In my childhood years it was in the morn
With my foster family off and on over the decades, whenever I was in town, it was Christmas eve.
Two years in my twenties I was alone over Christmas, no presents, but by then I did not care for commercialized Christmas anyhow.
Two years I live in a Charismatic Catholic community and have no recollection re Christmas as all, except I attending Mass with them. It was interesting the few times I went.
One year I was boarding with a family and stupid me, I didn’t expect to take part in their Christmas. I had planned to get up in the morn and go visit street friends. The mrs woke me up with the rest of the family and had a bunch of gifts for me. They were addressed to me from a family member. One was supposed to be from their oldest son, but when I thanked him he gave me a blank look and I realized that she had bought them all. I felt so embarrassed. God bless her wonderful heart but I could have crawled into a hole.
After meeting my wife, I had Christmas with her family, before and after Marriage for 11 years. Always presents on Christmas morn.
Then after we moved back to BC and started having our 2 children, we started off Christmas morn. Then as they got olderwe did a few in the eve and the rest in the morn, then we graduated to full time in the eve which we have done for at least 15 years now.