Christmas traditions

Christmas and New Year are coming. Would you be so kind to share your experience of celebrating them? Some examples of family traditions, presents, expressions, advent calendar activities. Anything you like. (Do you have the elf on the shelf? What's its name?))

I hope this will bring new ideas and help a community to have more fun this year. Thank you!

Paris Today is November, 15. I still can't believe that such f*ck can be in the 21st century. R.I.P. We're citizens of the Earth and no religions or believes do not worth a human life. On the contrast of aching heart because of Paris I visisted Maker Faire. That's spirit of positive people. And I do believe we should spead our creative not destroying energy.