Corporate Wellness & Parenting Consultant, Speaker, Writer & Advisor on wellbeing & parenting. Media spokesperson.
Christmas for me is about memory making, not about the gifts or the cards you send (or in my case don’t send!). It is about the traditions that you as a family create the quiet moments and the laughter. How can you make your child’s Christmas more memorable and magical? Children remember what we did with them more than they remember what you bought them. How can you arrange to spend more quality time together? Could you organise a games night once a week, or perhaps have a puzzle on the go that you can all dip into, can you cook meals together or have your older children cook for you? Chat with your kids at a Christmas family meeting and ask them what they would like to do, what they would drop and how they would like you to come together as a family. I love Advent, and this is how I used to add to the memory-making in our family. We had a book advent where I wrapped up 24 Christmas stories (I had a lot of Christmas books but you could do this with books from your kid's book box) and every evening, we picked one to unwrap and read. We did this tradition, way beyond when I thought my daughter had outgrown it, at her request. Our advent calendar is one with pockets and I do put chocolate in it, or small gifts to unwrap, in addition, I put little notes about what my daughter could do that day to bring about the spirit of Christmas, How can she be of service? How can she spread kindness? How do you create the magic of Christmas with your Family? #christmas #familytraditions #familyfirst
