Do you wonder how to make Christmas Day special for yourself and your family, not just a busy to do list and hectic shuffle of people, presents and food?
We all want to enjoy a wonderful Christmas yet, after the hustle and bustle of November and December, sometimes Christmas Day itself becomes a to do list.
Not exactly what the festive season is all about!
Read on to find out how to make Christmas Day special and less hectic.
Of course, there’s always a lot to do on Christmas Day from the time you set foot out of bed until the moment you collapse back into it that night.
But it can seem as though you get up on fast speed and you just don’t get to slow down even for a minute.
If that's how Christmas Day seems to you you probably want to know how to make Christmas Day more special and relaxed, but it seems so hard with everything going on.
Here's how to make Christmas Day itself more special and less hectic.
Don’t get so caught up in the social events of Christmas Day that you forget about the reason why we celebrate the holiday to start with.
Whatever your religious beliefs, most of us celebrate Christmas Day by spending time with the people we care about.
But, if we’re not careful, the people who mean the most to us can get lost in the shuffle.
Sure, the presents are nice and the food is great, but that’s not all there is to Christmas Day.
It's time to scale back to what - and who - really matters.
It's easy to get so busy visiting all the extended family members on both sides every Christmas Day that we forget to spend time with the ones in our own homes.
Make sure you set aside a block of time just for your family - your partner, your children, whoever you share your home with.
Schedule a significant block of your Christmas Day time to spend with them - pus if you're the driver it will give you a break to recharge your batteries.
Have a nice, simple meal together (buy in as much as you can pre-prepared) and listen to holiday music playing softly in the background.
During the time spent with your immediate family, you could play a game, catch up on one another’s lives or spend time going through the year via the photographs you’ve taken and just reminiscing.
Looking through old pictures reminds us of the good times we’ve had, the troubles we’ve overcome, and the joy of being a family.
Refuse to cave in to the stress of knowing you have a lot to get done.
Instead, keep your attention focused on one step at a time.
Stress happens during Christmas but you don’t have to let it take over.
If possible, try not to rush through visiting the people you’d like to see in one day.
Make a plan to see them over the space of a few days if you can, and make sure your schedule allows an equal amount of time for both sides of the family.
Always begin your Christmas Day visiting by seeing the people you’d like to see first and then moving down the list.
Instead of gathering in large groups and centreing your day on food and talking, get involved as a group doing something for others, such as helping out at a shelter.
This takes the pressure off whoever is hosting and means you can create new memories together rather than getting stressed out.
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