My immediate family is huge. There are 7 of us kids who have at least 2 kids each and at least 2 grandkids each. My next younger sister has 4 great-grandkids as well. I don't watch a lot of more recent tv shows but most of our shows usually always had Christmas specials as well. Plus all kinds of separate single specials and made for tv Christmas movies. During December the Hallmark channel is non-stop made for Hallmark Christmas movies.
Many people redo Thanksgiving dinner, but many people have a tradition of something from the culture they are from or just what they have 'always' done.
We have a whole month of Christmas celebration on basically every TV network (usually owned in part by Disney) 25 days of Christmas, Food Network competitions, Christmas lighting contests, Home Decorating, Christmas movie marathons, Christmas TV episodes,
He is wrong about Christmas dinner in America, most families do a repeat of Thanksgiving dinner but may add some additional dishes. Also, Christmas music in America is vast! From Bing Crosby to Mariah Carey, to all of the animated Christmas specials, such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, A Charlie Brown Christmas, etc., all have produced classic Christmas music. But I do believe Christmas is an entirely nostalgic celebration so memories play an important part. I would imagine that wherever Christmas is celebrated, it's a wonderful time.
My family gets up really early and we exchange gifts then around 2pm the rest of the family comes over and we eat exchange gifts and watch football… after that a few of us go see a movie ❤
In America, you can have an intimate Christmas AND a giant party. But in America, you at least have the room to spread out so that you aren't all cramped in the living room. Growing up we could have 12-15 families with kids in a single house and it wouldn't feel absolutely cramped.
Christmas morning it's just my Husband and myself. We like it this way because it's an early dinner and football ( American 🏈) my Husband works hard all year long and never asks for anything more then football on Thanksgiving and Christmas 🎄 Love From Michigan and it's a very cold Evening and snowy.
I had heard that Brits invite only their family and some friends to their weddings and then everyone else can come to the major party after the wedding ceremony. That would never fly in the US. A person invited to a wedding is invited to everything in the US. The idea that a person could only go to the party and not the wedding itself is just a crazy idea to an American. It would be considered insulting as well. Most American invitations also invite the boyfriends or girlfriends of their guests as well. The invitation would say "John Smith & guest or Jane Smith & guest." If a couple wants to change any of these norms at their wedding, they need to let everyone know well before the wedding date. The couple gets the final say because it's their wedding but there are some rules to American weddings most people must follow.
The reason that ceremony vs. evening guests tends to exist here is due to expense. Normally during the ceremony here you'd have a sit down meal which would be priced based on headcount which can add up quickly depending on the size of a family. Evening guests don't cost anything and the bar is normally buy your own drinks, although sometimes there is a tab up to a certain amount.
@@AliKaiProject The average wedding in the US is about $25K if I am not mistaken. Weddings are priced per person here in the US as well. Some weddings have open bars for everyone while others are buy your own drinks as well. Americans weddings are normally paid for by the couple or sometimes the parents of the couple. If anyone tried to do weddings the British way in America, the couple would completely lose all their friendships and family members forever. It would be a mega slap in the face to everyone and very, very disrespectful to everyone. The couple has the final say in how many people can be at their wedding, but couple would never be able get away with having some guests for the ceremony and the others for just the party afterwards. The invite is for everything or nothing. And it doesn't matter how much the entire wedding costs. If money is such a hardship, just invite very few people and that's it. Never do a two-tier wedding! Another thing about American weddings in the New York City area is that guests normally give money as a wedding gift. The amount of money is about the price of meal (just the food without drinks). I always give at least $100 as a gift if I go without a date and $150 to $200 when I have a date. Other states tend to give more gifts for the new couple's house or for their honeymoon. I always have given money and I have been to weddings in about ten different US states. Another thing to point out about gifts is that people who are flying from somewhere else to attend a wedding are not required to normally give a gift because the people must pay for the airfare and hotel. At my brother's wedding I gave him $300 bucks because I am his bother and I was part of his wedding party as a groomsmen.
One reason that there aren’t any or very few TV specials in the US, is because we’ve gotten away from Christmas and now it’s Happy Holidays, so you would need to be all-inclusive!! Christmas has been so watered down that the old specials are non-existent!! It’s sad!!!
I'm probably the rare one that thanks if you go 'All Out' you are doing it wrong. British standards may go too far for me. It just get too commercialized.
My immediate family is huge. There are 7 of us kids who have at least 2 kids each and at least 2 grandkids each. My next younger sister has 4 great-grandkids as well.
I don't watch a lot of more recent tv shows but most of our shows usually always had Christmas specials as well. Plus all kinds of separate single specials and made for tv Christmas movies. During December the Hallmark channel is non-stop made for Hallmark Christmas movies.
