TV, tantrums and toys with no batteries: The truth about Christmas with kids

You got there, you reached the finish line and somehow the big day is finally here. After navigating your way through the chaos of December with Christmas jumpers to buy, raffle prizes to donate and spending a month’s wages on ‘magical’ festive events that turned out to be anything but, it’s time to enjoy the day itself. Or at least try to. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas, it’s up there as one of my favourite times of the year, but there’s no getting away from the fact that once you’ve got kids, it’s hard work. And it usually goes a bit like this… The build-up There’s no other word for it than intense. There’s so much pressure to make it the most magical time for kids that if you’re not #makingmemories on a Santa train, or the kids aren’t #livingtheirbestlife in Lapland, you can end up feeling like a bit of a failure. You’re not. Most parents are tearing their hair out just…

Read more…