We had a really nice family Christmas. The girls loved their gifts from us (which is always gratifying), and everyone was in a good mood (no overwhelm leading to meltdowns, which is always a concern on Christmas, as you know). This year, we also decided to try a new-to-us approach to gift-giving: we went very modestly on Christmas morning (that part isn't exactly new, though) and then had a small something for the girls to open each morning of the 12 days of Christmas, in an effort to solidify in their minds the concept of Christmastide. I, personally, loved it! We had purchased a set of books for all of them to share, so we split the books up and wrapped several of those individually to serve as gifts on a few different days (one gift for all on those days, not three books per day). We also had new packs of colored pencils for each of them on one day, new drawing pads for another, fancy hot chocolate packets for another...it was very fun for me to choose little things for them.
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