This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone can create a post or quiz. Try making your own!Buzz·Posted on Dec 5, 2014Things That Happen When You Celebrate Christmas Eve In The SouthHappy Christmas ya'll!by benniepCommunity ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail First off, the decorating starts the day after Halloween. Last minute Christmas shopping requires years of training and brass knuckles. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Christmas dinner consists of 30 very hungry relatives packed into one house. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Preparing the turkey can be life threatening. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF You, your sibling and your cousins sneak away to start pre-gaming your pre-game. When dinner is ready, the loudest relative of loud relatives rounds everyone up. The smorgasbord consists of about 40 kinds of dishes but you're not intimidated. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF You reach for food only to have your hand smacked away because no one said Grace yet. View this video on YouTube Everyone eats until it's impossible to eat anymore... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF At least until dessert. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Then begins the annual farting contest among the males in the family. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF After-dinner drinks include three kinds of moonshine and 100 proof eggnog. Inevitably someone starts an argument about why the world has "gone to hell in a handbasket". Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Followed by the latest gossip. Finally, at the end of the night each person leaves with 15 lbs. of leftovers. As you slip into a food coma, you think about how you cannot wait to do it all again next year. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Until the next morning that is. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF