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And I thought Halloween was tough.
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 6853" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I think SRL has a lot of good ideas.</p><p></p><p>I still ban any talk of "what I want" until a set date, then we make a wishlist on Amazon for the grandparents. Once the list is done, it is DONE. If you pester me to add things, I take 1 off.</p><p></p><p>If they hunt for presents and find them, I take them back. And get something cheaper and boring. My mom did it with us. It is a sanity saver. I am up front with the policy from the time they are very little. had to be with difficult child.</p><p></p><p>We open 1 present on Christmas Eve. This seems to help.</p><p></p><p>Advent calendars have been so helpful, esp since my oldest learned the hard way that opening all the boxes on one day made all talk of Christmas go away except the Bible version.</p><p></p><p>I even take wide ribbon and staple small candies, etc... between long strips to count down the days to Easter and other holidays. </p><p></p><p>We concentrate on giving gifts, esp to places like the animal shelter.</p><p></p><p>We set a limit on the cost of gifts, even from Santa. The big presents come from us or the grandparents, NOT some magical guy with a bag of presents. Keeps the expectations more reasonable if you want to keep the Santa thing going.</p><p></p><p>This year we are going to start a "helping chain". It is a paper chain made of links iwth good deeds or ways we helped each other or strangers written on them. 1 good deed per strip. A basket of cut strips and some tape is all we need to start. It will take some of the focus off of stuff and put it where it belongs, with the spirit of the season (no, not rum, LOL!!!!)</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 6853, member: 1233"] I think SRL has a lot of good ideas. I still ban any talk of "what I want" until a set date, then we make a wishlist on Amazon for the grandparents. Once the list is done, it is DONE. If you pester me to add things, I take 1 off. If they hunt for presents and find them, I take them back. And get something cheaper and boring. My mom did it with us. It is a sanity saver. I am up front with the policy from the time they are very little. had to be with difficult child. We open 1 present on Christmas Eve. This seems to help. Advent calendars have been so helpful, esp since my oldest learned the hard way that opening all the boxes on one day made all talk of Christmas go away except the Bible version. I even take wide ribbon and staple small candies, etc... between long strips to count down the days to Easter and other holidays. We concentrate on giving gifts, esp to places like the animal shelter. We set a limit on the cost of gifts, even from Santa. The big presents come from us or the grandparents, NOT some magical guy with a bag of presents. Keeps the expectations more reasonable if you want to keep the Santa thing going. This year we are going to start a "helping chain". It is a paper chain made of links iwth good deeds or ways we helped each other or strangers written on them. 1 good deed per strip. A basket of cut strips and some tape is all we need to start. It will take some of the focus off of stuff and put it where it belongs, with the spirit of the season (no, not rum, LOL!!!!) Susie [/QUOTE]
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