7. Unexpectedly Getting To Open A Present On Christmas Eve
The feeling of being allowed to open one gift the night before all the carnage the next day was always a delight. Usually your folks would catch you off guard as you were arranging your stocking to the most gettable position, or hatching a plan to snare Santa in the middle of the night. Theyd suddenly surprise you and say one present could be opened as a pre-Christmas treat. Youd immediately dive towards the biggest present at the back of the tree before being hauled back by the seat of your pants. At which point youre handed a more modest package to contend with. Nine times out of ten it was either a new dressing gown, a pair of slippers or pyjamas. And if this became a regular thing it would tend to take the sheen off it really as you ultimately knew what youd be getting. But it was nice looking like a cherubic angel on Christmas Eve, and not the desperately greedy devil-child you clearly were.