Just like every other family, the royals also have their own set of special Christmas traditions. Here are 12 royal family Christmas traditions.

Members of the British royal family exchange gifts every Dec. 24 — not on Christmas morning as many families do. As Prince Harry put it in his 2023 memoir, Spare, doing so is “a German tradition that survived the anglicizing of the family surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.”

This holiday season, the British Royal Family is once again blending cherished traditions with modern touches as they gather to celebrate Christmas. In a year full of tough changes and uncertainty for the royals,

As Prince Harry explained in his memoir, Spare, it is “a German tradition that survived the anglicizing of the family surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.”

The royal family is gearing up for the holidays with a packed schedule of annual traditions. It comes at the end of a challenging year for the family that includes cancer battles for both King Charles and Princess Kate.

King Charles III will spend Christmas with Prince William and Princess Kate during a celebration steeped in tradition, but also in the wake of recent scandal. Recent years have seen Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's broadsides against the monarchy provide an unwanted backdrop to royal celebrations,

The Royal Family have many of their own traditions, with one of the biggest being their Christmas plans. Each year, members of the Royal Family gather at Sandringham with the monarch to celebrate the festive season,

Though Meghan Markle and Prince Harry haven't spent Christmas with the British royal family since 2018, that doesn't stop the annual flurry of will-they, won't-they rumors come holiday season. Perhaps unsurprisingly,