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Some of us choose to wait longer than the Royals

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do to open their Christmas gifts. According to Hello

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magazine, the Royal Family Exchange Gifts on Christmas Eve

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, Despite more common British custom being on Christmas Day

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, it's supposedly all to do with the queen's ancestry

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, which is of German descent. For those of

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you who didn't know myself included, Christmas celebrations begin

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with gift giving and tree decorating on Christmas Eve in

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Germany. The correct term I'm going to attempt to

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pronounce is Heilig Abend. Be sure, um,

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and is what translates to a Christmas Eve present exchange

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? The tradition was initially adopted into the royal family

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by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Typically, the

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Royals arrive at the Sandringham estate for an afternoon tea

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the night before Christmas and attend a black tie dinner

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. After the gifts are received, No doubt will

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all be watching the Christmas Day festivities with a rather

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publicly witness church outing and the queen's famous Christmas speech

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. Mhm