Many people redo Thanksgiving dinner, but many people have a tradition of something from the culture they are from or just what they have 'always' done.
We have a whole month of Christmas celebration on basically every TV network (usually owned in part by Disney) 25 days of Christmas, Food Network competitions, Christmas lighting contests, Home Decorating, Christmas movie marathons, Christmas TV episodes,
The radio also plays British Christmas hits. And Dominick the Donkey is Italian.
He is wrong about Christmas dinner in America, most families do a repeat of Thanksgiving dinner but may add some additional dishes. Also, Christmas music in America is vast! From Bing Crosby to Mariah Carey, to all of the animated Christmas specials, such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, A Charlie Brown Christmas, etc., all have produced classic Christmas music. But I do believe Christmas is an entirely nostalgic celebration so memories play an important part. I would imagine that wherever Christmas is celebrated, it's a wonderful time.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone across the World 🌎 ❤️ Love From Michigan and it's a very cold and snowy Evening ❤❤
Merry Christmas my fellow Michigander ❤💚
This was an obviously set up for a tie.😂
My family gets up really early and we exchange gifts then around 2pm the rest of the family comes over and we eat exchange gifts and watch football… after that a few of us go see a movie ❤
You probably have versions of A Christmas Carol and Love, Actually.
Probably my favorite Christmas Movie is the old Alistair Sim version of "A Christmas Carol ". I usually watch it every year.
I'm not sure which one that is, but I've likely seen it. I'll definitely be looking it up! :)
In America, you can have an intimate Christmas AND a giant party. But in America, you at least have the room to spread out so that you aren't all cramped in the living room. Growing up we could have 12-15 families with kids in a single house and it wouldn't feel absolutely cramped.
Christmas morning it's just my Husband and myself. We like it this way because it's an early dinner and football ( American 🏈) my Husband works hard all year long and never asks for anything more then football on Thanksgiving and Christmas 🎄 Love From Michigan and it's a very cold Evening and snowy.
Turkey is for Thanksgiving, Prime Rib is for Christmas
I got a request for meatloaf dinner for Christmas.
@@marydavis5234 Yum!
In terms of decorating it’s outside areas it’s US by far
100%! :)
I had heard that Brits invite only their family and some friends to their weddings and then everyone else can come to the major party after the wedding ceremony. That would never fly in the US. A person invited to a wedding is invited to everything in the US. The idea that a person could only go to the party and not the wedding itself is just a crazy idea to an American. It would be considered insulting as well. Most American invitations also invite the boyfriends or girlfriends of their guests as well. The invitation would say "John Smith & guest or Jane Smith & guest."
If a couple wants to change any of these norms at their wedding, they need to let everyone know well before the wedding date. The couple gets the final say because it's their wedding but there are some rules to American weddings most people must follow.
The reason that ceremony vs. evening guests tends to exist here is due to expense. Normally during the ceremony here you'd have a sit down meal which would be priced based on headcount which can add up quickly depending on the size of a family. Evening guests don't cost anything and the bar is normally buy your own drinks, although sometimes there is a tab up to a certain amount.
@@AliKaiProject The average wedding in the US is about $25K if I am not mistaken. Weddings are priced per person here in the US as well. Some weddings have open bars for everyone while others are buy your own drinks as well. Americans weddings are normally paid for by the couple or sometimes the parents of the couple.
If anyone tried to do weddings the British way in America, the couple would completely lose all their friendships and family members forever. It would be a mega slap in the face to everyone and very, very disrespectful to everyone. The couple has the final say in how many people can be at their wedding, but couple would never be able get away with having some guests for the ceremony and the others for just the party afterwards. The invite is for everything or nothing. And it doesn't matter how much the entire wedding costs. If money is such a hardship, just invite very few people and that's it. Never do a two-tier wedding!
Another thing about American weddings in the New York City area is that guests normally give money as a wedding gift. The amount of money is about the price of meal (just the food without drinks). I always give at least $100 as a gift if I go without a date and $150 to $200 when I have a date. Other states tend to give more gifts for the new couple's house or for their honeymoon. I always have given money and I have been to weddings in about ten different US states. Another thing to point out about gifts is that people who are flying from somewhere else to attend a wedding are not required to normally give a gift because the people must pay for the airfare and hotel.
At my brother's wedding I gave him $300 bucks because I am his bother and I was part of his wedding party as a groomsmen.
what about Bad Santa?
One reason that there aren’t any or very few TV specials in the US, is because we’ve gotten away from Christmas and now it’s Happy Holidays, so you would need to be all-inclusive!! Christmas has been so watered down that the old specials are non-existent!! It’s sad!!!
Just remember too keep CHRIST in Christmas.
I'm probably the rare one that thanks if you go 'All Out' you are doing it wrong. British standards may go too far for me. It just get too commercialized.