Christmas brings people together. It's a time when individuals take a break so they can reunite with their family and friends and spend some quality time with them. It's also when households practice certain holiday traditions, some of which are simply unique to them.

On Ask Reddit, someone asked users about interesting traditions they observe with their loved ones to observe this day, and the answers are quite interesting. Some of them have been around for decades, while there are those that have only been practiced for a few years.

Let us take a look at nine of these responses that are wholesome, fun and guaranteed to spread some Christmas cheer.

  1. "Every year my wife and I buy an ornament for our tree that corresponds with something that happened that year. So we have a tree filled with all of these weird wacky ornaments like a tennis ball (we started playing tennis that year), swedish chef (Europe trip), Ship Captain Nutcracker (our first cruise), amongst many others. It's such a fun tradition in December to debate what we to get and then finding something. And then reliving them all when we put them up." – Barrucuda
  2. "Wife and I order from the same Chinese restaurant every Christmas Eve. We eat from there almost exclusively on Christmas Eve - we don't do much chinese through the year regularly. Started one Christmas Eve when we were both feeling lazy and hasn't stopped... 12+ years now." – ChaoticDoGooder
  3. "Each year we cut a round off the bottom of our Christmas tree. We label it with the year. Over time it makes a sweet display/ reminder of years past." – SARstar367
  4. "The tradition in our house was whatever you got for Christmas, you had to wear to the pub at lunchtime on Christmas Day. I've been to the pub in pjs, 4 pairs of socks, running vest and shorts, etc etc." – SpeedyGoneGarbage
  5. My brother and I were hungry one year and our parents(where we celebrate Christmas) lives very close to a gas station, where they sell surprisingly good hotdogs. So we went to get one each. My sister in law thought it was so ridiculous, so she snapped a picture. Now its tradition for us to go get a hotdog and pose for the yearly Christmas hotdog picture." – Frodde
  6. "We always have McDonalds on Christmas Eve because we leave our wrapping until last minute and that's all we have time for. Sounds sad, but comes with happy nostalgia from wrapping and family." – spockgiirl
  7. "We drive around Christmas Eve in our jammies at night and see all the light people put up for the year. Free and cozy." – New-Flow-6798
  8. "We all get a blank canvas and paint a Christmas themed painting and have a painting contest.. we display them on the mantle afterwards." – heather0720
  9. "Starting the movie Die Hard at 9:57pm on Christmas Eve so that Hans Gruber Falls from the Nakatomi building at exactly midnight, as is traditional." – SeaWasil
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Ornaments hang on a Christmas tree in the Blue Room during a press preview of the White House Christmas decorations, Dec. 2, 2004. Getty Images

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