My family has some interesting traditions that don't really seem like much, but I keep them in my heart.

1. The tree is up for three weeks, but not decorated and lit up until Christmas Eve.
2. Gifts are always opened on Christmas Day, never before.
3. Large meal on Christmas Day, usually copy/pasting what we had for Thanksgiving a month earlier (mmmm Pumpkin Pie mmmmm, NOM NOM NOM NOM!).
4. Call relatives and friends, as many as you can.
5. Play games, or chat, but the TV doesn't turn on unless there's a movie day tied in with it.

Even though I've spent the last, five years on my own for Christmas, I know that I can't be that sad or lonely, since my friends and family are always in my heart. Even as the day turns to night, and I have to go back to work the next day.