The Royal Family will be celebrating Christmas at Sandringham House this year, with a host of festive traditions including opening their presents on Christmas Eve.
Members of the Royal Family will spend Christmas at Sandringham House in Norfolk with their annual trip to church and a host of festive traditions. One of which is opening their presents on Christmas Eve, a tradition they've held for years. King Charles and Queen Camilla will be hosting Christmas this year, joined by their families including Prince William and Kate Middleton along with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
On the morning of 25 December, members of the Royal Familly will attend a service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, a tradition dating back to the 16th century. Due to the early start, there is no time for the young royals to open their Christmas presents in the morning. So instead, the Royal Family open presents the night before on Christmas Eve. Sharing details of their day, it states on the Royal Family website: 'On Christmas Eve, The Royal Family lay out their presents on trestle tables and will exchange their gifts at teatime.' According to royal expert Robert Jobson, this is a tradition that dates all the way back to Victorian times, when Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert insisted that they adopt the German tradition. Robert explained to The Express: 'Royals have done it every year since. On Christmas Eve when all the clan are together, the Queen’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren put the finishing touches to the 20ft Christmas tree in the White Drawing Room. Presents will be opened that day at teatime as the royals still keep to the German practice of opening their gifts on Christmas Eve.' 'Gifts are laid out in the Red Drawing Room on a white linen-covered trestle table, with cards marking exactly where the piles of gifts should be put.' Robert went on to say that once 'everyone has arrived' the family enjoy 'a traditional Christmas' which involves the gifting of 'cheap and humorous gifts.' He added that the gifts are 'unlikely to be pricey'
ROYAL FAMILY CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS SANDRINGHAM CHRISTMAS EVE
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