i set up my nativity(a really nice one) on the coffee table in the living room, a few days before Christmas--i leave out the wise men,lol, they weren't at the stable, visited the house when Christ was about 2. i decorate the living room, mostly and the front door.(wreath) i usually put up a victorian village, but my daughter took that with her. i always find somewhere to hang the homemade ornaments that my kids made down through the years. my dh reads the Christmas story from the Bible on Christmas morning, and we take turns praying, thanking God for giving himself to us (as Christ) to make atonement for our sin. then, we open presents. i try to get l item that the kids really want(giving daughter gas money to come) and some stocking stuffers. when the kids were little, we sang "happy birthday" to Jesus.