Sorry if there is a similar thread on this somewhere but I was hoping we could share any little tips and tricks we had for making christmas / santa etc really magical for the little ones. My eldest son will be 11 this year and is slightly past this but I have had so much fun over the past 10 years keeping the magic alive for him. I cant wait to do it all again for my new baby (altough she will only be 6 months this christmas!) Here are some of the things we have done - add yours.
I always write my own santa letter to son - i dont use those internet sites because you can make it so much more personal, funny etc yourself. I just download a christmassy background and print it. In our house santa delivers letters through the fireplace and you can buy Lapland stamps from most card shops if you wanted it to come through the front door
Letters TO santa with christmas lists are written and left by the fireplace for the elves to collect on the 1st December. In the morning the list would be gone but there would be a small bit of ash on the floor. We would explain the letter gets burned up the chimney and flys to the northpole where it magically comes back together again for Santa to read
We would visit a santa every year at our local store but I would get someone to take son to a shop while I went to the santa first and give him the letter my son had written. So when he went to see the Santa he would pull it out of his pocket. That one always worked a treat. Works even better if you make a colour copy of their letter and ACTUALLY let them see their letter burn. They are amazed to see the letter is with Santa again after they think they have burnt the only copy.
Around November we start to 'see' the elves in the sky who are checking up on the children. Its amazing if you suddenly stop when walking down the street and stare up at the sky at some imaginary light that the child can 'see' it too
I have other things too but have to feed the baby so cant write them all out now! What things do you do? I need new ideas!
I always write my own santa letter to son - i dont use those internet sites because you can make it so much more personal, funny etc yourself. I just download a christmassy background and print it. In our house santa delivers letters through the fireplace and you can buy Lapland stamps from most card shops if you wanted it to come through the front door
Letters TO santa with christmas lists are written and left by the fireplace for the elves to collect on the 1st December. In the morning the list would be gone but there would be a small bit of ash on the floor. We would explain the letter gets burned up the chimney and flys to the northpole where it magically comes back together again for Santa to read
We would visit a santa every year at our local store but I would get someone to take son to a shop while I went to the santa first and give him the letter my son had written. So when he went to see the Santa he would pull it out of his pocket. That one always worked a treat. Works even better if you make a colour copy of their letter and ACTUALLY let them see their letter burn. They are amazed to see the letter is with Santa again after they think they have burnt the only copy.
Around November we start to 'see' the elves in the sky who are checking up on the children. Its amazing if you suddenly stop when walking down the street and stare up at the sky at some imaginary light that the child can 'see' it too
I have other things too but have to feed the baby so cant write them all out now! What things do you do? I need new ideas!
I say take the whole carrot santa for your reigndeer!!
lol. I remember the last Xmas I believed in Santa, we stayed at my sisters, and I was so worried that he wouldn't know I was at my sisters! My mum and sister stayed up and shook some bells in the early hours of the morning and I was sooo relieved Santa had found me!!! Haha.
