Day 23: 25 Days, 25 Ways to a Better Christmas Morning

If you have listened to NO OTHER day but this one, THIS IS THE ONE TO HEAR!  It's also the one to SHARE with others! Of all of the tips, this is the ONE that I believe is the most important to intentionally implement so you have a better Christmas morning. Consider your expectations. And be really clear. And trust me, your kids will thank you! :)

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:01

Hello folks, so welcome to day 23 of our 25 Days 25 Ways to a Better Christmas Morning. And I have my trusty old reindeer hat on today Jingling, which is funny. That motion was just really funny, anyway. Okay. So today is maybe not as sort of fun, but very important. So today's reminder and tip for today is to remind your kids about what your expectations are for them for Christmas morning. So our kids often are just behaving the way they think is best in that moment and for many of our kids they haven't developed self-control, inhibition, a filter. When they get a gift that they don't love, they basically just say they hate it and then you end up getting frustrated with them and then it's not a fun Christmas morning.

Speaker 1: 1:01

So I would encourage you to first think about what are your expectations for them and how can we share those expectations with them. So that might include not waking up until a certain time. I know, growing up we always had a time limit right, like don't come out of your room until like 6 am or something. I don't remember what it was, it was probably like 7, but it felt like noon. You know when you're growing up. So it may start with sharing when they're allowed to get out of the bed. It may include responses to gifts, whether they love them or they don't love them. It may include, you know, participating in cleaning up. It may include looking at another person who is opening a gift while it's not your turn to open a gift.

Speaker 1: 1:52

I don't know what those expectations might be for you and your family on Christmas morning, but I do know that kids don't know them unless we tell them. And even if you've told them last year, remember that was 365 days ago that you told them what you wanted them to do. So a lot has happened since then, so you might want to just remind them today and then remind them again, maybe Christmas Eve or even Christmas morning, to say hey, remember that we talked about how my expectations for you are. Fill in the blank, right? Whatever that might be. So happy chatting about Christmas morning expectations and we've got two more days to go.