Christmas themed meals
Be creative and let the meals reflect the upcoming festivities. You may be busy with all the work that’s around, but it doesn’t take a lot to garnish your meals with the festive holidays in mind.
Take a drive looking at Christmas decorations
Setting off on a drive to watch all the decorations at night can be one of the most popular Christmas traditions with Dad. Pick a time that’s convenient with less traffic. Find out the areas with the best decorations, especially lights, and drive away!
Decorate the Christmas tree as a family
Get everyone together when you’re decorating the Christmas tree. Let your children’s creativity unfold by allowing them enough freedom. Try to go for a real tree if it’s possible. Real trees turn out to be environmentally friendlier than the plastic ones, although they are reusable.
Exchange Christmas gifts
What’s Christmas without gifts?! Make sure that you shop for all the gifts well in advance to ensure that you don’t miss out on anything. Add some thought to some of the gifts you share. Finally, don’t forget to leave some milk and cookies for Santa!
Get your family and loved ones together
It’s vital as newbie parents to spend a lot of time together as a family during the holidays. Yet, don’t forget your extended family and close friends. Invite them over to dinner when everyone’s available. It will bring a lot of love and joy to your small family and also teach your kids the all-important lesson: “more the merrier.”
Gift yourselves some alone time as parents
Don’t let all the memorable Christmas traditions stop you from spending some time alone as a couple. Many new parents forget it during the holidays. The relationship you have as a mother and father is significant. Some alone time during Christmas is, therefore, a must.
Fill your home with laughter!
It doesn’t matter how well you plan for Christmas. Things can still get a little stressful at times. Relieve everyone’s stress by bringing in laughter, especially with the kids. Elf on the Shelf is one of the most popular funny family Christmas traditions you can enjoy with your kids. If you’re really busy, get everyone together and put on a comedy and laugh away!
Remember the less fortunate families
This is a time of giving, and that’s not limited to exchanging gifts with your family and friends. There are many less fortunate families out there who aren’t able to celebrate Christmas as well as they wish. Give away as much as possible during the holidays.
You can also keep an eye out for different programmes where you can sponsor gifts for underprivileged children. Make giving one of your Christmas traditions so that your kids will grow up with love, compassion, and kindness.
Don’t let this list stop you from creating your own Christmas traditions. It’s essential to keep the core traditions alive, but as parents, come up with customs of your own. It will always make the holidays more memorable for your family.
Festive times might have you running around, especially when you get closer to Christmas. Don’t forget the essential things at such times. Safety comes first. Keep an eye on your young children. There are more hazards in your household than usual. Also, remember to be patient and to love no matter what.
It is an exceptional time of the year for families. As newbie parents, it’s essential to recognise it as a time of love, bonding, and making memories. Starting as early as possible to establish Christmas traditions as a young family will bring you a lot of joy for years to come.
Eliz lives in Illinois, USA and is a frequent traveller with 2 kids. Her growing check-in list counts more than 13 countries so far. She writes both for a living and for pleasure for Top-Mom.com.
