Things to do on Christmas Day in the United States

We usually go see a movie in the evening

Movie theater for sure! Or just crash someone else's party. Say you are Uncle Ned's kids.

Good idea. I guess I should call around to see what theaters are open.

You can find theater info on imdb.com. They will list showtimes for your local theater. Just type in a zipcode.

NYC sounds like a nice idea, but many things will be closed on Christmas day.

My husband and I aren't really celebrating which is completely foreign to us...so I'm wondering what people in the United States do on Christmas if they're not opening presents, having a huge meal and family gathering, etc.

I still want it to be celebratory in some way--so I was thinking Christmas movies and ordering in Chinese or pizza or something (we never do that sort of thing).

Any thoughts? Oh, and we live in the northeast so traveling to New York is a possibility..that's the only major attraction near us.

Around here there really aren't any restaurants open on Christmas day, but the theaters are so a movie would be the only thing to do away from home. We don't always do something on the actual day with family, so at those times I usually will rent a movie or two and have a frozen pizza and beer day!

I say movies too, maybe a double or triple feature, if you really don't want to hang around at home. Unless you live way out in the boonies, a movie theater will be open. Or crank up the netflix, make your own popcorn (stove top rather than microwave isn't too hard on the calorie budget) and snacks (maybe even some of the healthy variety) and have a marathon of movies that you haven't gotten around to this year.

If you can get to nyc that might be nice too. Lots of places in chinatown are open on the holiday if you want to go cheap or splurge on a nice prix fixe. Then wander around looking at the lights and decorations. You could probably squeeze in a movie too, but tickets are outrageously expensive in the city.