My family never really emphasized the competition aspect, although my grandmother was the one who really embraced the thing, and she did always start it. (I'd say we were letting her win, except nobody but her knew it was a competition at all, far as I know!)
I did text my sister at a quarter to midnight on Christmas Eve just to say it though.
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Date: 2016-12-27 06:26 am (UTC)I did text my sister at a quarter to midnight on Christmas Eve just to say it though.