Think your holiday traditions are unique? As many Reddit users discovered, some family traditions are pretty common, and others are, admittedly, a little strange. Check out some of these Reddit users' "weirdest holiday traditions" to see if your family's traditions match up. You might even find some new ones to try out this holiday season. It's never too late to start.

1. Not Just Cookies For Santa

Some families go beyond the milk and cookies for Santa. Reddit user neqailaz leaves rum for Santa every year because, "it's a rough night for him." Junkieculture used to leave popcorn and margaritas at the fireplace, and later realized that Santa had the same taste as his dad. Smiley007 would leave carrots out for the reindeer, finding the leftover bits and pieces on the plate the next morning.

2. Pickle Finding Contest

ScoCar remembers trying to find the pickle ornament on the Christmas tree every year. The first one to find it would get $50 from grandma. Other Reddit users, such as Look_At_That_OMGWTF, would get to open their presents first if they were the first to find the pickle ornament. "We still do it when the family is home for the holidays just because it's something we've always done, even though were all beyond the age for it to matter who goes first." Count me in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Christmas Tree Bonfire

Throwing out the Christmas tree is usually a fairly humdrum event. However, Reddit user Over-Analyzed always enjoyed gathering with other families to have a huge Christmas tree bonfire on the beach. The tradition ended when the fire department was called one year because of a 20-foot flame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. A Box Inside of a Box Inside of a Box*

Some people get pretty creative with wrapping presents. Mediocre-raptor fondly remembers disguising presents in different sized boxes. "My favorite example was 2 years ago, my brother's present to me was (at first) a box that was roughly the size of a printer. Then it was several boxes within a box (all boxes were wrapped of course), and then in the very last box was a deodorant stick. Then I had to unscrew the deodorant all the way until it popped out, and underneath that was a plastic bag that contained a gift card." *Also a hands-on approach to teaching your kids that patience is rewarded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. A Book Before Christmas

Reddit user lifelovepeace loves his/her family tradition of gathering the entire family on the couch and listening to an uncle read "The Night Before Christmas." In fact, this Reddit user will be Skyping into the tradition since he/she cannot be home for Christmas this year. lifelovepeace will be missing out, though, on one of the best parts of this tradition: "Trying to fit 13 full-size adults on one couch is always fun!" Challenge accepted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Pajama Present

Reddit user Chaleidescope remembers being super excited to open one present on Christmas Eve every year, only to find that it was a pair of pajamas to wear that night. Who doesn't love a multi-functional present?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Orange Smashing Contest

Reddit user midshipmen89's family has an orange smashing contest every year on Christmas Eve. "Not the chocolate oranges like normal people, but real oranges. Everyone at the table gets one, and gets one hit to do as much damage as they can. My grandma is the judge, and the winner gets to open their present first the next morning," midshipman89 explains. This tradition is probably related to the tradition of smashing chocolate oranges. Indeed, Terry's Chocolate Oranges was advertised with the slogan "Whack and Unwrap."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Family Ornaments

Sure, your mom probably kept around the adorable pinecone ornament you made when you were a kid. But Reddit user p0i8n5e3cone had a unique twist to traditional family ornaments. "For a couple years my dad had gotten my mother those little ornaments that you put a family picture in, but she would never put one in. Now it has become a tradition to get her one every year knowing that she won't put a picture in it. So our Christmas tree is now filled with those generic stock photo families. We have Asians, Hispanics, African Americans, Caucasians, you name it. We always tell people they are our extended family if they don't know about it yet. We have about 10 of them now." The more the merrier, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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