Christmas With Teens: 3 Ways To Keep The Holiday Sparkle Alive
As the holiday season kicks off, it is safe to say Christmas this year may look a bit different. However, with a survey by RetailMeNot showing that 66 percent of consumers plan to spend the same or more than last year. With eCommerce giants like Amazon kicking off their deal events later this month, it looks like Americans the country are still gearing up for a festive holiday season. For many families, Christmas is a time for family and filled with magic, joy, and celebrations. For parents, the look of wonder and joy on their young children’s faces are some of their most…
How to Manage the Highs & Lows of Christmas
Christmas Day arrives and finally the pent up excitement can be unleashed on the family (and the house – uh oh!). The kids are running amok chasing each other around the house. Grandmother-and-father are nattering away with the cousins in the living the room, your partner is AWOL, and the boot room looks like a bomb exploded in it with shoes lying awry and muddy water seeping its way onto your kitchen floor. A distant uncle, who somehow got invited, is ever so tipsy, singing Christmas carols to a family crowd that is laughing raucously in the kitchen, while the…
Our Family Christmas Traditions with Champagne & Petals
This is a Guest Post by Sarah of Champagne & Petals I love Christmas, it’s my favourite time of the year. I have always loved Christmas, my parents always made it a special time of the year. I have wonderful memories of waking up on Christmas morning to see that Santa had left us giant stockings full of gifts, playing games eating chocolate for breakfast, going to church, a wonderful roast dinner before the Queens speech and then presents from under the tree. It was so important to me that our children have magical Christmas’ and they can look back…
Outdoor Christmas activities for 1yr Olds
Guest Post by Thia of It’s that time of year where the parents among us are frantically trying to find ways to entertain our young children and get them excited for Christmas. At least I am, a total Christmas lover and my son must love Christmas as much as me! If your children love being outdoors like my son, I had a think about what sorts of activities he would enjoy & ones we could all enjoy as a family. Bundle those little munchkins up and take them outside for lots of fun! Here are a couple of outdoor Christmas…