Christmas sense of ritual, how to let children have a sense of ritual Christmas?

Every time I celebrate the holidays with my children, I find them to be creatures of the present, fully engaged in the effort.The reason why “Christmas is the happiest holiday for children” is not because they get joy from presents, but because they experience a full “sense of ritual”.British children’s Christmas probably began from the end of November, from the street of Christmas trees, lights, jingle Bell music to the ubiquitous Santa Claus decoration, the children in a month of ceremony to experience solemn and beautiful, every day feel reunion, fantasy and love.

During December, children will engage in a number of Christmas-related activities to build up their anticipation for Christmas Day each day. Holding some small rituals can make them especially happy, because in this way, they awaken their inner respect for time and the festival.

I’ve written a “Christmas sense of ritual,” a list of things we’ve done around Christmas this year and in years past. Doing these things with children is more meaningful than receiving gifts!

Christmas countdown calendar.

The Christmas Countdown Calendar is a very ceremonial event. There are 24 grids on the calendar, starting from December 1, every day to open a small window, find a small surprise gift, and the end is Christmas Eve! However, children have to be patient and do not open the grid early, or Santa will find out!

With a “countdown calendar”, kids get their December juices flowing and get up in the morning! A little surprise every day brings a lot of happiness to a dreary winter day. The countdown calendar also allows children to recognize numbers and dates.

In addition to children’s countdown calendar, adults can also have, everyone said that they especially like the “beauty countdown calendar” given to me by old R and children, every day to get a hand cream, mask, nail polish, hair conditioner and other surprises, let me always beautiful!

If you don’t already have one, you can also make a homemade calendar, such as hanging a few small socks on the wall or Posting a few small envelopes with the date on them to give your child something to look forward to.

Look at the Christmas street lights.

Last Christmas, it was a lockdown. Everyone was stiffed. This year, we wear masks, go to the city center to see the Christmas lights, feel the strongest Christmas atmosphere! Regent Street angel lights, beautiful shape, angel wings shining charming light.

The long Oxford Street was also decorated with starlights.

Carnaby Street is a shoo-in for the “hottest lights”! Giant brightly-colored butterflies fly across a sparkling rainbow lights bridge.

Make a Wish List.

Christmas presents are the most important gift a child receives all year, so many children start thinking about what they want for Christmas early!

We take our kids shopping and hardly ever buy toys. Every time they see something they like, we take a picture of it or find an image online and print it out for them to put on their wish list. By getting used to the reassuring step of a wish list, children are able to accept delayed gratification and not cheat on toys at the store.

This one really works! When my sister Sula was two or three years old, every time I snapped a picture of a toy and said, “Put it on the Christmas wish list,” she would happily drop it and leave the store.

It’s also very satisfying to go home and make a wish list. They put up half a list, but when it came time for Christmas, asked what they wanted most, they only picked one or two. Many “material desires” become less intense over time.

Write a letter to Santa.

This is a compulsory course in December! Children have to make wishes to Santa, tell him what they want, and then be honest about whether they have been a good kid this year.

Write a letter to Santa Claus, to be sent formally, on the envelope: North Pole, Santa Claus received. Some are sent to Finland, others to Canada. Dad also made a point of reminding the children to write a return address!

The sisters received a mysterious card that turned out to be a return receipt from Santa Claus! Santa Claus said: their card received, wish also heard, and elves are actively preparing! They were so happy that they jumped up and down and showed the cards to everyone.

It was a little surprise from the Royal Mail. All the children who sent letters to Santa received a “return receipt”. It was so heartwarming!

Naughty elf.

In December, the home will be “uninvited” naughty elves, their original task is to help Santa Claus monitor the children is not good, but every day while the children sleep, they will also secretly do some mischief, such as stealing wine, climbing high, cuddling together to write cards and so on…

The first thing the sisters did when they got up in the morning, or when they came home from outside, was to check what mischief the elf had done. The rule is: children can’t touch it, or the genie’s magic will be gone.

Decorate a Christmas tree.

A Christmas tree is the symbol of Christmas! With a Christmas tree at home, happiness will shine for a whole month.

Every year we let the children decorate the Christmas tree by themselves. They love these beautiful decorations.

Both babies have been decorating Christmas trees since they were toddlers. The trees are different from year to year. Sometimes they are green, sometimes they are white, sometimes they are tall real trees, and sometimes they are fake trees with colored lights inside.

This year in London Christmas, a big tree carried home, the children excitedly decorated it.

Put up Christmas lights in the house.

Dad is installing all kinds of colorful lights in the garden, so that the little animals also come to the festival.

In the yard, Santa, elk, sleigh lights are ready.

Dad also projected psychedelic snowflakes on the interior walls.

The lights on the Windows are more important. They are the first scene that the children see when they get home from school every day. They can find the shining home far away at the intersection, which always gives them a good mood for the night.

Make Christmas tree ornaments.

One of the most engaging activities for children during the Christmas month is Christmas-themed crafts. Even better than decorating a Christmas tree is making your own decorations!

The sisters made many of their own Christmas tree ornaments. The simplest, for example, can be done easily with ice cream sticks and jewelry stickers.

Christmas craft.

December is cold and children have much less time to play outside than in summer, but the Christmas month is the most creative, dreamy and aesthetic month. Children can be immersed in the Christmas atmosphere through creative games made by crafts, creating beautiful things and cultivating hands-on skills, aesthetics, and awareness of time and season.

