The person being told christmas eve gift is expected to present the person saying it to them with a small present traditionally candy or nuts.
Christmas eve gift tradition.
Make more cookies enough to bring to christmas eve get togethers and for the next day or week.
A variant of the tradition is christmas eve gift.
The dictionary of american regional english traces the first written uses of this version to 1954.
The first child to find it gets a special.
According to the tradition of the german christmas pickle or weihnachtsgurke an ornament in the shape of a gherkin is hung on the tree on christmas eve.
After that you can sing songs play games bake cookies etc.
The tradition is similar to the christmas gift tradition but occurs on christmas eve.