In our family, kids got to stay up as late as they wanted on Christmas night. To play with the toys, make the models, etc. Midnight was my goal from about age 7 or so. And I actually made it when I was about 12. At about 16 or so, bro and I stayed up until dawn making very detailed plastic models of sailing ships.
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And then a few short years later, I was working a graveyard shift. My how things change!
In our family, kids got to stay up as late as they wanted on Christmas night. To play with the toys, make the models, etc. Midnight was my goal from about age 7 or so. And I actually made it when I was about 12. At about 16 or so, bro and I stayed up until dawn making very detailed plastic models of sailing ships.
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And then a few short years later, I was working a graveyard shift. My how things change!