We’ve done all kinds of Christmas crafts. Here’s a compilation: Nothing to do at Home in Winter? Christmas game collection opens baby’s creative and hands-on abilities!

Visit Santa’s cabin.

During the month of Christmas, there are “Santa’s Ghetto” all over London, in kindergartens, schools, on the street and in shopping malls.

The children wrote letters, and this time they were able to tell Santa their wishes in person, to find out if they had much hope……

Talking to Santa in person makes Christmas even more ceremonial.

But a lot of children are afraid of Santa Claus in disguise, including my family Sula when I was young, see these big beard big belly old grandfather, hide far away, even do not present.

Design Christmas greeting cards.

The most important meaning of Christmas is not the gifts, but the togetherness, blessings and gratitude. Paying it forward is the warmest part of Christmas.

The British pay attention to write personal cards, so that the blessing to everyone’s door. December, British sky Christmas cards, like snowflakes in the flying ah!

Each year, the children make their own cards, using different ideas and materials. I also wrote an article about making cards.

For example, when the children were very young, we made “Christmas pudding cards” from nonwoven fabric and rendering, and “Elk cards” from collage.

I made “abstract flash cards” with spinning splashes, as well as a number of simple Christmas themed cards.

A few years ago, they tried “digital painting.” Suki draws the pattern for the front and Sula draws the reverse. I scanned it into the computer and showed Suki how to color it.

Once it’s done, dozens are printed out through a card-making website, and voila, Suki and Sula’s are there.

Children also write and draw on each card, each drawing should be different, to reflect the characteristics of the recipient……

It’s all in the card. It’s full!

Watch a Christmas play.

In December, prim Britons bring their families, dress up and go to the theatre to see “Christmas Farce”. Christmas farce is extremely popular at the box office, so grab tickets early or you won’t be able to buy them!

Pantomime means “frolic pantomime” and features comic characters in drag that make children laugh their heads off. Every year, schools organize children to watch “Christmas Farce”, a very British activity.

In addition to the Christmas farce, we went to see Disney on Ice two years ago. It was full of stories and characters that kids knew, and the scenery was beautiful.

We’re also going to see the Frozen musical this year, and the kids are really looking forward to it!

Decorate gingerbread houses and make gingerbread figures.

Christmas must be full of aroma! The aroma is accompanied by a sweet and spicy gingerbread flavor. Making gingerbread figures and decorating gingerbread houses are also the happiest activities, because they are not only fun, but also delicious.

We’ve played with gingerbread over the years, too. Decorate the gingerbread house with candy for the kids at the Christmas party.

The sisters use molds to cut dough for gingerbread.

With icing to do a variety of decoration, can be creative, very suitable for the party many children play together.

By the way, I also wrote a complete Christmas baking, you don’t forget to read oh! I have no culinary talent. I used it all up in this one……

Plus, the year before last we even visited a city made of gingerbread!

Dress up for the Christmas party.

Christmas month must not without Christmas party, kindergarten, school, friends home…… It happens almost every weekend. In addition to a variety of games, the Christmas party will also have “secret santa” unnamed gifts.

In the UK, it is tradition to dress up for Christmas parties! For example, wear a traditional Christmas sweater, a sparkly Christmas dress, and a Christmas tiara and hat.

Every year I start looking for Christmas outfits for my sisters in November…… It looks great!

At the Christmas party, the most fun is to make Christmas hats or headdresses by hand. For example, the “Christmas party” at Suki School requires everyone to wear Christmas headdresses. I made a “candy cane” crown out of nonwoven fabric at Suki’s request.

The method is simple, cut out the shape of the crown and the pattern, paste them together, insert a piece of paper between the two layers of the crown to make it stand up, and add a red ribbon.

With the jeweled stickers, the crown looks perfect! Suki wore an elk sweater and a “candy cane” crown I made to the school Christmas party.

Choose and wrap gifts for your family.

The closer we get to Christmas Day, the more important presents become! A week before Christmas Eve, London’s high streets are packed with people buying presents…… For children, although they are the happiest people at Christmas, but receiving gifts is not the only task, children should also give gifts to their families.

So I took my sister and sister to the store and let them pick out their own gifts for dad, sister and grandma.

When they go home, they need to start packing, decorate with stickers and write cards. Children also need to have the opportunity to show their love and sincerity. I got some pocket money from the Tooth Fairy, so I bought presents for my dad and my sisters with their own money.

Grandma and Uncle Mark are coming for Christmas this year, and we have lots of presents piling up under the tree, and more are coming all the time.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

After a month of waiting, it’s finally Christmas Eve, the most exciting time for kids, which means waking up the next day and opening presents!

Don’t forget the tradition of placing a Christmas pulp pie under the tree on Christmas Eve, when the children go to bed, to reward Santa for his hard travel, and to leave a carrot for Rudolph’s elk. And then go to bed, no more peeking!

The next morning, the children wake up anxious to see if Santa has come, eaten any food, and presented any presents.

Surrounded by presents, it’s the happiest day of the year!

Have you ever done any of the Christmas rituals for your children? It doesn’t have to be the “full version,” but being able to participate in one or two things can make all the difference to a child’s Christmas. They will remember the anticipation, the blessing, the participation of the good mood, which means far more than the satisfaction of unwrapping gifts.

Wish you all a happy Christmas!