The best holiday memories aren’t the expensive ones — they’re the small rituals you repeat every year. Here are seven Christmas Eve traditions worth pointing a camera at, starting with the one your tree has been waiting for.

1. The tree verdict

Gather everyone, snap the tree, and let Sleighed deliver the naughty-or-nice ruling. Film the reactions. It’s the fastest way to turn a quiet evening into a memory.

2. The cocoa toast

One mug each, a clink, and a single sentence about the best thing that happened this year. Thirty seconds of footage, a lifetime of warmth.

3. The ornament story

Everyone picks one ornament and tells the story behind it. Trees are basically photo albums you can’t close.

4. The pajama reveal

Matching pajamas, dramatic unveiling. You know the drill. The camera knows it too.

5. The cookie tax

Leave cookies for Santa — then film the “investigation” the next morning when a suspicious number have gone missing.

6. The midnight window

Lights off, curtains open, everyone watching the street for a certain sleigh. The anticipation films better than the event ever could.

7. The rewatch

Last year’s videos, this year’s couch. Play them back and start the night by laughing at where you all were twelve months ago.

Pick two or three, keep your phone handy, and let the season do the rest. When you’re ready for the tree verdict, Sleighed is one tap away.

7 Christmas Eve Traditions Worth Filming This Year