Intro
“Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Oh What fun it’s to ride in a one horse ope-n sleigh”
The fireworks all over the city and the laughter in the streets tell us: It’s Christmas again!
I believe there is no child who doesn’t like to celebrate festivals. The dazzling feasts, surprise gifts, and warm family reunions will all leave deep memories in the hearts of your children.
For families with children at home, cultivating children’s awareness of Christmas gifts must start with Christmas gifts for parents from preschoolers.
But preschoolers are indeed too young, so how can parents help?
Let them help decorate the Christmas scene
The reason why it is said that “Christmas is the happiest holiday for children” is not because they get happiness from the gifts, but because they experience a full “sense of ritual.”
Some small rituals can make them particularly happy, because this way awakens their inner respect for time and festivals.
At Christmas, one of the most engaging activities for children is Christmas-themed crafts.
Decorate a Christmas tree with your children, hang colorful lights on the tree, and let the colorful Christmas tree shine on your children’s smiles.
Make Christmas tree decorations with your children, use ice cream sticks to make snowflakes, and small beads to make glowing “stars” to activate your children’s brain power and creativity.
Design a Christmas blessing card with your children, and let them write their wishes and good expectations on the cards to satisfy their little children’s innocence.
Let the children experience solemnity and beauty in the full ceremony, and feel reunion, fantasy and love every day.
DIY Christmas dinner with your kids
How can Christmas be complete without a delicious Christmas dinner? Although eating turkey is not popular in China, there are still many delicious foods!
Fragrant honey chicken wings, delicious pizza, plump seafood that you can’t usually eat, and a variety of delicious snacks…it’s really mouth-watering.
However, every Christmas, I’m afraid the restaurants outside will be overcrowded.
Therefore, instead of taking your children out, it is better to DIY Christmas dinner at home with your children and have a cozy dinner with your family!
Watch Christmas movies together
On Christmas Eve, choose a Christmas-themed animated movie and watch it with your children! Who says quality time spent together as a family isn’t a gift?
You can choose a theater movie in a bustling shopping mall, or you can watch classic movies together as a family. A movie usually lasts about two hours. After watching it, everyone discusses the plot and expresses each other’s feelings. This is also the most precious family time.
Here are 5 classic Christmas-themed movies to share with you. They are especially suitable for watching with your children on the sofa during Christmas or winter. They will provide you with a heart-warming and healing atmosphere!
Angela’s Christmas Wish
Angela’s father works in Australia, and her Christmas wish is for her family to be reunited at Christmas. It’s perfect for the whole family to watch together at Christmas.
Klaus
The protagonist Jasper is sent to work as a postman on a frozen island in the Arctic Circle. He has to deliver 6,000 pieces of mail a year before he can return. However, the people on the island barely communicate because of family disputes. Jasper meets Klaus, a mysterious old carpenter, and thus begins a wonderful and loving Christmas story.
The Polar Express
A child who believed deeply in Santa Claus boarded a Christmas Express one day, and the conductor invited him to a Christmas party at the North Pole. So he begins a wonderful Christmas carnival journey.
Arthur Christmas
Every year on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus takes a state-of-the-art aircraft and elves to deliver Christmas gifts to children all over the world. Santa Claus’s youngest son, Arthur, completed an urgent mission with his grandfather and Santa Claus in order to deliver gifts to the little girl who did not receive the gifts due to negligence.
Robin Robin
Robin, a robin, accidentally fell into a garbage pool while in an eggshell and was adopted by a kind mouse. As Robin grew up, she discovered that she was different from her family members. In order to prove that she was a good mouse, she left home to train herself, and finally discovered her true identity and became her true self.
Read picture books with your children
If you don’t want to watch a movie, you might as well read a picture book with your children!
Choose a picture book suitable for reading at Christmas and let your children learn some common sense and principles about life from the picture book stories.
Here are some picture book recommendations:
- Bright Winter Night
- It’s Christmas Everywhere: Celebrations from Around the World
- A Simple Christmas on the Farm
- Dream Snow
- The Tree That’s Meant to Be