around for people to wake up.  

[gardenmom5]

the year I was up past 2am, no one was allowed to wake me up before 8am. (they weren't' allowed in the living room either.)  it stuck.  kids who don't live here but are coming, are here by 8am for opening presents.  It was really funny the year the kids went and woke up dudeling at 8am.

I have fond memories of my olders at the top of the stairs outside my bedroom - whispering loudly (they thought they were more quiet than they were) - is it 8am yet?  what time it it?  can we wake her up yet?

 

generally - everyone is awake well before that - but if someone wants to sleep in until 8am, they can.  everyone must be present for opening gifts.

[Wabi Sabi]

My kids and I probably won't be up until at least 8:00. 

[6packofun]

We're aiming for 7:30 or 8.  We don't do early mornings at our house.  lol  One of our older kids has to work at Starbucks at 11 so we're hoping that gives us enough time to relax and open everything.   :glare:  

[Elizabeth86]

When the first kid wakes up. :lol:

[JustEm]

Well I suspect the kids will be up by 6am but I have to pet sit in the morning so I'm going to pet sit at 5 so I don't keep them waiting to open presents

[rebcoola]

Between 7 & 8 We are not early risers in general.

[Annie G]

Dh gets up at 4 every day so he's always up first and gets the tree lit and the Christmas music playing.  I get up at 6 and shower. By 6:20 dh is turning th music up hoping to wake the kids. However, they are adults now so it'll probably be 8 before they come down.  When they were little they were up between 6 and 7. 

[Mommyof1]

My little one has always been an early riser plus Daddy gets up at 5am to get ready for work.

 

If she sleeps later that would be awesome.

 

I remember when my siblings and I hit our teen years our Dad would come in and loudly proclaim it was time to get up because Santa came and he wanted to open his presents. Ah payback for all the years we woke him up early.

[EMS83]

6:00 or 7:00.  Some years it's been later, for one reason or another.  We aim for 7:00.

[Elizabeth86]

My little one has always been an early riser plus Daddy gets up at 5am to get ready for work.

 

If she sleeps later that would be awesome.

 

I remember when my siblings and I hit our teen years our Dad would come in and loudly proclaim it was time to get up because Santa came and he wanted to open his presents. Ah payback for all the years we woke him up early.

Putting this in my notes too! Hilarious!

[jewellsmommy]

We usually have to wake our dd.  :lol:  So, whenever we wake, we will wake her. In years past it has been anywhere between 9am and noon.

 

ETA: She has always been this way, even in the younger years. This girl loves her sleep!

Edited December 24, 2017 by jewellsmommy

[LarlaB]

DS10 will be up at 7 and DD14 wants to sleep in. We’ve agreed that 8am will be our start time. 😜

[AmandaVT]

DS isn't an early bird - there have been years we've woken him up. He's usually up by 8 am though, so probably around then. (now I feel like I've jinxed myself and he'll be up at 5 this year!)