Rio76 Wild West
12/27/12 3:49 pm
We try to teach our kids that a gift is about the one giving the gift, and an opportunity to focus on the giver. We open gifts one at a time so we can enjoy the reactions to the gift, and so we can thank the giver. (if they're not there in person, we try to call them).
babycakeslove Minnesota
12/26/12 10:53 am
Well usually every Christmas we say that this year we will open them separately but for every single year for as long as I can remember, we have opened them all together. Mostly because the kids get to excited and slowly start opening them quietly. And then we all start to do that.
Sam95 Nebraska
12/26/12 7:30 am
My sister, dog (yes he opens his own presents), and I open ours at the same time and then when we are finished my mom and dad open theirs together.
saraiwishes
12/26/12 2:59 am
We always go one at a time because money is tight and there's not a lot of presents. One kid opens one present, then the next kid opens one present, cycle. It makes the gift unwrapping go much slower and makes it seem like we have more to give/receive.
brownskins786 Virginia
12/26/12 1:41 am
Why the hell is it that Mississippi is always that one hipster state that has to stand out? It's a pattern on almost every poll in this app. I think they all got together, like at a convention or something, and agreed to be disagreeable. (Just kidding, btw!)
AnnieM The Island
12/26/12 12:58 am
One at a time from youngest to oldest was how it always went in my family when I was a kid. I liked everybody ooo-ing and ahhh-ing over the things others got.
kellyw The Mississippi Delta
12/25/12 9:59 pm
It can't be with the number of votes cast. It would take a lot of people having done that. I think it's more likely that a group of family or maybe a whole college class signed up. This app is prone to self selection bias.
TopsQueen Oregon Coast
12/25/12 9:31 pm
We have friends over in their kids are like grandchildren. Our adopted family. I explained to the little boy we take turns youngest to oldest. His little sister went first then the next oldest. He asked how old my daughter was. Because he didn't know who was next she's 33 he's 5. He figured it
madeit Houston Area
12/25/12 9:21 pm
After all the hours of WORK it takes to put all of this together, there's not much to enjoy if everybody opens everything at once. More than one person opening at the same time, yes, but, gosh-!I want a chance to enjoy a least a few seconds for all the time and care I put into this!
kellyw The Mississippi Delta
12/25/12 9:04 pm
I don't think there's necessarily anything fishy about it is all - perhaps one group of friends downloaded the app together? Tony should be able to tease out the reasons for it. We already know the polls are highly skewed by self-selection; I don't see the reason for the hate on the state.
praetorianus65
12/25/12 7:56 pm
One person opened all theirs, beginning with the parents. I usually opened mine so that what I suspected to be the main attraction was opened last. I often wished for educational toys such as a chem lab.
AnnieM The Island
12/25/12 5:59 pm
In my family we always took turns, but in my husband's they open them all at once. We spend Christmas afternoon/evening at my in-laws' so all at once it is.
This year my husband and I didn't get each other gifts & we just have one child, so this morning it was kind of neither.
sydwel
12/25/12 4:37 pm
We open one gift each at the same time. Then we all open our second gifts at the same time, etc.
hippiedude fields of green
12/25/12 4:17 pm
As a kid it really sucked opening them all, then having the excitment drained out of me after that. Its fun to open each present and check it out a bit(even if I dont like it) and put it back, then get the next. Its also a good feeling when you get someone a present and you get to see them open it.
JanuaryLove
12/25/12 3:36 pm
We have five kids and don't take turns. The chaos is so much fun. The room is filled with shouts of joy, laughter, and "look what I got!" I love it. ????
JanuaryLove
12/25/12 3:33 pm
@Kelly - There seems to be a trend recently where Mississippi bucks the national trend in every single poll. I think this comment may be referring to the unusual trend and not necessarily to this post in particular.
jmw7477 Indiana
12/25/12 3:24 pm
We start off with the kids opening their presents all at once. They get a lot of gifts. Then the adults take turns. We draw names & set a money limit. So each adult usually only gets 1 or 2 gifts.
Zod Above Pugetropolis
12/25/12 11:36 am
We open the stuff from out of town first, together, then make the Merry Christmas thanks for the stuff calls. Then we take turns opening gifts from each other. It takes a while. Then I play with my new toys and usually, take a nap.
mama3
12/25/12 11:16 am
My husbands family does one at a time. It takes at least an hour or two. I'd rather everyone just go for it.
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