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When we are small we
look to our parents to make our Christmas special. When we have kids, we tend
to get so caught up in the holidays that we forget to enjoy ourselves. We over
schedule, overeat, over shop, and just in general overdo to the point that we are
glad for that break between New Year's and Valentine's Day.
Christmas break usually start the week before Christmas
and goes to a couple of days after New Years. Plan to do special things with
your family during this period that does not require lots of time and money.
Work on creating your own family traditions and do things that will bring you
closer together and learn not to resent the holiday season. Here are a few
ideas for the holiday break that do not require lots of time and money.
December 24th -
Buy everyone in the house red or green flannel pajamas to wear to bed and open
presents in Christmas morning.
December 25th-Sometime during the afternoon
take over a basket of Christmas cookies and write a thank you note to the guys
and gals working Christmas day at your local fire station.
December 26th- Call a relative or friend who lives
far away. Many people do their catch up calls on Christmas day. Call the day
after Christmas and you will have more time to listen and talk.
December 27th-Go ice-skating if your child has
never been at a local ice rink. If you cannot ice skate goes roller skating
with jingle bells tied to your skate's laces.
December 28th- Organize a Christmas past party
and break out all of the old Christmas photos. Ask everyone to put what they
did not get in a Christmas past and really wanted. Have an I wanted in
Christmas Past gift exchange? Keep it inexpensive.
December 29th- Go to the local library and get
four Christmas classic movies and have a Merry Christmas Movie Marathon. Use
food coloring to make red and green popcorn.
December 30th-Give the birds in your yard some
holiday cheer. Make birdie Christmas balls by spreading peanut butter on a pine
cone and rolling it in bird seed. Hang the Christmas bird balls near a window
so you can enjoy watching the birds have a winter feast.
December 31st- Take an elderly member out your
Church out for an early New Year's dinner at a local Chinese restaurant.
January 1st -
Have a New Year's brunch with family and friends. Have everyone exchange names
and write a New Year's resolution for the person's name they drew. Keep it
humorous and light.
Be creative and you can find a way to make the holidays
happy and not just hectic.
